Agency broking: Come back to cash

Agency brokers build fixed-income teams.

In recent weeks a number of senior bankers have joined agency brokers in London. Until now, agency broking has had a very minor role in the trading of fixed-income cash bonds. Traditional investors – fund managers, life insurers and pensions – used to benefit from dealers’ willingness to act as principal, deploying significant capital to offer liquidity to clients, but that model appears to be broken for now.

Guy Cornelius, Iain Baillie and Tony Main have joined Evolution Securities, Christopher Street Capital and Hoare Capital respectively.

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