Swedish broker shut for pushing risky bonds and illicit issuer payments
Swedish market regulator, Finansinspektionen (FI), has revoked all permits for Nord Fondkommission AB (Nord FK) to continue trading.
Nord FK is a securities firm whose...
ION announces LatentZero OMS connection to Trumid
ION Markets, has connected its LatentZero order management system (OMS) to Trumid, the fixed income electronic trading platform. The link adds connectivity to ION...
BlueCrest hit by £40m fine by FCA
Fund manager BlueCrest has been fined just over £40 million by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for inadequate disclosures to investors, regarding its...
AFME urges co-legislators to ensure EU market attractiveness as MiFIR trilogues begin
The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has issued a comment in response to the vote of the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) on...
Negotiations begin on MiFIR/MiFID final review and consolidated tape
EU member states’ representatives have today agreed a mandate for negotiations with the European Parliament on the proposed regulation reviewing the Markets in Financial Instruments...
Tradeweb confirms purchase of Australian bond trading platform Yieldbroker
Multi-asset market operator, Tradeweb Markets has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Yieldbroker, an Australian trading platform for Australian and New Zealand government...
TMPG: Better US Treasuries data needed for effective policy
The New York Federal Reserve’s Treasury Market Practices Group (TMPG) has published a white paper on ‘Data Availability and Transparency in the US Treasury...
Can primary markets deflate?
Inflation levels could have a direct impact on volume of work – and therefore operational pressure – on buy-side trading desks.
Managing the process of...
Parameta Solutions offers access to SURFIX via BT Radianz Cloud
Parameta Solutions, the data and analytics division of global inter-dealer broker TP ICAP, is partnering with BT Radianz Cloud, a cloud community for capital...
IMTC launches new, streamlined platform
Fixed income technology specialist, IMTC, has launched a new and improved platform designed to enable fixed income investment managers to improve the accuracy and...
