Aegon AM: Bond market liquidity fears ‘overblown’
Fears over a potential liquidity crisis in the corporate bond market are “significantly overblown”, according to Adrian Hull, head of core fixed income at...
Block trading investigations follow a long trend
Several investigations reported in the press are following regulatory scrutiny of block trading arrangements. The investigations reported by Bloomberg, Reuters and the Financial Times...
Tradeweb launches AI pricing service for munis
Market operator Tradeweb has launched a new service, Tradeweb Ai-Price, which uses machine learning and proprietary data science to calculate daily prices for municipal...
EWIFA: Breaking the glass ceiling
It is almost time for this year’s European Women in Finance Awards, and we at Markets Media are looking forward to seeing 2024’s nominees...
Tradeweb succession as Hult becomes CEO and Pluta becomes president
Tradeweb, the market operator for rates, credit, equities and money markets, has implemented leadership changes as part of its previously-announced succession plan.
Effective 1 January,...
Equity venues are dating websites; credit venues are bars
Equity venues are dating apps – you have to be a member to use the central limit order book (CLOB), and it will match...
Bloomberg completes first F-TIIE swap transaction in Mexico
Bloomberg’s Swap Execution Facility (SEF) has completed the first electronically traded TIIE de Fondeo (F-TIIE) swap transaction on BSEF, its swap execution facility.
The transaction...
Business alpha – The confidence trick to liquidity
Getting the confidence of investors supports access to liquidity during choppy markets. By Ruth Emery
If your clients are sucking their cash out of a...
FILS 2021: Buy-side needs to make more noise for the right data
Data providers and regulators concur that the buy-side needs to communicate more clearly with politicians and suppliers if they are to get baseline bond...
Liontrust – The trading team built for growth
Matt McLoughlin, partner and head of trading at Liontrust Asset Management, explains why expanding trading capabilities to match AUM and asset class growth needs...
Goldman net revenues for Q3 2023 driven by ‘strong performances’ in fixed income and...
Goldman Sachs saw its net revenues for Q3 2023 remain largely the same as Q2 2023 – US$11.82 billion – thanks in part to...
Origination: Issuer profile – Marsh & McLennan Cos Inc
In October, insurance and risk specialist, Marsh & McLennan, priced US$7.25 billion of senior notes, in part to support its acquisition of McGriff, an...
