Swap market participants begin using DSB
It appears that swap market participants are beginning to use the service in increasing numbers as the Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) reports a rise in...
Hermes Investment Management chooses IHS Markit for TCA
By Flora McFarlane.
Hermes Investment Management has chosen IHS Markit’s TCA platform ahead of incoming best execution obligations under MiFID II.
The technology provider’s TCA platform...
JP Morgan chooses Mosaic fixed income data analytics platform
By Flora McFarlane.
In a move to increase the efficiency and efficiency across its FICC sales and trading division, JP Morgan has contracted Mosaic Smart...
FIX issues guide for MiFID II reporting of bond trades
By Flora McFarlane.
FIX Trading Community, which sets the messaging standard for trading messages sent between buy-side and sell-side firms, has published the final Recommended...
What is best execution and how can firms achieve it?
Gareth Coltman, Head of European Product Management, MarketAxess Europe offers his insights.
There is no doubt that MiFID II will have a profound and lasting...
PLSA: Absorbed research costs must not impede transparency for investors
By Flora McFarlane.
The majority of large asset managers are opting to absorb research costs rather than pass them onto clients, but investors must investigate...
Major concerns raised about repo
By Flora McFarlane.
Several buy-side practitioners have voiced warnings about the outlook for the ‘broken’ repo market, warning that European regulators needed to address the...
Kempen chooses SimCorp Coric for legacy client reporting
By Flora McFarlane.
Dutch asset manager, Kempen, has selected SimCorp Coric for its reporting solutions, replacing its legacy reporting technology, in response to increasing regulation...
Financial Conduct Authority approves Trax and Tradeweb for MiFID II Reporting
By Flora McFarlane.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has granted approval to Trax and Tradeweb as Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) for transparency and reporting under...
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...
