The Book: European HY issuance proceeds spike in Q3
European HY bond issuance year-to-date has generated €121.3 billion in proceeds, the second highest results in AFME’s records. The figure fell just below 2021’s...
Greco, founder of Direct Match, appointed MD at GTS… and he’s hiring
Jim Greco has been named managing director at market maker GTS, and has already launched a recruitment drive for coders to join his team.
Greco...
Research: TCA use in bond markets
New research of 36 buy-side firms has found that 81% of respondents find fixed income TCA effective for assessing broker performance, 77% for regulatory...
Why ICSD data could revitalise Europe’s pre-trade bond analytics
Two international securities depositaries (ICSDs), Euroclear and – as of last week – Clearstream, are rolling out access to data for trade settlements in...
Citi names Tokiya Kishie head of markets in Japan
Citi has appointed Tokiya Kishie as head of markets in Japan, effective 1 October.
Kishie will report to Paul Smith, head of markets for Japan,...
Carl James joins S&P Global
Industry veteran, Carl James, has joined S&P as head of fixed income, for the Global Markets Group (GMG).
In a statement he said, “I...
CME reports record SOFR futures volume and open interest
Market operator and infrastructure provider, CME Group, has reported that a record 396,421 SOFR futures contracts were traded on 18 October 2021, surpassing the...
Italian engineering
The longstanding debt market in Italy offers a good source of insight into the impact of changing rules around best execution and transparency in...
BlackRock veteran Neeraj Seth to depart
Neeraj Seth is departing BlackRock after almost 18 years with the company. He is currently chief investment officer and head of APAC fundamental fixed...
Exclusive: Vincenzo Vedda reveals DWS’s new trading vision
Vincenzo Vedda, global head of trading at DWS (formerly Deutsche Asset Management) has laid out his vision for the firm’s new trading operations for...
MTS BondVision and B2SCAN: Tackling the liquidity challenge head-on
MTS BondVision and B2SCAN are partnering to streamline the process of execution in corporate bonds. By combining liquidity discovery with order matching, the trading...
Five lessons from the closure of LSEG’s CurveGlobal
CurveGlobal, the interest rates derivatives market launched in 2016, is to run down its business before closing on Friday 28 January 2022, according to...
