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Iosco consults on post-trade transparency in the CDS market

The International Organization of Securities Commissions today published the consultation report Post-Trade Transparency in the Credit Default Swaps Market, which seeks to analyze the potential impact of mandatory post-trade transparency in the credit default swaps (CDS) market.

17 November 2014

Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

SunGard Valdi connects to MTS BondVision

SunGard Valdi has added access to the fixed income market MTS BondVision to its hosted connectivity platform, Valdi Market Access.

17 November 2014

Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

Moscow Exchange selects DataSpace as primary data centre and services provider

Moscow Exchange, Russia"s leading exchange platform for equities, bonds, derivatives, currencies, money market instruments and commodities, today announced that it has chosen Moscow-based DataSpace as its primary data center facility and services provider.

11 November 2014

Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

TradingScreen partners buy-side firms to launch crossing platform for fixed income corporate bonds

A select group of large Asset Managers and TradingScreen, the leading independent provider of liquidity, trading, and investment technology via SaaS, announced today their intention to launch the first Buy side designed crossing platform for Fixed Income corporate bonds.

04 November 2014

News/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

FIS and Credit Agricole launch post-trade utility

FIS has paired with Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank to launch a post-trade utility for the derivatives market.

04 November 2014

News/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

OpenGamma names Beeston as chairman; appoints Conde to the board

Open source risk management outfit OpenGamma has named Mark Beeston as its new chairman and appointed Cristobal Conde to its board of directors as it leans on heavyweight industry support to move the company forward.

27 October 2014

Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

UBS Delta integrates with Quaternion risk engine

Quaternion Risk Management Limited (Quaternion), provider of specialized risk analytic consultancy, services and software are now working together with UBS Delta, the award-winning provider of risk and performance analytics to provide counterparty exposure, CVA/DVA analytics and reporting services to the financial and corporate community.

24 October 2014

Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

Nasdaq eSpeed introduces US TBills trading

Nasdaq (NDAQ) today announced that eSpeed, the exchange group's over-the-counter platform for electronic trading in U.S. Treasury securities, successfully introduced U.S. Treasury Bill (TBills) with notional average daily volume exceeding $4 billion and daily highs exceeding $10 billion.

22 October 2014

Company update/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

ICMA reports successful transition to T+2 for European bond trading

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) and the ICMA European Repo Council (ERC) report that the initial feedback from members and operations working groups indicates that that the transition to settlement at T+2 for the European fixed income markets has been largely successful with few issues.

15 October 2014

News/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

US Treasury trading goes electronic

Nearly half of overall US Treasury trading volume is now executed electronically, with Bloomberg and Tradeweb dominating the fast-changing market, according to Greenwich Associates.

03 October 2014

News/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

Electronic trading in corporate bond market on the up

Electronic trading in the corporate bond market is set to reach 20% in volume by 2016 as buy side investors spread the net in the search for new sources of liquidity, says Greenwich Associates.

16 September 2014

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Markit beats forecasts with first public results

Financial data outfit Markit beat market estimates in its first set of reports as a public company, recording an 11% rise in second quarter revenues.

14 August 2014

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CME Group to buy Trayport and Fenics from GFI Group

Exchange operator CME Group has agreed a deal to buy the Trayport and Fenics trading technology units from GFI Group in a deal worth around $655 million.

30 July 2014

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UK watchdog to probe pre- and post-trade market infrastructure

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority is to probe for anti-competitive practices in the pricing and packaging of pre- and post-trade wholesale market infrastructure.

10 July 2014

News/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

Markit sells Boat trade reporting service to Cinnober

Swedish trading technology vendor Cinnober has bought the Boat trade reporting service from Markit. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

02 July 2014

News/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

Barclays unveils fintech accelerator startups

Beating off competition from more than 300 rivals from around the world, 11 fintech startups have scored spots on an accelerator programme run by banking giant Barclays.

11 June 2014

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Liquidnet moves into fixed income market through Vega-Chi acquisition

Institutional trading network Liquidnet is moving into the fixed income market through the acquisition of bond trading platform Vega-Chi. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

18 March 2014

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MTS agrees Bonds.com acquisition

London Stock Exchange-owned fixed income marketplace MTS has agreed to buy Bonds.com, a US-based platform for the electronic trading of corporate and emerging market bonds.

06 March 2014

News/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

Edelstein invests in Algomi

Capital markets STP veteran and former chairman and CEO of BondDesk, Howard Edelstein has joined Algomi as a 'strategic advisor' and taken an equity stake in the two-year old fixed income liquidity discovery start-up.

04 March 2014

News/Fixed income and OTC derivatives

Global fixed income e-trading sees tepid growth

Electronic trading systems only managed to slightly increase their share of global fixed-income trading volume in 2013, accounting for a quarter of total volume executed, according to a report from Greenwich Associates.

20 February 2014