Onbrane and Agora merge
Onbrane and Agora Digital Markets have merged to create a single platform for debt issuance and management under the Onbrane brand.
Agora provides modelling and...
Tokenised Treasury transactions tested ahead of DTCC go-live
Franklin Templeton has exchanged a tokenised US Treasury for tokenised cash (USDCx) with Virtu Financial in real-time as the industry prepares for DTCC’s tokenised...
Pham swaps UBS for SIX
Nancy Pham has joined SIX as head of fixed income sales. She is based in Zurich.
In May 2026, SIX reported €157.9 billion in turnover...
Standard Chartered promotes two to CEO roles
Standard Chartered has promoted Margaret Harwood-Jones to CEO for Europe and the UK, effective 1 September.
The newly-created role unifies oversight of the two regions.
Standard...
Trumid, BlackRock deepen integration
Trumid’s credit trading workflows have been further integrated into the BlackRock Aladdin order and execution management system (OEMS).
Shared clients will be able to access...
Ediphy rolls out consolidated consolidated tape
Ediphy has launched an aggregated consolidated bond tape, bringing together UK, EU and US post-trade fixed income data.
The service combines the UK bond tape,...
Yap and Chua join Citi
Anthony Yap and Maria Chua have joined Citi’s APAC debt capital market (DCM) team.
Yap will serve as head of leveraged finance for Australia and...
UK bond tape launches with 98% coverage
The UK’s consolidated tape for bonds is live, with 98% contributor coverage by notional trade value.
Etrading Software CEO Sassan Danesh told The DESK, “It’s...
MarketAxess launches enhanced consolidated tape
MarketAxess has launched a consolidated tape for bond markets, a few days before the official UK tape goes live.
The TraX Tape will provide a...
Fernandes swaps JP Morgan for BNP Paribas
Francisca Fernandes has joined BNP Paribas as vice president of electronic fixed income sales. She is based in London.
BNP Paribas reported €1.6 billion in...
