SMBC joins DirectBooks
DirectBooks, the capital markets consortium founded to make bond issuance more efficient, has seen SMBC Nikko Securities America, a member of SMBC Group, join...
Sara Furber appointed Tradeweb CFO
Market operator Tradeweb has appointed Sara Furber as its chief financial officer (CFO), effective from 7 September 2021. She succeeds Robert Warshaw, who will...
CGS-CIMB Securities adopts Bloomberg TOMS and data licence for expansion
Asia-based financial services provider, CGS-CIMB Securities International, has adopted Bloomberg’s Trade Order Management System (TOMS) and data via Bloomberg Data License (DL) to scale...
Calls on UK to issue first green sovereign bond with 10 to 12yr maturity...
A majority of investors and banks are calling on the UK government to issue its maiden sovereign green bond with a 10–12-year maturity next...
Abel Noser acquires Trade Informatics
Trade analytics and agency brokerage Abel Noser has closed the deal with Trade Informatics, a New York based firm offering equities trade cost analysis...
Goldman Sachs agrees to buy NNIP for €1.6 billion
Goldman Sachs has agreed to buy European asset manager NN Investment Partners from NN Group NV for €1.6bn, marking the biggest acquisition under CEO...
Deming joins CalPERS from Allianz GI
Amy Deming has been named investment director with responsibility for investment controls and operational risk at California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), the US...
HSBC Asset Management names Global Fixed Income CIO
HSBC Asset Management has appointed Michael Cross in the newly created role of Global Fixed Income CIO.
The fund manager said in a statement that...
Sovereigns may be downgraded due to climate change
There could be a significant economic impact on the 25 countries in the FTSE World Government Bond Index (WGBI) by 2030 due to the...
Electronic trading volume in US fixed income hits record
Electronic trading of US investment-grade and high-yield bonds reached an all-time high in July according to data from Coalition Greenwich.
Overall electronic trading accounted for...
