DirectBooks names team and launches advisory committee
DirectBooks, a sell-side consortium designing systems for the primary bond market, has named Yvonne Wang as chief operating officer, and Christopher Rodriguez as global...
Greenwich: Buy-side traders rate counterparties by data, not friendship
Relationships are becoming less important when buy-side traders are deciding which counterparties to trade with, as data on previous trading activity takes on a...
AllianceBernstein CEO calls for review of daily dealing bond funds
Seth Bernstein, CEO of buy-side firm AllianceBernstein, has called for a review of daily dealing for clients, for mutual funds, while maintaining support for...
MeTheMoneyShow – Episode Nine
Dan Barnes and Terry Flanagan discuss buy-side perspectives in the latest issue of Global Trading: trading from home, broker relationships, and 'future-proofing' the trading...
Harrington joins Columbia Threadneedle
Marc Harrington has been appointed as senior fixed income trader at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. Harrington’s carrier as a buy-side bond trader, last saw him...
BNP Paribas Asset Management names new head of global trading
BNP Paribas Asset Management has appointed Sophie Lugiez as head of the Global Trading Function (GTF). Based in Paris, Lugiez reports to Rob Gambi,...
Promotions at Fidelity and SSGA
James Lenton has been named head trader at Fidelity Investments in Hong Kong, where he has worked as a trader since 2017.
A spokesperson for...
MeTheMoneyShow – Episode Eight
Shanny Basar and Dan Barnes discuss the latest outsourcing trends in the trading and post-trade space, particularly the aggregation of trading desks within larger...
Platform volumes in May up on 2019 levels
Market operator MarketAxess has seen a monthly trading volume for May 2020 of US$520 billion consisting of $229 billion in credit volume and $291...
Wellington: Internal crossing could have saved US$10-15 million
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sub-committee the Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee (FIMSAC), has unanimously passed a proposal to support internal crossing...
