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Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

World Bank raises $110 million with blockchain managed bond

The Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has helped its client, the World Bank, launch bond-i - the world’s first bond to be created, allocated, transferred and managed through its life cycle using distributed ledger technology.

24 August 2018

Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

Nikko Asset Management selects FactSet for fixed income ops

FactSet, a global provider of integrated financial information, analytical applications, and industry-leading services, announced today that Nikko Asset Management (“Nikko AM”) has selected the FactSet Linear Multi Asset Class (MAC) risk model to help manage risk across its global fixed income portfolios.

20 August 2018

News/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

Citi invests in TransFicc

TransFicc, a UK-based startup founded by former LMAX executives to address fragmentation in fixed income markets, has scored a strategic investment from Citi as part of a deal that will also see it join the US bank's London innovation lab.

20 August 2018

News/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

BMO pilots blockchain for fixed income issuance

Bank of Montreal's capital markets unit has piloted the use of a blockchain platform for a pilot fixed income issuance transaction.

16 August 2018

News/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

Big banks join $32 million funding round in Axoni

Goldman Sachs and Nyca Partners have led a $32 million funding round in enterprise blockchain vendor Axoni.

14 August 2018

News/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

CBA and World Bank collaborate for DLT bond issuance

Commonwealth Bank of Australia is collaborating with the World Bank on the creation of a Ethereum-based platform for blockchain bond issuance.

10 August 2018

Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

Dealerweb and Icap pricing to be made available on Thomson Reuters screens

Thomson Reuters has enhanced its Reuters Capital Markets 19901 (RCM19901) service with pricing sourced through Dealerweb and ICAP, providing its fixed income trading clients with a market-leading global rates offering to further enable their trading decisions.

02 August 2018

Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

IHS Markit steps in to Libor vacuum

IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today announced that MarkitSERV, its trade processing service for OTC derivatives, is at the forefront of the use of new reference rates replacing LIBOR in derivatives markets.

30 July 2018

News/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

Euroclear takes stake in Algomi

Euroclear has made an undisclosed investment in fixed income liquidity matching firm Algomi.

18 July 2018

Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

JPMorgan goes live with client clearing at LCH CDSClear

LCH, a leading global clearing house, today announced that J.P. Morgan has gone live as CDSClear’s first US bank to offer client clearing.

03 July 2018

Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

Digital asset firm Huobi expands European operations with London office and OTC trading service

Huobi Group, the leading blockchain asset solutions provider, announced today the opening of its London office and the appointment of Lester Li as European Exchange Director and Josh Goodbody as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Huobi UK.

28 June 2018

News/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

London Stock Exchange acquires stake in AcadiaSoft

The London Stock Exchange has acquired a 16% stake in AcadiaSoft in a bid to further streamline margin calculations and processing in the non-cleared derivatives market.

27 June 2018

Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

NSD delivers bond pricing and risk reporting database

National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, and Interfax Group have launched the integrated product RU Data Price, which allows institutional investors to access a full set of data to analyze market risks and generate regulatory reports, in particular, to evaluate the fair price of bonds.

08 June 2018

Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

Algomi appoints former MarketAxess Emea COO, Scott Eaton, as CEO

We are delighted to announce that Algomi has appointed former MarketAxess EMEA COO, Scott Eaton, as CEO, effective immediately.

06 June 2018

Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

Investment Association calls for inefficiencies in the bond markets to be addressed

The Investment Association (IA) has today published a series of best practice principles designed to improve the functioning of the bond markets during exchange and tender offers – the process whereby an issuer exchanges its existing bonds for new bond issuance or buys them back for cash.

06 June 2018

Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

Icap and Thomsons Reuters extend data deal

ICAP Information, the leading global supplier of over-the-counter financial data, has announced a five-year extension to its long-standing relationship with Thomson Reuters to provide USD Interest Rate Swap (IRS) data on the Reuters Capital Markets 19901 service.

04 June 2018

Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

DBS expands Technology Advisory Committee

The Derivatives Service Bureau today announced the members of its newly formed Technology Advisory Committee (TAC).

01 June 2018

Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

FIIG Securities Australia selects BondIT for the front office

BondIT today announced that leading fixed income house, FIIG Securities, has signed an agreement to use its bond portfolio solution for relationship managers.

31 May 2018

Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

ICE to acquire TMC Bonds

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire TMC Bonds LLC for $685 million in cash.

29 May 2018

Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

MarkitServ touches base with CME trade repositories

IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today announced that it has expanded its MarkitSERV Integrated Reporting solution to CME Group’s Trade Repositories in Australia (ASIC) and Europe (EMIR).

23 May 2018