TS Imagine expands integration with Trumid fixed income electronic trading platform
The collaboration enhances client access to Trumid’s electronic trading ecosystem, and builds on the two firms’ ongoing engagement, which dates back to 2020.
Fixed Income
Bloomberg appoints new global head of rates electronic trading
London-based hire joins from the Bank of England; previously served at Nomura, Credit Suisse and Mizuho Capital Markets.
PineBridge Investments head of trading joins Fidelity International
Individual joins as an emerging markets fixed income trader and was formerly one of The TRADE’s Rising Stars of Trading and Execution in 2022.
Nasdaq partners with the National Bank of Georgia to drive Georgian treasury modernisation
The Bank of Georgia, TBC Bank, Liberty Bank, Terabank and Basisbank will adopt Nasdaq’s Calypso platform under a shared infrastructure model, to address growing demand for sophisticated treasury infrastructure in Georgian markets.
Bank of England continuing with proposals to cap hedge fund leveraging in UK gilt markets
The plans come following recent market shifts and turbulence, such as the Middle East conflict, and aim to curb risk posed by a small number of firms holding concentrated positions and triggering destabilising cross-market unwinds.
Demand for UK bond consolidated tape holds strong following launch
On average, 47,009 inbound records were processed daily in first week of tape operations; ETS Connect UK has confirmed it will open-source the full suite of data quality validation logic for the tape to boost transparency.
BlackRock and Trumid forge multi-year partnership to advance Aladdin OEMS
The integration is specifically targeted at corporate and emerging market bonds, and will enhance both firms shared clients access to Trumid trading protocols, while streamlining Aladdin users’ access to Swarms protocol.
Ediphy unveils £2,500-a-year service for aggregated UK, EU and US bond tape data
The new Ediphy Connect solution will operate a single normalised feed for fixed income markets across these three regions; launch follows the go-live of the UK bond consolidated tape on 22 June.
Tradeweb executes first swap EFP unwind transaction to enhance Australian swaps and bond markets
The transaction, which is set to drive efficiency and innovation in Australian swaps and bond markets.
A closer look at the UK fixed income consolidated tape: Concept becoming reality
As the UK consolidated tape for bonds goes live today, 22 June - spanning 98% of contributor coverage at launch - Natasha Cocksedge catches up with Sassan Danesh, Etrading Software chief executive, to lift the lid on the implementation plan, and unpack both the challenges and opportunities of the initiative set to transform the UK bond market.