ICE acquires American Financial Exchange
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has acquired the American Financial Exchange (AFX) in its entirety.
The electronic exchange, which facilitated direct lending and borrowing for American banks...
S&P Global Market Intelligence boosts muni market coverage
S&P Global Market Intelligence’s integrated market intelligence platform now covers almost 6 million securities in the municipal market.
The firm has added 4.6 million municipal...
Uncertainty on impact of US debt ceiling
Members of the Treasury Market Practices Group (TPMG) were unable to come to a consensus on the impact of the US debt limit being...
April Day leads AFME capital markets
AFME has named April Day as head of capital markets.
Based in London, she replaces Rick Watson, who announced his retirement in July 2024.
Day has...
CFTC Chair Behnam to Step Down Amid Regulatory Transition
Rostin Behnam, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has announced his departure after steering the agency through a transformative period in digital and...
Wellington targets US wealth clients with interval fund
Responding to growing interest in alternative solutions, Wellington Management has launched its first interval fund.
Through the Wellington Global Multi-Strategy Fund, Wellington aims to provide...
Finsight acquires Credit Flow Research
Capital markets technology and market data firm Finsight has expanded its US fixed income market provision with the acquisition of Credit Flow Research.
The acquisition...
Double-digit growth in Deutsche Börse cash bonds
Despite the dominance of equities, bonds were 2024’s growth story in Deutsche Börse’s cash markets.
Börse Frankfurt recorded €818 million in December (up 29% YoY...
ESMA’s CTP selection process begins
ESMA has initiated the selection process for the European bond consolidated tape provider (CTP).
Potential candidates must submit requests to participate in the first selection...
Anthony Phillips expands Reinsurance Group of America role
Reinsurance Group of America has named Anthony Phillips as interim head of APAC portfolio management. He is based in London.
This expands on Phillips’ existing...
