The trader/portfolio manager workflow is crucial to effective issuance management. We see how it is handled within the IHS Markit platform, with Herb Werth on Trader TV, in our second video of the Primary Market series.
Corporate Bonds
Corporate bonds: How to automate trading for better returns
Automation of corporate bond trading is small but growing, with investment grade instruments – particularly in the US – leading the way.
Challenges and Innovations in Primary Markets with IHS Markit
Managing the bond issuance process manually is often inefficient and creates operational risk for buy-side traders.
Trader TV Bonds: December 2018
In December’s show we discuss how Europe’s political landscape might impact investment and trading decisions
Trader TV Bonds: Defining ‘best execution’
How do investors know if their traders are doing a good job? A white paper has been published by the Investment Association (IA), to explain exactly that. Carl James, global head of fixed income trading at Pictet Asset Management, and head of the IA’s fixed income trading committee, and Ross…
Leadership insights from FILS Amsterdam 2018
Trader TV captured the most surprising and interesting takeaways from: Paul Reynolds, head of fixed income at TradingScreen;Frank Cerveny, head of markets at MTS;Mike Thorpe, managing director, Tradeweb;Giuseppe Nuti, managing director and global head of the central risk book and data analysis at UBS;Lee Bartholomew, head of derivatives Product R&D…
Trader TV Bonds: October 2018
Roelof van der Struik, manager for Treasury Trading & Commodities at PGGM says the repo market is broken; he tells us how the Dutch pension fund manager is using electronic platforms to correct the broken repo market. At the same time (from 06.36), the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR) promises…
Trader TV Bonds: September 2018
Giuseppe Nuti, managing director and global head of the central risk book and data analysis at UBS explains how an AI system can work even on sparse bond market data, while Jim Switzer, global head of fixed income trading at AllianceBernstein, reveals his firms plans for AI on the buy-side…
Trader TV Bonds: August 2018
How to trade in turbulent emerging markets? Using heatmaps of liquidity and all-to-all platforms has helped traders handle the recent volatility in emerging markets, says Chris Perryman, senior fixed income trader at PineBridge Investments, while Angelo Proni, head of new markets at EuroMTS says better data drives better results. Government…
Trader TV Bonds: July 2018
Three charts that tell traders what look out for in US credit in 2018. We speak with Edward Casey, independent portfolio manager, about the corporate bond market in the first half of the year, likely trends in the second half of the year and the impact they will have upon…
Trader TV Bonds: June 2018
The Italian markets were shaken in recent weeks, creating opportunities for investment firms with agile trading and investment operations. In our June show, Sean George, chief investment officer at Strukturinvest Fondkommission, explains how the trading capabilities of alternative investment funds (hedge funds) differ from long-only asset managers, and advantage that…
Trader TV Bonds: May 2018
Dr Kay Swinburne MEP, the vice-chair for the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, doubts a commercial provider will deliver a single tape of bond trading data which has been mandated by MiFID II. She outlines her concerns and expectations in May’s Trader TV, and explains the need for…