After enjoying a solid year of returns in 2021, allocators appear ready to head back to the hedge-fund well in 2022. French bank BNP Paribas, which surveyed 224 allocators representing $1.2 trillion in hedge fund assets, said in a report Wednesday that investors are expected to have met their average return target of 8.3 percent…
TORONTO, Feb. 10, 2022 /CNW/ – BMO Asset Management Inc. (BMO AM) today launched the BMO Canadian Bank Income Index ETF, expanding its suite of fixed income ETFs to include a unique solution investing in non-traditional securities such as preferred shares and LRCNs while remaining anchored with traditional Canadian bank fixed income. “Amid an environment of rising inflation…
Costs associated with market data in the fixed income markets rose by 50% from 2017 to 2021, a report by the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) and Expand Research has found. In the industry association’s report, it found that costs associated with European bonds market data had risen substantially more than in the…
Exchange-traded funds had a banner 2021 in terms of asset growth, which continued a trend from much of the past decade as investors increasingly flocked to these low-cost, tax-efficient investment vehicles at the expense of mutual funds. Can the fun continue in 2022? And where will the action be in ETF investment ideas? Net inflows…
Schroders is a 200+ year old global asset manager, managing over £700 billion AUM with a global trading team of 45 professionals spread across 12 trading desks in eight countries. We have taken a global multi-asset approach to trading over the last three to four years, as we have made key changes internally under one…
Although the new Refinitiv Connected Data survey shows that buy-side firms are making more progress on their digital transformation journeys than sell-side firms, the evolution of their market and reference data strategies will require much more work, respondents say. Digital transformation journeys around market and reference data in buy-side firms are being hampered by the…
Looking ahead to 2022, there are two main themes that will enhance bond trading. First is in primary markets, which until recently largely relied on legacy systems and manual processes. This year brought advancement in the electronification of primary markets with the introduction of new technology, allowing firms to trade new issues electronically and simplifying…
The pandemic has ripped up the rulebook when it comes to traditional norms of trading in equities and fixed income, which are undergoing a radical shake-up. There may be a return to the office, but that doesn’t mean a return to business-as-usual. Trading has changed in both the equity and fixed income markets – especially…
Source: The Desk The DESK has found that fewer than half of buy-side bond traders use execution analytics in the trading workflow to support trade execution, but nearly 70% believe it is effective or highly effective in the role, suggesting there is an opportunity to expand its use. In primary research, conducted across 35 asset…
With trading volumes for US corporate bonds up
