Emma Siponmaa
Senior reporter
Emma Siponmaa is a senior reporter on the Markets desk at Risk.net. She was previously a senior reporter at Law Business Research, covering banking, insurance and other financial services regulation. Before that, she was a Nordics reporter at MandateWire, part of FT Specialist.
She holds a master’s degree in legal studies from SOAS and a bachelor’s in sociology from Goldsmiths University.
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Articles by Emma Siponmaa
Goldman’s credit reporting proposal sparks criticism
Shift to end-of-day and next-day reporting on large portfolio trades seen as step back for transparency
JPM and MS offer US Treasury algos on Tradeweb
Dealer algos form part of broader execution strategy following acquisition of r8fin
It takes two: bilateral price streaming takes hold in govvies
Large dealers offer direct API access to government bonds as alternative to request-for-quote trading
Court ruling challenges ‘fiduciary’ role for pre-hedging
Lawyers suggest overturning of Mark Johnson’s conviction questions dealer-client fiduciary relationship
Asia investors turn to inverse ETFs for hedging
US-based Direxion eyes Asia listings, while CSOP expands product range to single names
Tribunal upholds spoofing decision despite no ‘smoking gun’
Decision shows trading patterns alone can be enough for UK regulators to demonstrate market manipulation
JP Morgan announces structuring team changes
New unified team to report to structuring head Rui Fernandes, and includes new roles for senior staff
EGB basis trades make electronic push
Bloomberg, MTS and Tradeweb add bond and futures combos after Eurex booking upgrade
Tidal rides retail boom to lead in single-stock options
Counterparty Radar: Volatility-selling ETF firm accounts for half of trading among US funds
Platforms expand portfolio trading to EGBs
Bloomberg and MTS to follow Tradeweb with extension of popular credit protocol
BNP Paribas eyes selective algo white label tie-ups
The French bank struck its first FX algo white-labelling partnership with Lloyds
Bank FX market-makers ramp up AI usage
Barclays applies tech to predictions, while HSBC and ING look at pricing accuracy
Tariff volatility pushes banks to tighten close-outs
Lawyers say dealers are looking to update playbooks for terminating derivatives trades