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Bilateral electronic bond trading gains ground with UBS AM and JP Morgan’s FlexTrade connection

FlexTrade Systems, the execution and order management system (EOMS) provider has facilitated a direct electronic execution between UBS Asset Management and JP Morgan in...

Seth Johnson joins LedgerEdge in senior advisory role

Bond-trading platform, LedgerEdge, has appointed Seth Johnson to the firm as a senior advisor. Johnson will focus on commercial plan and growth, including business...

Technology: Educating data

Can better pre-trade data really unlock liquidity in frozen fixed income markets? If buy and sell-side bond traders are to see real benefits from the...

SEC – controversially – moves to standardise best execution rules for broker-dealers

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is proposing new rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 relating to a broker-dealer’s duty of best...

BGC reportedly shuts Lucera LUMEAlfa; preps FMX for soft launch

According to sources, BGC Partners has shuttered its pre-trade data business, Lucera LUMEAlfa, closing the final chapter on pre-trade data pioneer Algomi, and aligning...

Tom Porcelli named PGIM Fixed Income chief US economist

PGIM Fixed Income, a firm With US$793 billion in assets under management (AUM), has named Tom Porcelli chief US economist, effective 6 July 2023....

FILS USA 2022: Beyond RFQ?

Fixed income trading is well beyond the request for quote (RFQ)-only era, i.e. when the only way for a trader to find the other...

ABN AMRO Investment Solutions using BNP Paribas for outsourced dealing

BNP Paribas’s Securities Services business has been selected to provide ABN AMRO Investment Solutions with a range of dealing and middle office outsourcing services....

Lombard Odier taps Neptune Networks for real-time axe data

Geneva-based Bank Lombard Odier has partnered with fixed income network Neptune Networks to offer its traders and advisers real-time axe data. Lombard Odier clients can...