Natixis CIB promotes internally for new global head of credit markets
Individual steps up after having initially joined the firm in 2018, and also previously served at firms including: Lloyds, UBS, Barclays, Merrill Lynch and Societe Generale.
Fixed Income
Janus Henderson to acquire three investment businesses through Insignia Financial partnership
The deal is set to close in Q4 2026 and will expand the asset manager’s footprint in Australia, adding approximately $33 billion to the firm’s regional fixed income, broad-cap equities and small-cap equities offering.
HKEX unveils five-year CGB futures contract to enhance Hong Kong and China mainland markets connectivity
The new product is HKEX’s only CGB futures contract available in the offshore market and is expected to strengthen Hong Kong’s fixed income, currencies and Renminbi markets.
ICE to acquire MarketAxess in $6 billion deal
The move is set to create a “premier fixed income marketplace”; fixed income traders to benefit from consolidated liquidity, more competitive pricing, and more.
TS Imagine expands integration with Trumid fixed income electronic trading platform
The collaboration enhances client access to Trumid’s electronic trading ecosystem, and builds on the two firms’ ongoing engagement, which dates back to 2020.
Bloomberg appoints new global head of rates electronic trading
London-based hire joins from the Bank of England; previously served at Nomura, Credit Suisse and Mizuho Capital Markets.
PineBridge Investments head of trading joins Fidelity International
Individual joins as an emerging markets fixed income trader and was formerly one of The TRADE’s Rising Stars of Trading and Execution in 2022.
Nasdaq partners with the National Bank of Georgia to drive Georgian treasury modernisation
The Bank of Georgia, TBC Bank, Liberty Bank, Terabank and Basisbank will adopt Nasdaq’s Calypso platform under a shared infrastructure model, to address growing demand for sophisticated treasury infrastructure in Georgian markets.
Bank of England continuing with proposals to cap hedge fund leveraging in UK gilt markets
The plans come following recent market shifts and turbulence, such as the Middle East conflict, and aim to curb risk posed by a small number of firms holding concentrated positions and triggering destabilising cross-market unwinds.
Demand for UK bond consolidated tape holds strong following launch
On average, 47,009 inbound records were processed daily in first week of tape operations; ETS Connect UK has confirmed it will open-source the full suite of data quality validation logic for the tape to boost transparency.