Broadridge’s DLT repo platform volumes boom
Volumes on Broadridge’s Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR) platform jumped from US$1 trillion to US$5.9 trillion between August 2024 and 2025, a 490% year-on-year increase.
DLR...
MarketAxess expands BlackRock partnership Aladdin OEMS integration
MarketAxess is set to expand its decade-long partnership with BlackRock, integrating its credit trading protocols, pricing and data into BlackRock’s Aladdin order execution management...
Bank of England to reduce gilt stock by £100bn
The Bank of England’s (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to reduce the stock of gilts held in the Asset Purchase Facility (APF)...
Electronic trading volume in US fixed income hits record
Electronic trading of US investment-grade and high-yield bonds reached an all-time high in July according to data from Coalition Greenwich.
Overall electronic trading accounted for...
Rules & Ratings: S&P’s APAC sovereign ratings stable – for now
No changes were made to S&P Global’s 21 APAC sovereign ratings or outlooks in H1 2025, suggesting an expectation that the global economy will...
Market disruption spreads beyond Ukraine and Russia
Traders are reported that liquidity across developed and emerging markets is being hit, with trades taking far longer to complete and price formation suffering...
OpenFin Appoints Vicky Sanders as Chief Digital Officer
OpenFin has hired Vicky Sanders in the new role of chief digital officer as the operating system aims to accelerate out-of-the-box connectivity and interoperability...
Women in Finance : Supurna VedBrat : Being on point
Supurna VedBrat, Global Head of Trading at BlackRock, talks to Lynn Strongin Dodds about strategic planning, diversity of thought and transferable skillsets
Although Supurna VedBrat,...
The Book: Nissan prices US$5.8 billion in recovery plan
Nissan has priced JPY 860 billion (US$5.8 billion) in USD- and euro-denominated bonds and JPY-denominated convertible bonds.
Approximately JPY 660 billion (US$4.5 billion) will be...
The Agency Broker Hub: Capital markets digitalisation is flying above the cloud
Loris Buscaino & Paolo Ferracuti, Brokerage & Execution, Market Hub, Intesa Sanpaolo IMI CIB Division.
Cloud-focused partnerships are initiatives that have gathered steam recently, due to...
Banks’ Q2 fixed income revenues see modest increases over year
Banks’ second quarter 2024 fixed income revenues have seen modest to substantial increases, with Goldman Sachs an outlier, witnessing substantial drops in FICC intermediation...
FactSet’s work with GIC launches new fixed income trading capabilities
FactSet has launched fixed income trading capabilities for its execution management system (EMS), Portware, a FactSet trading solution, which is best known for its...
