Jude Driscoll named MetLife Investment Management president
MetLife Investment Management (MIM) has appointed Jude Driscoll as president, effective 1 September.
In the Philadelphia-based role, Driscoll is responsible for MIM’ strategy and business...
CSDR: Settlement ‘discipline’ could punish market liquidity
A regulatory shadow hangs over the market as agencies battle to contain the impact. Chris Hall reports.
As part of the European Commission’s efforts to...
TransFICC launches fixed income consolidated tape pilot
TransFICC, the specialist provider of low-latency connectivity and workflow services for Fixed Income and Derivatives Markets, has launched a new initiative to develop a...
Bid-ask spread betting in credit
Betting how bid-ask spreads will move this year has been made more challenging by a dislocation between the mean average and the median bid-ask...
FCA details CTP tender process
The FCA has outlined its next steps in the consolidated tape provider (CTP) selection process, from initial applications to final authorisation.
Applications must be submitted...
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...
Rates : Munis : Dan Barnes
Return of muni futures shows the market’s got moxie.
The municipal bond market is addressing its problems head on and in doing so, defying...
People: Hunter leaves MarketAxess; Louchard at AXA IM
Nichola Hunter has left MarketAxess as head of its rates business. Hunter joined the firm in 2020 when it acquired government bond marketplace LiquidityEdge,...
FILS USA 2022: Will Europe become more transparent than the US?
European including of government bonds within its consolidated tape, and a new joint venture amongst platform giants Bloomberg, MarketAxess and Tradeweb, could allow Europe...
Euronext launches London to Bergamo microwave link
Euronext has launched Euronext Wireless network (EWIN), a London-based microwave service designed to improve the speed of order transmission between its core data centre...
Tradeweb data reveals shock of rate cut expectations on swaps market
Analysis of Tradeweb data has show the level of surprise at potential central bank rate cuts over the past week in the interest rate...
ICE ties BondPoint into broader fixed income strategy
By Flora McFarlane.
Intercontinental Exchange has completed its acquisition of BondPoint from Virtu Financial, signalling its continued expansion in the fixed income market.
BondPoint, an alternative...
