People Moves Monday: Pirum, First Abu Dhabi Bank and Mizuho
The last week has seen a variety of moves across roles spanning pre-trade solutions, cross-asset trading and fixed income sales.
Fixed Income
Euronext unveils mini futures for main European government bonds
The contracts are listed on the Euronext Derivatives Milan market, and are powered by the exchange’s clearing platform.
People Moves Monday: Jefferies, Deutsche Bank and HSBC
The past week has seen appointments spanning emerging markets credit, rates and equity derivatives sales.
The Big Interview: Khursheda Fazylova
Claudia Preece sits down with Khursheda Fazylova, fixed income trader at Janus Henderson Investors, to unpack her journey to the trading desk and the important lessons learnt, how the Janus Henderson fixed income desk has handled the macro volatility so far in 2025, and what the future outlook is for traders’ day-to-day as the work-life balance conversation ramps up.
FactSet integrates MarketAxess CP+ data into Workstation platform
The move follows recent fluctuations in the commercial bond market and is set to help users gain insight into to real-time market activity.
Citi joins enhanced Northbound Repo Connect scheme as primary liquidity provider
Enhancements to the initiative expand offshore RMB liquidity tools with multi-currency settlement and collateral reuse.
Etrading Software wins UK bond CTP tender beating out three other bidders
The move will see the firm take on a £4.8 million contract to deliver the tape for a period of five years.
Kepler Cheuvreux bolsters fixed income business with senior credit sales hire
Individual has previously worked at SEB, Arctic Securities, Nordea Markets, Natixis and Morgan Stanley.
Market close makes up 12.3% of daily volume in corporate bond markets, according to report
In the past decade, closing volume in corporate bond markets has grown continuously, largely driven by index pricing shifts and a spike in portfolio trading, a recent BondWave study has shown.
BlackRock and Standard Chartered execute inaugural Indian government bond trade via MarketAxess
The trade follows the launch of MarketAxess’ electronic trading solution for Indian government bonds in June, making it the first platform to provide this offering.