TD Securities names new co-heads of global markets
Chris Vogel and Tim Wiggan have been promoted to co-heads of global markets at Toronto Dominion Securities (TD Securities).
In a statement the firm said,...
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...
TMX Group and Clearstream launch Canadian Collateral Management Service
TMX Group, which operates several Canadian post-trade infrastructure firms and the Toronto Stock Exchange, has launched the Canadian Collateral Management Service (CCMS) in partnership...
The cost of European liquidity is falling, does e-trading beckon?
Good news for buy-side traders in European credit markets. Looking at MarketAxess Trax, which tracks trading across multiple markets and counterparties, bid-ask spreads are...
ASEAN exchanges push for sustainability progress
Executives at ASEAN exchanges have agreed on four proof-of-concepts to follow over the next three years, continuing their sustainability initiatives.
The objectives, determined at the...
Mosaic Smart Data expands into credit markets
Mosaic Smart Data, a capital markets data analytics provider, has expanded its data analytics platform to support a wide range of credit instruments, such...
Ryan Mitchell joins Verition Fund Management
Verition Fund Management has appointed Ryan Mitchell as a portfolio manager, based in South Carolina.
Mitchell has more than 20 years of industry experience and...
Michael O’Brien leaves Eaton Vance for new firm
Michael O’Brien, former director of global trading at Eaton Vance, has joined Artisan Partners Asset Management with several colleagues. Artisan has announced that O’Brien,...
Franklin Templeton drops CRD cloud move in favour of Aladdin
Global investment management firm Franklin Templeton has selected BlackRock’s Aladdin order management system (OMS) to bring together its multi-asset class investment management platform.
The move...
SEC rule defining all market makers as ‘dealers’ thrown out
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has had its rule, that would have defined electronic market makers as ‘dealers’, vacated in case tried...
Liquidnet launches new issue bonds from OMS to banks; interoperability will set competition level
Block trading specialist Liquidnet has gone live with a new bond issuance process allowing transmission of buy-side orders in live market deals from order...
The pretenders, and kingmakers, to the bond throne
Dealers are backing several new trading platforms who are fighting major incumbents for market share.
In the bond market, the trading platform landscape has been...
