FILS 2022: Meeting in the eye of tempestuous markets
The Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit is convening in Nice in the midst of a turbulent market, driven by a combination of rampant inflation, government...
GAM raises spectre of illiquidity and redemption
By Pia Hecher.
Global Asset Management (GAM) fund boards suspended all subscriptions and redemptions in its unconstrained/absolute return bond funds (ARBF) on 31 July 2018....
TCW targets alternative credit services growth
Asset manager TCW Group is expanding its alternative credit solutions.
The expansion is facilitated by Nippon Life Insurance Company, which is committing US$3.25 billion in...
FCA consulting on bond and derivative markets transparency reforms
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on proposals to improve the transparency regime for bond and derivative markets.
The consultation, which is open...
ESMA launches consultation to clarify boundaries of trading venues under MiFID II
The European and Securities Market Authority (ESMA) has launched a consultation on what constitutes a trading venue, and what can be considered a trading...
ICE Bonds expands fixed income liquidity network with TS Imagine connection
TS Imagine has connected to ICE Bonds to offer clients access to its fixed income execution protocols and liquidity.
TS Imagine customers using the TS...
FILS in Barcelona: What a T+1 world will look like for fixed income
At FILS 2023, Stephanie Fraser of Baillie Gifford and Katia Felina, head of post-trade product at Bloomberg, discussed the future in both Europe and...
Location will determine bid-ask spreads for European bond traders
Where European bond traders and their counterparties are sat could affect the size of bid-ask spreads they are shown, thanks to a split in...
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...
MarketAxess to buy MuniBrokers
Bond market operator MarketAxess has agreed to buy MuniBrokers, a central electronic venue serving municipal bond inter-dealer brokers and dealers.
MuniBrokers connects 14 municipal securities...
Global Data Happens at ICE
Across global markets, data underpins every decision. At ICE, we provide quality data and analytics across global asset classes and at every stage of...
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...
