April saw European bond volume dip
Data from MarketAxess has indicated that trading across bond markets in Europe dipped in April, with European sovereign trading volumes dropping after a period...
Michelle Neal poached by New York Fed from LedgerEdge
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has been named Michelle Neal as head of its Markets Group. In this role, she will also...
Shielding from exploding issuance
US fixed income markets saw issuance in Q1 2024 hit US$2.5 trillion according to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), an increase...
ESMA corrects SI bond ranking to place BNP Paribas as second in Europe
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has republished its ESMA Annual Statistical Report, now stating that the largest systematic internalisers (SIs) for bond...
European Women in Finance : Morgane Delledonne : Following a theme
Morgane Delledonne, director of research in Europe for Global X ETFs talks to Shanny Basar about ETFs, structural change and speaking the truth.
Morgane has...
Trading : Intertwining electronic trading of credit and rates
Electronic market operators are bringing together credit and rates trading platforms in an effort to deliver more efficient execution for traders.
The interplay between the...
FILS 2024: “Cause for optimism” in primary markets
While the majority of trading in secondary markets happens electronically, primary markets are falling behind and continue to favour manual workflows. However, there’s cause...
Coronation lists actively managed ETF on JSE
South African investment management firm Coronation Fund Managers has listed the first actively managed exchange traded fund (AMETF) on the main board of the...
Trading for Trees: Giving back through trading green bonds
Since its inception, the MarketAxess “Trading for Trees” initiative has helped to plant over 385,000 trees across a range of biodiversity, climate stability and...
Legal & General restructures with new AM division, departure of LGIM CEO
Michelle Scrimgeour, CEO of Legal & General Investment Management and vice-chair of the Investment Association, is stepping down from her role after five years...
Investor Demand: Ermotti says tariff uncertainty took Spring out of investors’ step
Sergio Ermotti, group CEO at UBS, has said the usually positive investor sentiment in the Spring season was severely watered down by tariff uncertainty.
“The...
Research Profile: DirectBooks
The electronification of primary bond markets is a priority for buy-side firms this year, and DirectBooks, originally formed by a consortium of nine global...
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