Cboe expands SFT clearing to fixed income
Cboe Clear Europe will soon offer securities financing transactions (SFT) clearing to fixed income instruments, expanding its SFT central clearing capabilities.
From 24 August, users...
US Treasury clearing readiness assessed
Industry preparation for US Treasury cash clearing “has advanced significantly” this year, though “meaningful work remains” before the 31 December 2026 deadline.
Those are high-level...
Kim swaps PineBridge for Fidelity International
Keong Kim has joined Fidelity International as an emerging markets fixed income trader. He is based in London.
Fidelity International holds a reported US$1.18 trillion...
Fixed income trading withers in shadow of equities, European banks say
Fixed income trading remains a two-tiered race in European banking, with Q2 seeing BNP Paribas and Barclays continue their see-saw journey and Societe Generale...
Commentary: Inside the fixed income ETF primary market
By Alex Evangeli
The ecosystem that powers fixed income ETF trading is more complex than the simplicity of trading the product suggests. Behind the...
Murray joins Adroit
Neil Murray, former UK credit sales team member at Bank of America, has announced that he is joining execution management system provider Adroit Trading...
Meta taps BlackRock for latest giant data centre
Everything’s bigger in Texas, including Meta’s latest El Paso data centre venture and BlackRock’s 80% stake in it.
The project, announced last week, will include...
EchoStar debt rockets
EchoStar’s notional debt outstanding increased by US$7.64 billion between May and June.
On 28 July, the company repaid all outstanding obligations of its 7.75% senior...
ICE buys MarketAxess
The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is buying MarketAxess for a total enterprise value of US$5.7 billion.
The deal is expected to close in H1 2027.
ICE will...
US rates e-trading flourishes in low volatility
Electronic trading in US rates was up two percentage points year-on-year (YoY) and three percentage points month-on-month (MoM) in June, representing 56% of the...
