Barclays hit by US$450 million loss on ETNs
Barclays has reported it has made an estimated loss of US$450 million on exchange-traded notes (ETNs). As the bank noted in a statement, ETNs...
Three big hires to start at Trading Technologies in 2024
Capital markets technology platform provider, Trading Technologies International, is hiring three senior team members in the new year.
Joining on 1 January 2024 will...
Redhedge Asset Management opens credit total return fund to outside investors
Redhedge Asset Management, a Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulated investment manager, has opened its Synergy Total Return Fund to outside investors.
The Fund was launched to provide institutional clients...
Aquis selected for Central Bank of Colombia government bond market
Banco de la República, the Central Bank of Colombia, has selected Aquis Exchange to provide technology and support services for Sistema Electrónico de Negociación...
Top tips from TradeTech: Connect debt, derivatives and equity trading
Buy-side traders have observed that close ties in the trading team based on the targets on an investment – be that corporate or government...
Hamza Hoummady made head of European rates trading at Barclays
Barclays Investment Bank has named Hamza Hoummady as head of European rates trading, promoting him from head of EMEA non-linear rates trading, rates structuring...
Call for regulatory reform of primary markets
By Chris Hall.
Panellists were split on whether regulatory intervention is needed to improve transparency and efficiency in a debate on electronification and standardisation 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,...
State Street serves up ‘Cods and Chips’ in European bond market rigging case
State Street has helped to uncover chatrooms, including one called "Cods and Chips" that are alleged to have been used by sell-side traders to...
China’s bond futures add to liquidity from index inclusion
Still fighting for the depth of US and Japanese bond markets, China’s liberalisation of derivatives trading bodes well for market liquidity. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports.
After almost...
Burton-Taylor: S&P and IHS Markit merger creates intriguing synergies in data
On 30 November 2020, S&P Global and IHS Markit announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement to combine in an all-stock...
Dealers face crunch on platform trading costs
As bid-ask spreads tighten and fees rise, dealers question making markets in credit.
It does not take a quant to understand that tighter bid-ask spreads...
