ECB warns ‘dark trading’ may cement bond market fragmentation
A paper by the European Central Bank (ECB), entitled ‘Dark pools in European equity markets: emergence, competition and implications’ has advised firms to be...
Viewpoint: John Robinson & Byron Cooper-Fogarty
Sharpening the axe: Neptune sees expanding opportunity for buy- and sell-side.
Buy-side firms are consuming more data than ever and Neptune is well placed to ensure...
TransFICC investment to deliver e-trading platform with trader desktop
TransFICC, the specialist provider of low-latency connectivity and workflow services for fixed income and derivatives markets, has closed a Series A extension for US$17...
The UK’s PRA cites break from EU in review of capital rules for buy...
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), the UK’s prudential authority for financial services, has begun reform of capital rules for insurers and banks, in its...
Trumid launches continuous bond pricing platform
By Flora McFarlane.
Trumid has announced the launch of its new service, the Fair Value Model Price (FVMP), for continuous bond pricing which produces a...
Harrington joins Columbia Threadneedle
Marc Harrington has been appointed as senior fixed income trader at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. Harrington’s carrier as a buy-side bond trader, last saw him...
7 Chord to integrate Glimpse Markets’ bond transaction data
7 Chord, an independent provider of predictive prices and analytics to fixed income traders, issuers, and investors, has become the first AI pricing vendor...
Sherpa Edge appoints Frank Lynge Jensen as chief trader
Outsourced trading specialist Sherpa Edge has appointed Frank Lynge Jensen as chief trader. Lynge Jensen has 21 years’ experience as a trader, working as...
Eurex launches the first futures on a Euro High Yield Index
From 17 October 2022, Eurex will offer market participants the opportunity to hedge the Euro-denominated high-yield corporate bond market in Europe.
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ICE bolsters fixed income offering as Virtu offloads BondPoint
By Flora McFarlane.
BondPoint, the electronic fixed income securities trading platform, has become the latest addition to Intercontinental Exchange’s fixed income offering.
With the US$400 million...