BBVA, BME and IDB issue regulated bond in Spain registered with blockchain
BME, through Iberclear, BBVA and the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB), have completed what they claim is the first bond issuance in Spain listed in...
The Book: Digital Asset and Euroclear tokenise gilts and Eurobonds
Digital Asset, a blockchain system provider, has completed a collaborative initiative to tokenise gilts and Eurobonds.
Euroclear, The World Gold Council, and global law firm...
EM stabilising could encourage market makers
Emerging market activity has seen a reduction in volatility in the first half of the year, with both volumes and pricing levels falling slightly,...
FairCT wins EU bond CT tender
FairCT has won the EU bond consolidated tape tender.
The company has been invited to apply for authorisation. Once authorised, it will operate the tape...
Origination: State Street issues US$2.25 billion in senior debt
State Street has issued US$2.25 billion in senior debt through State Street Bank and Trust. The bank has partnered with diverse and veteran-owned firms...
US regulators battle to define bond market structure
US market regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has engaged in a series of initiatives that could collectively bring more structure and standardisation...
Wellington targets US wealth clients with interval fund
Responding to growing interest in alternative solutions, Wellington Management has launched its first interval fund.
Through the Wellington Global Multi-Strategy Fund, Wellington aims to provide...
How the ICMA got firm on bond pricing
Buy-side traders have long decried the lack of executable price in bond markets. For the best part of a decade the electrification of these...
Liquidnet: 39% of buy-side firms rethinking use of TCA
By Flora McFarlane.
Traditional transaction cost analysis (TCA) could be a casualty in the shifting landscape of pre- and post-MiFID II regulation, with 39% of...
UBS quantifies MiFID II ripples that will be felt across the pond
The DESK.
Banks will see trading revenue growth fall by roughly 1.5% in 2018 due to MiFID II, and that pressure will sustain for at...
Tokenisation booms in repo markets
Repo is becoming one of the main use cases for tokenisation in the fixed income market, with privacy-enabled open blockchain provider Canton Network currently...
Tradeweb and CFETS launch southbound Bond Connect channel
Market operator Tradeweb Markets is expanding its trading link with China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS) under the Bond Connect channel on 24 September...
