As trading volumes in fixed-income instruments continue to grow, so does the "electronification" of the sector. But adoption is relatively patchy, according to new research from TowerGroup.
The EDM Council has successfully completed its first data quality metrics pilot designed to help financial institutions create a fact- based data quality baseline in support of the business case for i
Financial services companies must embrace an advanced data infrastructure to manage fixed income data across asset classes, instruments and regions, says a new report from research and consulting firm Aite.
NYSE Group has received approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch its fixed-income trading platform, NYSE Bonds. The newly-developed system makes us of NYSE Arca's matching technology to offer a trading platform for all NYSE listed corporate debt securities.
The trade association for the American securities industry, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) says it will respond to a market best practices guide published by the US Treasury Department on 9 February.
Fixed income trading platform Thomson TradeWeb says its Asia-based customers can now access the platform during Asian trading hours.
"TradeWeb has long been synonymous with access to US Treasury bond liquidity and we are very pleased to be offering access to this dealer liquidity in Asian hours," says Lee Olesky, president, Thomson TradeWeb. "The widening of the trading hours on TradeWeb is an important benefit to our customers who have a presence in Asia, and is a major step in unifying electronic trading in the bond markets on a global scale. Expanding TradeWeb's offering to our customers in Asia is a further demonstration of our commitment to providing access to liquidity in the world's bond and derivative markets. We look forward to making further product introductions very soon," adds Olesky.
Charles River Development (Charles River), a provider of financial software and services to the global investment management community, yesterday announced that London-based F&C Asset Management (F&C) has selected the Charles River Investment Management System (Charles River IMS) to support its front office equity, fixed income and derivative operations.
Electronic trading of bonds in Europe is set to grow by nearly two fifths. This is one of the most striking findings of the second survey of electronic fixed income trading in Europe by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA).
Vhayu, a provider of streaming tick processing and persistence software, yesterday launched Vhayu Velocity for Fixed Income, which delivers real-time analytics and storage of critical fixed income market data.
Markit Group, the London-based provider of OTC derivatives trade data, valuation and processing services, has appointed James Savitsky and Thomas Geraghty as Directors within its Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) sales and product development team.