MarketAxess Q1 revenue up 36%; reports on US spreads
Bond market operator MarketAxess has seen revenues for the first quarter of 2020 increase 36% to US$169 million, up on the US$124.5 million it...
IDX: Clearing up clearing in Europe
With volatility a constant market presence in recent years, and expected to be for the foreseeable future, regulators need to ensure that firms can...
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...
AFME finds sell-side fixed income data spend up 50% over five years
A study by the Association of Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has provides a new view of rising fixed income data costs in eight...
Cowen Outsourced Trading picks TORA OEMS
Cowen Outsourced Trading has selected TORA’s Order and Execution Management System (OEMS) for fixed income trading across USA, Europe and Asia.
Cowen selected TORA’s software-as-a-service...
Paolo Buscaglia swaps UniCredit for Santander
Santander Corporate & Investment Banking has appointed Paolo Buscaglia as co-head of European government bond (EGB) and sovereign, supranational and agency debt (SSA) trading....
The Book: Who will drive reform in primary markets?
Primary market practices are under pressure to change, however the urgency and direction given for adaptation are often skewed by specific market participant groups.
The...
BGC confirms FMX launch date of 23 September
BGC Group has confirmed that its FMX Futures Exchange will launch on 23 September, just one week from today.
The US interest rate futures exchange...
Aldo Mannino joins Clear Street as it launches repo business
Prime broker, Clear Street, has expanded its securities finance offering with the official launch of a fixed income repo service.
In 2019, it launched a...
Octaura partners with CreditSights for enhanced data provisions
Clients of syndicated loans electronic trading, data and analytics firm Octaura will soon be able to access LevFin Insights (FLI) data and news through...
The ‘venue’ question raised by ESMA’s new order execution consultation
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is consulting on the development of technical standards (RTS) specifying the criteria for establishing and assessing the...
New ECB harmonisation rules push for capital markets union
The European Central Bank (ECB) has published harmonised rules and arrangements for the mobilisation and management of collateral in Eurosystem credit operations in its...
