Behavox snaps up Mosaic for transaction data insights
Data services provider Behavox has acquired Mosaic Smart Data as it prepares to release a trade surveillance product.
Mosaic aggregates internal and external transaction data...
Dan Hinxman joins Bloomberg
Bloomberg has hired Dan Hinxman as head of European credit electronic trading following his departure from Liquidnet last year.
Hinxman was a managing director...
What is crushing the bid-ask spread in US IG?
The bid-ask spread in US investment grade credit has been falling this year, regardless of the trading volume activity.
Notional traded in the US...
Vis Nayar named global CIO equities at HSBC AM
Vis Nayar has been promoted to global chief investment officer for equities at HSBC Global Asset Management.
Having started his career at KPMG, he...
FTSE Russell Launches Sustainable Fixed Income Indexes
The new index launches address the growing trend of integrating sustainable investment themes into fixed income indexes.
The new index series consists of the FTSE...
Low issuance volumes may impact the momentum to reform primary markets
Platforms keen to emphasise longer term commitment to electronification and greater automation.
Multiple platforms have been launched to drive increased efficiency in managing bond issuance,...
How is e-trading accelerating the momentum for global Emerging Markets?
Despite persistent macroeconomic challenges, EM bonds have achieved broad gains in 2024.
Traders are increasingly on the lookout for tools that can help them...
Primary ignition – at both ends
Politics are being sidelined in the battle for efficiency in primary markets for buyers and for issuers
The top operational priority for buy-side traders in...
Fed begins buying bond ETFs
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has begun to buy fixed income exchange-traded funds (ETFs) via its Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility (SMCCF)....
Matthew Walters joins Susquehanna
Susquehanna has appointed Matthew Walters as head of credit platform sales, a source has revealed to The DESK. He reports to Justin Lada, head...
HSBC splits
An organisational switch-up at HSBC, effective 2025, sees the bank prioritise its Hong Kong and UK operations with dedicated business lines.
HSBC Holdings will operate...
Hiring spree sees banks bolster fixed-income desks
By Flora McFarlane.
A Greenwich Associates report indicates banks are rebuilding their sales and trading desks in response to several quarters of growth in fixed...
