Fixed income and OTC derivatives

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Siemens issues €300 million digital bond on blockchain

Siemens has issued its second digital bond on blockchain rails in support of European Central Bank and Deutsche Bundesbank digital ledger trials.

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Kfw selects Boerse Stuttgart for issuance of blockchain-based digital bond

German development bank KfW has selected Boerse Stuttgart Digital as infrastructure partner for its new blockchain-based digital bond.

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Mosaic and Euroclear team to generate smarter fixed income data

Mosaic Smart Data has teamed up with Euroclear to launch Smart Markets, an AI-powered tool for parsing unstructured fixed income data to generate actionable trading insights.

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Swiss National Bank to expand wCBDC trials

The Swiss National Bank is to expand its wholesale central bank digital currency pilot, Helvetia, for a further two years after promising results in early trials.

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BBVA to issue financial sector's first biodiversity bond

BBVA Colombia and IFC are to issue the financial sector’s first biodiversity bond.

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AXA IM completes first market transaction using stablecoins

AXA Investment Managers has completed its first live market transacation using stablecoins issued by SG Forge, the digital asset arm of Societe Generale.

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Revolut to offer bond trading for EU clients

UK fintech Revolut has set its sights on Europe's fixed income market as the next investment option for its clients.

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Citi joins blockchain bond exchange

Global custodian Citi Securities Service has announced its membership of BondbloX Bond Exchange (BBX), a DLT-based platform that claims to be the world's first fractional bond exchange.

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TT boosts cross-asset offering with Abel Noser Solutions acquisition

Capital markets tech vendor Trading Technologies has agreed to buy Abel Noser Solutions (ANS), a provider of transaction cost analysis for investment managers, brokers, asset owners and consultants. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Tradeweb makes A$125 million offer for e-trading platform Yieldbroker

Fixed income marketplace Tradeweb is in talks to acquire Australian government bond and interest rate derivatives trading platform Yieldbroker.

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More Wall Street giants back Versana syndicated loan platform

Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, US Bank and Wells Fargo are the latest financial services players to back Versana, joining a $40 million capital raise for the syndicated loan platform.

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Bloomberg agrees Broadway acquisition

Bloomberg has agreed to buy Broadway Technology, a provider of front-office tech to the sell-side. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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EIB issues its first ever digital bond in pound sterling

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has priced its first ever £50 million digital bond using a combination of private and public blockchains operated and accessed via HSBC's tokenisation platform, Orion.

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FNZ buys YieldX

Wealth management platform FNZ has made its second acquisition in a week, buying YieldX, a US-based provider of fixed income portfolio management technology, optimisation services and direct indexing tools.

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Lloyds PE arm invests in Etrading Software

Lloyds Banking Group's private equity arm, LDC, has made a "significant" investment in capital markets technology outfit Etrading Software.

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BNY Mellon invests in fixed income tech firm bondIT

BNY Mellon has led a $14 million investment round for credit analytics and fixed income technology player bondIT.

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DBS goes live on SGX unit's crypto platform; launches programmable money pilot

DBS has become the first bank to go live on a new digital asset trading platform from Singapore Exchange unit MaxxTrader.

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ICMA appoints first fintech head

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has named Georgina Jarratt as its first ever head of fintech and digitalisation in recognition of the growing influence of digital technology on capital markets.

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Bloomberg, MarketAxess and Tradweb form EU consolidated tape JV

Bloomberg, MarketAxess and Tradeweb Markets have formed a joint venture company to apply to become a comnsolidated tape provider for European fixed income markets.

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TransFicc raises $17 million to automate fixed income trading

TransFicc, the London-based provider of a single API for electronic trading and workflow in fixed income markets, has closed a Series A extension for $17 million.