TradingScreen and Imagine Software to merge; Flatley named CEO of new entity
Private equity firm Francisco Partners, which The DESK revealed has acquired TradingScreen, a provider of trading execution and order management software, is to merge...
Traders note FCA ‘rebundling’ exposes misunderstanding of bond market
The UK market regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has released a consultation paper (CP) on existing MiFID II rules, which includes a proposed...
Trumid picks EM head and launches EM Attributed Trading
Bond market operator, Trumid, has hired Ben Sobel as head of emerging markets (EM). He has over 15 years of experience in EM, in...
Post-pandemic corporate bond surge continues among retailers
Corporate debt issuance is expected to ramp up this week as more companies emerge from earnings blackout periods, according to research by analytics provider...
EXCLUSIVE: TradingScreen bought by Francisco Partners
Execution management system (EMS) provider TradingScreen has been bought by private equity firm Francisco Partners for an undisclosed sum. The deal brings to a...
MarketAxess rides all-to-all and volume growth to record revenues in Q1
Bond market operator MarketAxess has reported Q1 2021 revenues of US$195.5 million, up 16% on the previous year and a company record. While Q1...
CME to launch rates futures based on Mexico’s F-TIIE
Derivative and rates market operator, CME Group, is to introduce interest rate futures based on the Central Bank of Mexico's Overnight TIIE funding rate...
AllianceBernstein executes credit block trade with four buyers on LTX
AllianceBernstein has reportedly become the first buy-side firm to receive aggregated liquidity from multiple buyers on the same block trade. The trade was enabled...
Meraki Global Advisors hires fixed income trader from Loomis, Sayles, & Company
Meraki Global Advisors has hired Meghan Siripurapu as a managing director at the firm’s Park City Headquarters in the USA, to meet the growing...
Tradeweb expands data access through AWS collaboration
Market operator Tradeweb is collaborating with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to broaden access to its US Treasury and UK Gilt closing price data through...
