Chappell leaves Nordea IM as head of fixed income trading
Brett Chappell has left Nordea Investment Managers as head of fixed income trading, with his role being filled temporarily by Jakob Jessen, executive director...
Infront acquires wealth management specialist Assetmax
Financial technology provider Infront is to acquire Assetmax, the Swiss supplier of multi-custody portfolio management, client relationship management and compliance technology
Infront has noted that...
BGC claims record Q4 as leadership transition takes effect
BGC Group has posted Q4 revenues of US$572.3 million and full-year figures of US$2.26 billion, and it set to launch FMX Futures to directly...
Surge of activity on fixed income trading platforms
MarketAxess has regained the lead in US credit fully electronic trading amid a surge of activity in March with Trace printing a record US$61.2...
Juan Landazabal appointed COO Investments at GAM
Veteran of fixed income trading, Juan Landazabal, was promoted to chief operations officer (COO) for investments at asset manager GAM at the end of...
WiseAlpha broadens bond access for retail
Retail investors can now access all UK corporate and government bonds through corporate bond investment platform WiseAlpha.
The company first issued fractional bonds in 2016,...
ESMA publishes its first liquidity assessment for bonds
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today its first liquidity assessment for bonds subject to the pre- and post-trade requirements of...
Exclusive: Carl James to leave Pictet Asset Management
Carl James, global head of fixed income trading at Pictet Asset Management is leaving the firm in April to take his first non-buy-side role...
Swedish broker shut for pushing risky bonds and illicit issuer payments
Swedish market regulator, Finansinspektionen (FI), has revoked all permits for Nord Fondkommission AB (Nord FK) to continue trading.
Nord FK is a securities firm whose...
AxeTrading and Mosaic Smart Data collaborate on bond market analytics
AxeTrading, the fixed income trading software provider, and Mosaic Smart Data, the real-time capital markets data analytics company, are integrating the AxeTrader execution management...
Michelle Neal leaves New York Fed for private sector
Michelle Neal is leaving the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, effective March 2025, for payment systems developer Fnality.
Neal has been an executive vice...
‘Tis better to give than to receive? How ELPs affect credit trading
In a Christmassy spirited theme, The DESK considers how the advantages of electronic liquidity provision can support credit markets – and how the reception...
