Mixed trading volumes in May for fixed income across platforms
Looking at the numbers from the major trading platforms in May, volumes appear to be recovering which will be positive for dealers, who saw...
Liberty Street Economics: Active trading could drive loan standardisation
By Flora McFarlane.
A Liberty Street Economics report analysing the US secondary loan market has found that increased trading and liquidity will potentially standardise loans.
The...
valantic FSA invests in low-code technology provider Velox
valantic Financial Services Automation (FSA), a provider of cross-asset electronic trading and automation solutions, has completed an investment in Velox Financial Technology, to support...
On The Desk: Christoph Hock: On building efficiency
Union Investment’s development of a multi-asset trading team and segregation of high and low touch business is allowing it to focus trading resource where...
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...
VIDEO: End to End CSDR Processing – Roles, Responsibilities, and Issues for all Participants
On 22nd July, 2020 a panel of market participants discussed the detailed implications of the Central Securities Depository Regulation (CSDR).
The panel comprised, J.R. Bogan,...
Atte Lahtiranta to join Citadel in early 2025
Citadel has appointed Atte Lahtiranta as head of core engineering. He will join the firm in early 2025.
Atte has close to 30 years of...
Bloomberg to buy Broadway Technology in boost to rates trading
Bloomberg has entered into an agreement to acquire Broadway Technology, a fixed-income execution management system (EMS) provider. This acquisition will help Bloomberg to...
Mark Carney says bitcoin has ‘pretty much failed’ as money
Speaking at Regents University on 19 February, Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England, said bitcoin, “has pretty much failed” on providing...
Pimco says Fed’s new repo facility should ease future stress
Asset manager Pimco said the US Federal Reserve’s creation of a permanent standing repo facility (SRF) will help develop more resilient funding markets, although...
The Book: France issues first digitally native note
Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) has issued France’s first digital native note as part of European Central Bank trials to settle wholesale transitions...
BrokerTec launches dealer-to-client repo execution platform into US markets
Market operator BrokerTec, part of the CME Group, has made its dealer-to-client request-for-quote (RFQ) trading platform, BrokerTec Quote, available to the US repo market...
