Greenwich Associates: Growth of electronic trading for EM bonds
A new report from analyst house Greenwich Associates has found that electronic trading of emerging market (EM) bonds has reached 70% amongst US asset...
Margin calls for bitcoin futures pose systemic threat
AIG failed in 2008, because the value it placed upon the mortgages underpinning the credit default swaps it had sold to Goldman Sachs was...
John Maggiacomo joins MarketAxess as head of North America client sales
John Maggiacomo has been named head of client sales in North America at MarketAxess, based out of New York.
In the newly created role, Maggiacomo...
Jason Rich promoted at State Street
Jason Rich has been named country head for Singapore and Southeast Asia at State Street, effective 1 January.
Based in Australia, he will oversee the...
Simone Santiago leaves Morgan Stanley
Simone Santiago has left Morgan Stanley, the company has confirmed.
Santiago has been managing director at the firm since January 2022.
Prior to this, she spent...
Industry viewpoint : Mark Russell : Tradeweb
A new era of intelligent execution
By Mark Russell, Head of Credit, Europe, Tradeweb
Electronic trading has earned its place as an indispensable part of fixed income...
CanDeal extends hours to reach European investors
By Aulia Beg.
Canadian fixed income platform CanDeal has extended its opening hours to capture more of the the European trading day. It will now...
High Yield did not get the ‘trade size’ memo
High yield trade sizes are continuing to rise in 2024, and its bonds continue to show signs of increasingly manual trading. As bond markets...
Fed breaks silence on HFT in treasuries
Having opened the US government debt market to high-frequency trading, authorities now push market participants to “be good citizens”. Dan Barnes reports.
The Federal Reserve...
Singer Capital Markets appoints Gareth Henderson head of trading
Investment banking firm Singer Capital Markets has appointed Gareth Henderson its new head of trading.
Henderson has been head of market making at Singer Capital...
Tradeweb: A new era in Gilt pricing
The DESK talks to Chris Collett, Director, European Governments at Tradeweb, about the transformation of Gilt reference pricing in 2017.
The end-of-day Gilt and Treasury...
Origination: Ninety One appoints Alper Kilic
Alper Kilic has joined global investment manager Ninety One as head of emerging markets alternative credit.
In the London-based role, he is responsible for the...
