FCA to investigate barriers for buy side to access data
The UK’s market regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will launch two market studies and gather further information to investigate access to wholesale data....
2021 European Markets Choice Awards – The WINNERS
2021 European Markets Choice Awards – The WINNERS
We are delighted to announce the winners of the inaugural European Markets Choice Awards. For some categories...
The reward of risk
By Larry E. Fondren, Founder & CEO, DelphX Capital Markets Inc.
Traditional risk/reward comparisons treat the effective cost of an investment’s risk as a decrement...
SEI taps IMTC for fixed income portfolio management system
SEI, a provider of investment and technology solutions, will utilise IMTC’s fixed income portfolio management system to provide custom solutions to its clients.
The IMTC...
On The Desk: Paul Squires: On calm and the storm
AXA Investment Managers’ global head of trading & securities financing displays a steady hand as his trading function begins servicing new investment models while...
ICMA responds to digital securities sandbox proposals
The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has suggested a number of amendments to the FCA and Bank of England’s proposal to implement and operate...
Natalie Lowenstein swaps MarketAxess for TP ICAP
TP ICAP has appointed Natalie Lowenstein as global head of rates product.
Lowenstein has more than 25 years of industry experience, and joins TP ICAP...
Bond e-Trading prices still off; central banks adding to turmoil
Buy-side traders are still reporting “violent moves” in fixed income. In a liquidity crisis, investors are reliant on their asset managers’ traders to support...
TransFICC opens office in New York
TransFICC, the provider of low-latency connectivity and workflow services for fixed income and derivatives markets, has opened its new office in New York, staffed...
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...
Market data ‘Bill of rights’ opens discussion on transparency, accessibility and ownership
A week after the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority announced a consultation into buy-side access to data and benchmarks, bond pricing specialist BondCliQ and data...
Tackling the cost challenge in fixed income trading
In today’s highly competitive and cost-conscious fixed income market, small and medium sized institutions can struggle without the efficiencies of scale which large institutions...
