FROM THE ARCHIVES

US Treasuries lost its ‘sell-side’; can clearing and capital rules revive it?

US Treasuries lost its ‘sell-side’; can clearing and capital rules revive it?

0
Market participants report the current proposals by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to centrally clear trades in the US Treasuries market are...
MiFID II:  New dealer economics

MiFID II: New dealer economics

0
Explicit commission payments and a tabloid-style of attention-grabbing research are on the cards under MiFID II, as it reinvents investment economics in fixed income. No-one...
ASIFMA names Peter Stein its new CEO

ASIFMA names Peter Stein its new CEO

0
The Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA) has named Peter Stein its new CEO. Stein is currently CEO and managing director of...
Raiffeisen Bank rolls out Chronicle FIX for global ETD business

Raiffeisen Bank rolls out Chronicle FIX for global ETD business

0
Chronicle Software, a specialist provider of low-latency microservices and technology for financial services, has expanded its footprint in Raiffeisen Bank International. The bank has rolled...
Cedric Barbier joins Stone X

Cedric Barbier joins Stone X

0
Cedric Barbier has moved from Nomura to StoneX and is named emerging market fixed income sales. With a financial markets career spanning more than twenty...
Rules & Ratings: SAZ Re gets stable ‘excellent’ ratings from AM Best

Rules & Ratings: SAZ Re gets stable ‘excellent’ ratings from AM Best

0
AM Best has assigned African reinsurance firm SanlamAllianz Re (SAZ) a financial strength rating of A- (excellent) and a long-term issuer credit rating of...
CME Group expands credit suite as hedge demand grows

CME Group expands credit suite as hedge demand grows

0
CME Group has begun trading high yield duration-hedged credit futures, based on Bloomberg corporate bond indexes. The futures include an intercommodity spread with US Treasury...
LTX awarded four patents covering fixed income trading

LTX awarded four patents covering fixed income trading

0
Broadridge subsidiary LTX has been awarded four new patents on its fixed income trading solutions pertaining to bond similarity technology, dealer selection score technology,...
FCA fines three broker firms £4.7 million market abuse failures

FCA fines three broker firms £4.7 million market abuse failures

0
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined interdealer brokers BGC Brokers, GFI Brokers and GFI Securities £4,775,200 for failing to ensure they had appropriate...
Investor Demand: How Trump tariffs could affect investor appetite for dollar, risk outcomes

Investor Demand: How Trump tariffs could affect investor appetite for dollar, risk outcomes

0
UBS House View, published by Mark Haefele, Global Wealth Management chief investment officer; Brian Rose, senior US economist, CIO America; Jon Gordon, strategist, UBS...
Subscriber
Greenwich Associates: Fixed income desks see highest buy-side tech spend

Greenwich Associates: Fixed income desks see highest buy-side tech spend

0
Technology spend on buy-side trading desks rose 4% in 2019 from the previous year, to reach US$2.2 million on average, with fixed-income trading desks...
Viewpoint : CDM : Massimo Morini & Andrea Prampolini

Viewpoint : CDM : Massimo Morini & Andrea Prampolini

0
CDM FOR SECURITIES: THE MISSING DIGITAL LINGUA FRANCA? By Massimo Morini, head of interest rates & credit models, and Andrea Prampolini, head of financial markets...