BlackRock, ICE and Pimco among first SEC fixed income committee members
SEC’s newly formed Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee will provide advice on regulatory opportunities and intervention.
Fixed Income
Buy-side clash over bond liquidity
Heads of fixed income at buy-side firms debated whether liquidity has declined at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit.
Buy-side heads predict ‘price deciding’ role post MiFID II
Fixed income trading heads expect to take on a new role as price-deciders once MiFID II has come into effect on 3 January next year.
Bond trading desks seek data scientists to work alongside traders
Asset managers are looking to hire data scientists who will sit on the trading desk and work directly with the traders.
Charles River partners with OpenDoor for fixed income liquidity
Clients using the Charles River IMS will gain access to OpenDoor’s daily anonymous auctions.
E-trading picks up pace in corporate bond market
Latest research from Greenwich Associates shows electronic trading continues to grow as providers add data and analytics tools to draw in investors.
Citi partners with Clearstream for Bond Connect service
Partnership will expand access to the China Interbank Bond Market through the Bond Connect scheme.
ICE to buy Virtu’s BondPoint for $400m
Doug Cifu, CEO at Virtu, said BondPoint was better suited outside of the firm’s core operations.
JP Morgan bolsters bond trading desk with AI technology
JP Morgan signs multi-year deal with AI company Mosaic in a bid to improve analytics across fixed income.
BNY Mellon and HSBC join forces with Algomi for bond liquidity
Partnership means dealers will be able to tap database of custodians on behalf of buy-side clients.