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Lord Abbett invests in IMTC

IMTC has closed a US$12 million Series A funding round, with Lord Abbett joining its ranks of investors. The round was led by fintech-focused venture...

Simpler bond liquidity assessments diverge on either side of the Channel

British and European authorities are actively aiming to simplify bond liquidity and transparency regimes, but divergent reporting deferral rules for rates and credit, as...

Justesen joins Muzinich

Jakob Justesen has joined Muzinich as a fixed income trader. He is based in London. Privately owned investment firm Muzinich specialises in public and private...

FIM Partners appoints emerging market debt trader

FIM Partners has hired Nicholas Nellis as a portfolio manager and trader focused on emerging-market debt. He joins the London and Dubai-based investment manager after...

UK bond CTP suspension lifted

Etrading Software can finally sign the UK bond consolidated tape provider contract, with Ediphy consenting to the High Court suspension being lifted. CEO Chris Murphy...

New Issue IQ, Boltzbit partner on primary market automation

Bond issuance fintech New Issue IQ has partnered with AI firm Boltzbit to improve its processing operations, seeking to automate a traditionally manual area...

CME Group outage boosts FMX’s case, BofA says

CME Group’s market outages were resolved at 8:20 CT on 28 November, after a less-than-restful Thanksgiving for the organisation. But while it’s back to...

Collins leaves Trumid for MarketAxess

Gav Collins has swapped Trumid for MarketAxess, being named head of the transformation office. Based in London, Collins will work on the firm’s long-term strategic...

BNP Paribas loses Puget to BlueCrest

Francois Puget has joined fixed income macro trading firm BlueCrest Capital Management as a senior portfolio manager after almost 30 years with BNP Paribas. Based...