Dark trading limits to apply from March after reporting failures
*Update* The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) will only apply the double volume cap (DVC) mechanism for trading European equities from March 2018,...
BondWave upgrades platform
BondWave, the financial technology firm focused on fixed income solutions, has upgraded its portfolio and transaction analytics suite of tools with the release of...
Did UBS/CS deal terms just revalue the entire AT1 bond market?
Buy-side trading desks say they are looking at the risk of contagion across financials, following the takeover of troubled Credit Suisse by UBS, for...
Influx of buy-side support for Adamantia consolidated tape group
The Adamantia Consolidated Tape group has welcomed Allianz Global Investors, Amundi Asset Management, AXA Investment Managers, BayernInvest, Deka Investment, DWS, Invesco, MEAG, Union Investment,...
Kuldip Takhar joins Amundi
Amundi has appointed Kuldip Takhar as head of UK institutional business development.
Takhar has more than a decade of industry experience and joins Amundi from...
Debate heats up around Munis tax exempt status
The Republican Party is considering repealing the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds.
A memorandum circulated by the US House of Representatives Budget Committee and diffused...
BlackRock acquires Preqin
BlackRock has agreed to acquire private markets data provider Preqin in a £2.55 billion transaction, expanding its private markets capabilities.
Through the acquisition, BlackRock will...
Tradeweb expands mortgage trading platform to originators
Fixed income market operator, Tradeweb, has expanded its platform for trading specified pools of mortgages, now enabling mortgage originators to trade alongside other secondary...
FILS 2022: SFDR adds ESG onus to new fund launches
The EU’s new regulatory framework for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing has caused confusion among the fixed income market, but is putting more...
Treasury market volatility drives spike in curve spread strategies
Volatility in the US Treasury market has prompted heightened trading on CME Group’s BrokerTecRV Curve, the firm has reported.
BrokerTecRV Curve, which facilitates the trading...
CME saw record volumes for US Treasury complex on 28 May
CME Group saw record volumes for its US Treasury complex on 28 May, with 34,350,339 contracts traded.
The figure surpassed its previous record of 33,322,608...
Millennium, Investortools solution to digitise muni market
Fixed income broker-dealer Millennium Advisors and Investortools, a provider of fixed-income software solutions, have partnered to simplify the manually intensive workflow of a typical...
