Jefferies picks Propellant for FI data analytics
Jefferies has selected Propellant Digital to provide data solutions for fixed income markets.
Propellant combines public and proprietary trading data to financial institutions, aiming to...
Ratings & Analysis: First Brands Group issuer ratings plunge
Autopart supplier First Brands Group has plummeted in credit agency ratings, declaring bankruptcy in the US.
Fitch dropped the company from B to CCC last...
Securities financing conditions tightened somewhat while market making activity gained, ECB says
The Desk has analyzed the December 2024 survey on credit terms and conditions in euro-denominated securities financing and OTC derivatives markets (SESFOD), which provides...
Franklin Templeton bolsters SMA services
Franklin Templeton has selected IMTC for separately managed accounts (SMA) management.
“Over the next few years, we anticipate significant growth in the SMA space and...
BTMU fined for spoofing in Treasury futures
By Flora McFarlane.
On 7 August the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CTFC) fined The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) for spoofing, submitting orders that are...
Former TD Securities head of US Treasury trading indicted for alleged spoofing
A federal grand jury in the US has returned an indictment charging Jeyakumar ‘Jack’ Nadarajah, formerly TD Securities’ head of US Treasury trading, with...
Adaptive taps Rapid Addition for FIX solutions
Trading technology provider Adaptive has partnered with financial messaging protocols firm Rapid Addition to enhance its FIX solutions.
The firms say they are addressing increasing...
Yieldbroker partners with IHS Markit to support Australian bond issuance
Data, analytics and trading solutions provider IHS Markit is collaborating with Yieldbroker, the electronic trading platform for Australian and New Zealand debt securities and...
MarketAxess reports record electronic trading volumes for January
By Flora McFarlane.
MarketAxess, electronic trading platform for fixed income securities, has reported that January was a record month for daily and monthly trading volumes,...
Research: Having an EMS does lead to better performance in bond trading
The buy-side’s wish-list for execution and order management systems revealed in The DESK’s latest research.
Buy-side bond traders want their trading technology to provide a...
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FlexTrade integrates IHS Markit pre-trade TCA data into EMS
FlexTrade, the multi-asset execution and order management system provider, and IHS Markit, the analytics and solutions provider to buy- and sell-side firms, are integrating...
Rising rates hit high yield availability
Despite some optimistic outlooks on bond issuance in 2023, high yield bonds are clearly seeing a decline in Europe, based on data from the...
