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Figures from data firm Coalition show that while fixed income, currency and commodity divisions were shedding staff in the third quarter, this fall in headcount was still not as precipitous as the drop in fixed income revenues.
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Regulation is pushing the fixed income market in opposite directions — as cash bond trading gears up for standardisation and transparency, repo is becoming more negotiated and bespoke, according to the International Capital Market Association (ICMA).
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Data and analytics provider Orchard Platform has launched an index of US marketplace lending data, with the aim of providing more transparency and to give investors a benchmark by which to measure performance of loans originated via online lenders.
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EU-mandated transparency rules could open the door to a surge in algorithmic and high frequency trading in government bonds — lowering costs for banks, but potentially weakening the close relationship between governments and their primary dealers. -
Investors are expressing optimism about the results of the European Central Bank’s stress test of Novo Banco — the so called good bank set up by regulators after the collapse of Portugal’s Banco Espírito Santo last year — despite the headlines that the regulator will require the bank to raise €1.4bn in capital.
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The European Central Bank has identified a €1.4bn capital shortfall at Portugal's Novo Banco, but analysts say the results are positive for the bank’s bondholders.
