Aladdin users gain Cassini support for derivatives trading
BlackRock has partnered with Cassini Systems, the pre- and post-trade margin and collateral analytics provider, to integrate Cassini analytics into BlackRock’s Aladdin order and...
Tangible returns from bond trade automation
Adoption of automated trading continues apace across several bond markets and within different grades of instrument. Gareth Coltman, global head of automation at MarketAxess,...
Sub-2bps bid-ask spreads in US IG are below pre-crisis levels
The US investment grade (IG) credit market is seeing very tight bid-ask spreads in 2021, according to the Composite Plus (CP+) data supplied by...
New EM issues make relationships matter
Buy-side emerging markets (EM) traders will be bonding well with their banks and brokers this year to make sure they are getting a slice...
Scotiabank, Rabo Securities and Huntington Capital Markets join DirectBooks
DirectBooks, the capital markets consortium founded to optimise the bond issuance process has signed up Scotiabank, Rabo Securities and Huntington Capital Markets to join...
Aegon AM wins short-dated investment grade bond mandates
Aegon Asset Management’s reports it has won two UK clients totalling £325 million for its short-dated investment grade bond strategy, with a further mandate...
FlexTrade Systems integrates with BMLL
Execution and order management system provider FlexTrade has integrated the BMLL Data Feed into the FlexTRADER EMS.
Data and analytics provider BMLL Technologies’ Level 3...
IHS Markit publishing new CRITR US dollar funding rate
Information, analytics and solution provider, IHS Markit, is now publishing a series of forward-looking dynamic term rates that measure the daily US Dollar (USD)...
Barclays now streaming prices into MarketAxess Live Markets
Barclays has committed to become a dedicated market maker and is actively contributing streaming prices for US investment grade corporate bonds to the MarketAxess...
First trades of CME’s Mexican F-TIIE interest rate futures
Market operator the CME Group has processed the first trades of the new interest rate futures based on the Central Bank of Mexico's Overnight...
