ICE posts challenge to FICC with Treasury clearing
The Intercontinental Exchange’s (ICE) Clear Credit platform is now clearing US Treasuries, following approval from the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Treasury repos are expected...
Casa de Bolsa Finamex recruits Rábago
Eduardo Aguilar Rábago has joined the institutional fixed income sales team at Mexican brokerage Casa de Bolsa Finamex.
He is based in Mexico City.
Casa de...
BondAuction completes inaugural trade
BondAuction has completed its first trade, a retained-bond sale by UK affordable housing aggregator Housing Finance Corporation.
The corporation announced its partnership with BondAuction in...
UK CTP will cost pennies – support will cost thousands
Out-of-hours support will cost more than access to bond consolidated tape data under Etrading Software’s pricing and licensing framework.
The maximum cost for a combined...
Support grows for Chinese govies as collateral
Chinese government bonds are being adopted for collateral transactions as the market opens up, with both Euroclear and Clearstream supporting international investors.
China’s government bond...
Karoui swaps Goldman for PIMCO
Goldman Sachs veteran Lotfi Karoui has left the bank for PIMCO.
Based in New York, Karoui is now a managing director and multi-asset credit strategist...
Egri-Thomas swaps Citadel for LMR Partners
Taylor Egri-Thomas has joined LMR Partners as a portfolio manager and head of US credit.
He is based in New York.
Alternative investment manager LMR Partners...
Arcesium acquires Limina, expands investment platform
Arcesium is expanding its investment platform to cover the end-to-end lifecycle following its first acquisition.
The financial technology firm has acquired portfolio and order management...
Olthof returns to ING
Rutger Olthof has rejoined ING as director of fixed income origination sales. He is based in Amsterdam.
ING reported €5.9 billion in total income for...
E-trading flat as US credit volumes balloon
Electronic trading in US credit showed little movement between 2024 and 2025, hovering just below 50% of investment grade (IG) volumes and remaining at...
