The impact of trading long-dated bonds
Faced with the prospect of climbing rates, some investors will be looking to switch out of lower coupon bonds to capture higher returns. However,...
Acuiti: Sell-side not confident on compulsory clearing timeline
Sell-side players are not confident in the introduction of clearing markets across cash Treasury and repo markets, concerned that deadlines are unfeasible, infrastructure is...
AxeTrading receives €2 million investment from Illuminate Financial
AxeTrading, a provider of fixed income trading technology, has announced a strategic investment of €2 million from Illuminate Financial Management, a venture capital firm...
ESMA relaxes best ex reporting
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has pushed back reporting of best execution by execution venues and trading firms, which are regulatory requirements...
Citigroup Global Markets hit with $2.9m SEC underwriting expenses recordkeeping penalty
Citigroup Global Markets (CGMI) has settled a US$2.9 million penalty with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for underwriting expenses recordkeeping violations.
The SEC...
JP Morgan FICC e-Trading Survey: Inflation to have biggest impact
The JP Morgan annual fixed income, commodity and currency (FICC) e-Trading Survey has found that inflation is expected to have the greatest effect on...
‘HUB’ approach to buy-side middle and back office unites rivals
A new technology-led company, HUB, is being formed to build a cloud-based operating platform aimed at transforming asset managers’ operations technology.
The firm is being...
CSDR warning for EM bond liquidity
The mandatory buy-in regime that will be introduced next year by Europe’s Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) could have negative consequences in the less-liquid...
Retail investors add £125m to UK T-Bill market
Opening UK Treasury Bills to retail investors has introduced £125 million of investor capital into the market, according to PrimaryBid.
The capital markets technology platform...
Updated: Bloomberg launches all-to-all bond trading service
Bloomberg has launched Bloomberg Bridge, a new global all-to-all service that supports intermediated trading for corporate and emerging market bonds. Clients will initially be...
Glue42 aims to boost buy and sell-side internal collaboration
Glue42, the desktop tools integration specialist, has released a new version of its open-source platform, Glue42 Core. The new release, version 2.0, is designed...
TP ICAP launches new brand for trading data and analytics
Interdealer broker, market operator and data provider TP ICAP Group has launched the brand Parameta Solutions as the new identity of its data, analytics...