The election effect: Issuance in an election year
Looking at Dealogic data for debt issuance over the past four year tenures of US presidents, it is notable how much the macro picture,...
Tushara Fernando leads enterprise engineering at Man
Man Group has appointed Tushara Fernando as managing director and head of enterprise engineering.
Fernando has more than a decade of industry experience and has...
Redburn sees value in bond market venue M&A
Analysis by broker Redburn has found that major exchanges – in which it included MarketAxess, the fixed income trading venue, and interdealer broker TP...
FILS USA 2022: Scaramucci bullish on digital assets
The recent decline in digital assets is a temporary setback amid a very bullish long-term outlook, and investors shouldn’t dismiss the opportunity.
That’s according to...
Citi develops blockchain FX solution under Monetary Authority of Singapore Guardian project
Citi has developed an application that uses blockchain infrastructure to price and execute bilateral spot foreign-exchange (FX) trades.
The application is a part of Project...
FICC sponsored services use rises as central clearing looms
DTCC’s Fixed Income Clearing Corporation’s (FICC) Sponsored Service volumes reached US$2 trillion in 2024, up 83% year-on-year.
As firms prepare for new requirements around US...
CTP authorisation duration remains unknown
While the CTP selection process is keeping to ESMA’s intended timeline, there is still uncertainty around when the tape will be implemented.
Once a provider...
7 Chord’s appliance of science boosted with new hires
7 Chord, the provider of predictive analytics for sovereign and corporate bond prices to fixed income traders, issuers, and institutional investors, has appointed Andrew...
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...
The Trading Intentions Survey 2022
New platforms and late bloomers are all seeing greater interest.
This year buy-side desks have a renewed vigour for investing in trading tools, with far...
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Agency Broker Hub: Business discontinuity
Business discontinuity: an ongoing threat for financial markets stability
By Lorenzo Bracchi and Monica Moschioni, Market Hub, IMI Corporate & Investment Banking, Intesa Sanpaolo
Financial markets have...
Ted Husveth: Measuring Execution Quality for Portfolio Trading
In our last blog post, we detailed how we estimate market-wide portfolio trading volumes, and how those volumes have grown as a proportion of...
