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Torstone adds international processing tool for US clients to Inferno system

Torstone Technology has added an international processing tool for US clients to its flagship post-trade securities and derivatives processing system, Inferno.

14 April 2015

Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

Bondcube fixed income trading platform goes live

Bondcube, the Fixed Income trading platform, is pleased to announce that it has gone live in Europe & the US with full match, negotiation and trading functionality for all to all bond trading.

14 April 2015

Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

TPI and Cass Business School collaborate on OTC market regulation research

Tullett Prebon Information (TPI), a leading global provider of financial market data, today announced that it has entered into a corporate partnership with Cass Business School, City University London.

14 April 2015

Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

Bats and Icap announce EFP trading and clearing services

BATS Chi-X Europe (BATS), Europe’s largest stock exchange, and ICAP, a leading markets operator, announce today new services which, when combined, will enable market participants to trade fully cleared equity index Exchange for Physical (EFP) transactions anonymously.

13 April 2015

Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

LCH.Clearnet launches inflation swaps clearing

LCH.Clearnet Limited (“LCH.Clearnet”), the global clearing house, today announced that it is now offering inflation swap clearing through its leading SwapClear service.

07 April 2015

News/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

Swift London Business Forum to continue discussions on FinTech innovation

Challenger banks will feature heavily in the upcoming Swift Business Forum in London. Craig Donaldson, CEO at Metro Bank UK, is joined by keynote speaker Sir David Clementi, ex-deputy governor of the Bank of England and chairman of Virgin Money.

27 March 2015

News/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

European government bond trading goes electronic

Some 57% of trading volume in European government bonds was executed electronically in 2014, up 14 percentage points since the onset of the global financial crisis according to a new report from Greenwich Associates.

26 March 2015

News/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

Future Money Focus: Robert Sams, Clearmatics

An ex-hedge fund manager who spent a decade trading interest rate derivatives is now jumping headfirst into the world of the blockchain with his newest venture, Clearmatics, a clearing and settlement technology for financial OTC markets based on a distributed ledger.

19 March 2015

Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

RJ O'Brian to acquire Kyte Group

R.J. O’Brien & Associates (RJO), the oldest and largest independent futures brokerage and clearing firm in the United States, and GFI Group (NYSE:GFIG), a leading intermediary and provider of trading technologies and support services to the global OTC and listed markets, today announced that RJO’s affiliate, R.J. O’Brien Europe Limited (RJO Europe), will acquire GFI’s subsidiary, The Kyte Group Limited (Kyte).

11 March 2015

Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

Asic steps back from demands for intra-day reporting on derivatives transactions

ASIC has amended the ASIC Derivative Transaction Rules (Reporting) 2013 (derivative transaction rules (reporting)) following industry consultation and feedback on Consultation Paper 221 OTC Derivatives Reform: Proposed amendments to the ASIC Derivative Transaction Rules (Reporting) 2013 (CP 221).

13 February 2015

Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

MillenniumIT to provide core infrastructure for India's NCDEX

MillenniumIT, the ultra low-latency technology provider, which is part of London Stock Exchange Group, today announced that it has been selected by India’s National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX), to provide the core technology infrastructure for both the derivatives and spot market segments of NCDEX.

10 February 2015

Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

Algomi to triple US staff

Algomi, the network company providing information-matching solutions for the optimization of fixed income liquidity, today announced strong growth in its United States operations.

15 January 2015

Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

SEC bids to boost transparency with new swap reporting rules

The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted two new sets of rules that will require security-based swap data repositories (SDRs) to register with the SEC and prescribe reporting and public dissemination requirements for security-based swap transaction data.

15 January 2015

Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

Misys regulatory reporting service connects to DTCC repository

Misys, a leading provider of software solutions to financial services institutions, announces that it has added connectivity to DTCC for its Misys Regulatory Reporting Service.

15 January 2015

News/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

Cinnober clinches EUR2.5 million EU funding for new clearing platform

Swedish capital markets technology vendor Cinnober has won EUR2.5 million in funding from the European Commission to develop a real-time risk margining, multi-asset clearing platform for the banking sector.

14 January 2015

News/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

Trading talent and tech driving up buy-side budgets - Greenwich Associates

Institutional investors around the world spent more than $12 billion on their trading desks last year as they raced to keep pace with the growing speed of electronic markets, changes in market structure and lower trading costs, according to a report from Greenwich Associates.

12 January 2015

Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

Icap to combine EBS and BrokerTec businesses

ICAP plc (IAP.L), a leading markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services, today announces that it will combine its electronic businesses EBS and BrokerTec.

05 December 2014

Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

Bondcube wins regulatory approval

Bondcube, the Fixed Income trading platform specifically focused on solving the liquidity problem in large and illiquid bond trades, is pleased to announce that it has been granted approval to deliver its platform in 31 countries in Europe, with immediate effect.

05 December 2014

News/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

Neptune bids to FIX liquidity shortage in bond trading

The FIX trading community has agreed a set of best practices for use of the messaging protocol for the exchange of pre-trade information in the bond market, as banks and asset managers work together to overcome a liquidity shortage in fixed income trading.

25 November 2014

Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

Icap launches equity derivative premium pricing service

ICAP Information Services (IIS), the information division of ICAP, announces today that it has launched ICAP Equity Derivatives, an end-of-day, premium data product.

18 November 2014