Fixed income Archive

June 02, 2010

Chi-X deal allows investors to trade Brazil stocks in own currency

International investors will be able to buy and sell Brazilian equities using streaming quotes in their own base currency, following an agreement between exchange technology provider and trading venue operator Chi-X Global and BM&F Bovespa, the Brazilian exchange group. read more>

May 19, 2010

BaFin imposes naked short-sale ban

German financial regulator BaFin has banned naked short selling on a selected number of securities and instruments as part of efforts to curb speculative trading in the eurozone. read more>

April 14, 2010

Crisis creates new breed of fixed income broker – Pershing

The global financial crisis has led to the development of a new class of intermediary in the European fixed income market, according to a white paper published by Pershing, a provider of outsourced clearing and execution services. read more>

February 01, 2010

LSE retail bond trading platform goes live

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has successfully launched its electronic order book for bonds and has signed three firms to provide market-making services on the new platform. read more>

January 12, 2010

Newedge names new Asia-Pacific, fixed income heads

Newedge, a multi-asset brokerage and clearing provider, has appointed Laurent Cunin as head of the Asia-Pacific region and Pierre Gay as head of global fixed income, currency and commodities (FICC). read more>

January 11, 2010

German investors lack confidence in equities – Greenwich

A large percentage of German institutional investors plan to leave their equity allocations at low levels over next three years, potentially relegating equities to the status of a niche asset class in the country for the foreseeable future, according to research and consulting firm Greenwich Associates’ 2009 German Investment Management Study. read more>

January 07, 2010

Deutsche Börse to challenge bond trading injunction

German exchange group Deutsche Börse will attempt to persuade the Frankfurt Regional Court to lift before the end of the month the injunction that closed its new electronic bond market. read more>

December 01, 2009

Deutsche Börse starts trading bonds on Xetra

German exchange group Deutsche Börse has launched a market-maker driven trading model for bonds on its Xetra electronic trading platform. read more>

November 26, 2009

New bond MTF to use BNP Paribas’ post-trade services

Vega-Chi, a planned multilateral trading facility (MTF) for convertible bonds, has appointed BNP Paribas Securities Services, a division of French bank BNP Paribas, as a post-trade partner. read more>

October 30, 2009

Electronic bond trading in Europe to recover – Celent

Volatility and wider spreads wrought by the financial crisis have pushed more European fixed income trading towards voice-based channels, but an electronic trading resurgence among the buy- and sell-side is underway, according to a new report from research and consulting form Celent. read more>