Fixed Income

Though European active ETF assets remain lower than its US counterparts, areas such as fixed income are seeing increased investor interest.  

The move is set to help the firm increase efficiency and navigate trading costs, and follows an uptick in non-traditional liquidity providers investing in automation across the fixed income market.  

Investec has made two hires from Winterflood Securities, appointing a new head and deputy head of its fixed income and ETF offering; appointments follow news in July that Marex is set to acquire Winterflood Securities in early 2026. 

The last week has seen a variety of moves across roles spanning pre-trade solutions, cross-asset trading and fixed income sales.  

The contracts are listed on the Euronext Derivatives Milan market, and are powered by the exchange’s clearing platform.  

The past week has seen appointments spanning emerging markets credit, rates and equity derivatives sales.  

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.

Enhancements to the initiative expand offshore RMB liquidity tools with multi-currency settlement and collateral reuse.