Deus X Capital invests in APEX:E3
Family office-backed investment and operating company Deus X Capital has announced its strategic investment in big data analytics and AI focused firm APEX:E3.
The company...
Tariff tantrum: Bond investors sit on hands while market makers are busy
Sell side trading desks have reported elevated levels of activity today following the US threat to impose tariffs of 25% on Canadian and Mexican...
Exclusive: Analysing the battle for US e-Trading in February
The highly competitive corporate bond market saw average daily volumes converge in the US across electronic trading venues in February. The DESK has exclusively...
UBS integrates Bond Port with iQbonds to increase counterparty diversity
UBS has integrated its Bond Port trading venue with iQbonds, the bond trading platform of software provider valantic.
iQbonds is heavily used in the German...
US president to oversee financial institution regulation amid deregulation drive
New executive orders signed by US president, Donald Trump, have given him oversight of all US financial regulation, outside of monetary policy, while also...
Jim Kwiatkowski named CEO of LTX, Toffey becomes chairman of the board
LTX, Broadridge Financial Solutions' bond, digital trading business, has promoted Jim Kwiatkowski to the role of CEO.
Jim Toffey, co-founder of LTX, will succeed Art...
FCA to investigate barriers for buy side to access data
The UK’s market regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will launch two market studies and gather further information to investigate access to wholesale data....
Simon McGhee joins Virtu Financial
Simon McGhee has joined Virtu Financial, the electronic market maker, covering exchange traded products and fixed income sales trading. McGhee has worked in the...
What volatility looks like
Understanding how challenging the European markets have been to trade this year is far clearer when looking at the numbers. According to MarketAxess TraX...
Chinese govies step closer to collateral acceptability
Acceptance of Chinese government bonds as collateral will hinge upon rule changes around defaults. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports.
The use of Chinese government bonds as...
Symphony partners with Digital Asset to tackle syndicated loans
Market communication and infrastructure provider Symphony is partnering with Digital Asset, a distributed ledger and infrastructure specialist, to create straight through processing (STP) workflows...
Greenwich: RFQ cuts convertible bond spreads in half
New research by analyst firm Greenwich Associates has found that the request for quote (RFQ) protocol is cutting the spreads made by the most...
