EBA launches consultation on regtech
The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched an industry consultation to identify the main barriers and risks of deploying RegTech and potential ways to support...
FCA warns on permissions needed for MiFID II
By Sobia Hamid.
Firms who need to change their regulatory permissions as a result of MiFID II, in effect from 3 January 2018, are advised...
Adaptive: The Modernization Mandate – Who Calls the Shots on Trading Tech?
The Modernization Mandate: Who Calls the Shots on Trading Tech?
Capital markets are at a critical inflection point, with firms navigating a complex transition from...
Lord Abbett picks IMTC for portfolio, order management
Global asset manager Lord Abbett has appointed IMTC as portfolio and order management system provider.
IMTC will provide an end-to-end investment platform for the US$214...
Rules & Ratings: KBRA makes two senior management appointments
Eric Neglia has been named global head of KBRA’s expanding funds ratings business, while Thomas Speller has been appointed global head of fund finance,...
People moves: Tumasz joins Oaktree; Trumid poaches Swaby; RBC expands DCM team
Erik Tumasz has joined Oaktree Capital Management as managing director and head of investment and trading technology.
Tumasz is well respected in buy-side circles for...
October e-trading bond platforms; rates up, credit mixed
Electronic bond trading and data platform MarketAxess has reported its monthly trading volume for October 2021 was US$619 billion with credit trading down 4%...
Exclusive: How Bloomberg bagged Broadway when ION could not
Bloomberg’s recent agreement to acquire execution management system (EMS) provider Broadway Technology, raised some eyebrows within the front office universe.
Broadway had previously been the...
Fixed income’s slow adaptation to payment for research
By Flora McFarlane
While MiFID II’s unbundling rules across the board are in full swing, fixed income is still getting used to the accompanying cultural...
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Bloomberg/PRMIA report finds liquidity barrier to RFR derivatives use
A new report by the Professional Risk Managers' International Association (PRMIA) and Bloomberg has found that while the majority (79%) of the firms with...
Portfolio trading on the up: fixed income electronifies and sell-side sentiment down, says valantic/Acuiti
Sell-side fixed income participants are witnessing the deepening electronification of fixed income markets, according to a report from Acuiti in association with valantic FSA.
As...
Tradeweb reports ADV in June up 35% year-on-year
Tradeweb has reported that its total trading volume for June 2021 reached US$23.1 trillion. Average daily volume (ADV) for the month was US$1.05 trillion,...
