Ancoa goes into adminstration
Cinnober Financial Technology has acquired the assets of Ancoa Software, the UK-based market surveillance specialist company, as a going concern. Terms of the deal have...
Bondecosystem and TransFICC partner for bond market connectivity
Outsourced connectivity specialist Bondecosystem has partnered with financial technology provider TransFICC, to deliver a low-latency execution and connectivity service to electronic fixed income venues.
The...
Bloomberg wins over AB and Capital Group with BVAL
AllianceBernstein (AB) and Capital Group have both selected Bloomberg's evaluated pricing service (BVAL) to benchmark and corroborate end-of-day values for US fixed income portfolio...
Connectivity platforms report FI deals ahead of MiFID II
By Sobia Hamid.
The growth of electronic trading in fixed income is driving connectivity between trading platforms. In 2016, Greenwich Associates estimated electronic trading of...
Making prices more easily
If dealers cannot make prices investors will have to, and many firms are stepping up to offer greater access to pricing and liquidity data....
Bitcoin, blockchain and the DLT chimera
The uncertain promises of distributed ledger technology for financial markets. By Ferdinando Ametrano, Banca IMI (Intesa Sanpaolo).
Distributed ledger technology (DLT) is at a very...
Buy-side desks swing extra US$2.1 million into fixed income trading technology
By Sobia Hamid.
On average buy-side fixed income desks pushed US$2.1 million of additional budget into technology in 2016, according to new research from analyst...
The technology behind price making
Lynn Strongin Dodds canvasses the market to see who is willing to pick up the gauntlet in Europe.
If dealers are trading less, they are...
Making a mark on TCA
Transaction cost analysis is becoming more sophisticated despite data limitations. Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at the current offerings.
Fixed income markets are becoming more transparent....
Primary concern : FIXing issuance
Efforts are underway to automate debt offerings and give the buy side greater control. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports.
Initial public and debt offerings can be...
