Charlie Foley joins Market Securities
Global broker Market Securities has appointed Charlie Foley as an emerging markets fixed income broker.
In the London-based role, Foley is responsible for providing intermediary...
Axess All Prints: Real-time trade-level transparency for EU & UK markets
MarketAxess reveals how it has enhanced its original EU & UK trade tape, Axess All, to deliver a new level of transparency for clients and...
Gilt activity spikes as new rates reality bites government borrowers
By Dan Barnes and Etienne Mercuriali
Gilts market opening on the morning of 9 January suggested some traders took a big hit, with stop losses...
Rules & Ratings: Allianz SE maintains superior AM Best ratings
AM Best has affirmed Allianz SE’s financial strength and long-term issuer credit ratings as A+ (superior) and aa (superior).
The ratings account for both the...
Is European credit electronification bouncing back?
There has been a noted proportional increase in electronification of US credit trading, as tracked by Coalition Greenwich. However, metrics around European trading found...
Can retail order flow impact institutional trading?
A new trend or only a one-off? Gherardo Lenti Capoduri, head of Market Hub & Umberto Menconi, head of Digital Markets Structures, Market Hub, talk...
IMTC platform onboards three new clients
IMTC, the provider of fixed income investment management technology, has announced three firms – BLB&B Advisors, LMCG Investments, and Reynders McVeigh Capital Management –...
Tradeteq expands into private debt issuance
Tradeteq, the technology provider for securitisation-as-a-service and bank asset distribution, is expanding into private debt and real assets in an effort to help banks,...
The Book: Ukraine executes first govie switch auction
The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine has completed the country’s first government bond switch auction in partnership with the National Bank of Ukraine.
Switch auctions...
RPMI Railpen confirms trading to be insourced
RPMI Railpen, which represents the UK’s railway workers pension fund, has confirmed plans to internalise its trading desk, which is expected to be operational...
What FILS delegates want
With the Fixed Income Leaders Summit (FILS) Europe upon us, The DESK has been speaking to attendees to discern what topics are most eagerly...
SEC’s proposals create competitive opportunities
Responses to the wide ranging proposals posited by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in US equity markets last week have raised questions but...
