Euroclear launches fixed income liquidity data service
LiquidityDrive data service to cover more than 460,000 global corporate and government bonds and combine executed trade settlement data with custody activity data.
Post-Trade
LCH RepoClear expands settlement connections with European CSDs
New partnerships with Clearstream, Euroclear and Iberclear will provide a single point of access to minimise cross-border hurdles.
CME Group and IHS Markit launch joint post-trade OTC venture
The new company will combine the two entities’ post-trade services, offering trade processing and risk mitigation operations in the OTC markets.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail
It’s time for the front-office to pay attention to settlement fails, writes Jonathan Watkins. Regulation is incoming and the costs and complexities are set to rise meaning this process will have a significant impact on traders.
LCH achieves strong volumes during 2020 despite Brexit deadline
The clearing house’s SwapClear service processed a massive $1.1 quadrillion in notional volumes from 6.4 million trades in 2020 despite the UK approaching the end of the Brexit transition period.
OCC clears record volumes for US exchange listed options in 2020
The OCC cleared 7.52 billion total contracts and 7.47 billion in options contracts, beating the previous record set in 2018 by a landslide.
JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank clear first non-deliverable FX options on LCH ForexClear
The two investment banks were the first to clear the non-deliverable foreign exchange (FX) options that launched today extending the offering at LCH ForexClear.
The TRADE’s Crystal Ball 2021: Fixed income and post-trade
Gaze into The TRADE's crystal ball for insights from industry participants across the fixed income and post-trade space on their predictions for the year ahead.
French bank Bpifrance relocates clearing from LCH to Eurex in Brexit preparation
The bank has transferred its entire portfolio of derivatives composed mainly of interest rate swaps from London’s LCH to Eurex Clearing.
Torstone Technology plans 30% headcount increase as volatility drives cloud adoption
Headcount will increase next year at Torstone Technology after it found industry demand for cloud services has increased throughout 2020.