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...
Sean George joins Millennium Capital Partners
Sean George has been named portfolio manager at Grace Court Capital, a credit fund division of Millennium Capital Partners, which has US$52 billion in...
Aladdin users gain Cassini support for derivatives trading
BlackRock has partnered with Cassini Systems, the pre- and post-trade margin and collateral analytics provider, to integrate Cassini analytics into BlackRock’s Aladdin order and...
Cowen boosts fixed income outsourced trading team with two hires
Cowen has expanded its fixed income outsourced trading team with two senior hires, Vincent Governara and Chris Taliercio. Both traders bring over 15 years’...
Report: Over half of dealers being asked for direct price streaming
New research by fixed income price data and analytics provider, BondCliQ, has found that over half of sell-side firms (52%) have been asked for...
Bloomberg launches Portfolio Trading Basket Builder to boost workflow efficiency
Bloomberg has launched its Portfolio Trading Basket Builder (PTBB) , an enhancement to its existing portfolio trading workflow, which incorporates reference to Bloomberg’s Evaluated...
Capital Group appoints Carpenzano to fixed income team in Europe
Capital Group, which has more than US$441 billion in fixed income assets under management (AUM) of its total US$2.4 trillion AUM, has hired of...
Scotiabank, Rabo Securities and Huntington Capital Markets join DirectBooks
DirectBooks, the capital markets consortium founded to optimise the bond issuance process has signed up Scotiabank, Rabo Securities and Huntington Capital Markets to join...
Greenwich: Nearly half of bond trading desk budgets now spent on technology
New research by Coalition Greenwich has found that the proportion of budget for fixed income trading desks spent on technology grew to 46% in...
Aegon AM wins short-dated investment grade bond mandates
Aegon Asset Management’s reports it has won two UK clients totalling £325 million for its short-dated investment grade bond strategy, with a further mandate...
