UK Sovereign
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An ex-SSA DCM banker has joined the UK's Financial Conduct Authority to focus on wholesale banking supervision. -
Two European government bond traders who resigned earlier this year from Barclays are heading to hedge funds.
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Barclays rolled out sweeping cuts to its investment bank on Wednesday, with around 100 jobs gone across the business, including several managing directors in the EMEA primary bonds business.
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Both Gilt-edged market makers and investors predominantly support a reopening of the UK's 2048 inflation linked bond for its final syndication of the 2017-18 financial year.
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The Dutch State Treasury Agency's primary dealer quotation obligations gave Bank of America Merrill Lynch trader Paul Walter the chance to pick off his counterparts on the ‘BrokerTec’ platform — behaviour for which he was fined by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority on Wednesday.
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Increased UK borrowing needs could take the shine off an opportunity for SSA borrowers to take advantage of a potential drop in issuance by the European Investment Bank as the UK leaves the European Union, said bankers.
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A former Bank of America Merrill Lynch trader has been fined £60,090 for manipulating the price of Dutch government bonds on the electronic platform BrokerTec — though the profit made on the trading was 'insignificant'.
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Repo traders convened this week in Brussels to rethink how to fix the plumbing of financial markets and mulled using other forms of collateral in the market.
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The UK Debt Management Office has broken its record book size yet again and brought in a new high of 144 investors with a deal that amazed bankers away from the trade.
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The UK Debt Management Office has broken its record book size yet again and brought in a new high of 144 investors with a deal that leads called a “rousing success”.
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The Bank of England raised its base rate for the first time in more than 10 years on Thursday — but analysts described the move as a “dovish” and “pessimistic” hike. Gilt yields fell following the move, providing a potential boon for a UK Debt Management Office (DMO) syndication next week.
