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...
Strategically automate and allocate to survive
There is a lot to be afraid of in the modern world. Geopolitical shocks, inflation and black swans abound, and the old ways do...
Rules and Ratings: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – Is the end of the...
On the last trading day of 2024, shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac surged between 20% and 30% as 2024 ended, catalysed by...
The credit trading processes you really should have automated by now…
Automation has historically been highly challenging in corporate bond markets for several reasons, but traders say some parts of the workflow ‘ought’ to be...
Asset managers ‘not investment firms’ under MiFID II?
By Flora McFarlane & Dan Barnes.
Several European investment managers have reportedly claimed that they will not be classified as investment firms under the revised...
Deutsche Bank offers client clearing via CDSClear
By Pia Hecher.
Deutsche Bank has gone live offering client clearing via the global clearing house group LCH’s CDSClear service. Asset management firms MEAG and...
Viewpoint: What an institutional trader needs to know about FI ETFs and futures
Where instrument selection can be key, understanding cash and derivatives instruments and the interplay between them is invaluable.
The DESK spoke with Joyce Choi, director...
Abel Noser acquires Trade Informatics
Trade analytics and agency brokerage Abel Noser has closed the deal with Trade Informatics, a New York based firm offering equities trade cost analysis...
Chatham Asset Management fined for improper bond trading
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged New Jersey-based Chatham Asset Management and its founder, Anthony Melchiorre, in connection with improper trading of...
FILS 2022: 7IM selects Bloomberg AIM and PORT to streamline trade workflow
Investment manager 7IM has adopted Bloomberg’s AIM order management system (OMS), to support the firm’s focus on achieving an efficient target operating model to...
Gibson joins Ninety One as global head of trading
Cathy Gibson has joined asset manager Ninety One, an emerging market specialist with over £100 billion in assets under management, as global head of...
US corporate bond market growth continues upward trend in July
The US corporate bond market in July saw increases across nearly all the metrics tracked by Coalition Greenwich, with average daily notional volume (ADNV)...
