Ex-BlackRock, Bloomberg exec joins SimCorp sales
Jesper Tyrer has joined SimCorp as managing director and head of sales for APAC. He is based in Singapore.
Investment management solutions provider SimCorp reported...
The election effect: Issuance in an election year
Looking at Dealogic data for debt issuance over the past four year tenures of US presidents, it is notable how much the macro picture,...
A road less travelled
Aparajita Bose-Mullick, Global Product Manager at SmartStream Technologies - Reference Data Utility, talks about carving new paths, cause & effect and being nimble.
There are...
Bidding for nothing – what do you get for 68p?
Court documents filed by Ediphy Analytics explain that it planned to offer consolidated bond tapes for free – before it was knocked out of...
TD Securities names new co-heads of global markets
Chris Vogel and Tim Wiggan have been promoted to co-heads of global markets at Toronto Dominion Securities (TD Securities).
In a statement the firm said,...
Insights & Analysis : Makeup removal time for Powell at Jackson Hole
The Fed chair, Jerome Powell, used the annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium on 22 August to confirm a formal reset of the Fed policy...
Why ICSD data could revitalise Europe’s pre-trade bond analytics
Two international securities depositaries (ICSDs), Euroclear and – as of last week – Clearstream, are rolling out access to data for trade settlements in...
On The DESK : Alex Brause : The central bank’s buy-side trader
Balancing leadership and discipline with greater autonomy in trading. Alexander Brause speaks to The DESK and explains his role as head of fixed income...
The Book: Primary dealer positions climb rapidly, but concerns appear unfounded
Primary dealer positions of US Treasury holdings are expanding rapidly, but concern around restrictions on capacity are misplaced according to analysis.
A new paper by...
TS Imagine releases new features for TradeSmart Fixed Income EMS
TS Imagine, the investment and execution management system (EMS) provider has launched several new features of its TradeSmart Fixed Income EMS, all designed to...
ING spins out AI bond tool for commercial buy-side use
ING has spun out Katana, its artificial intelligence (AI) platform for bond pricing, into a London-based standalone company called Katana Labs. ING Ventures will...
The right way to trade credit
Of course, there is no right way to trade all credit, but there are clearly advantages in trading credit in such a way that...
