Utility Settlement Coin gains £50m backing and moves forward with backing of banks
State Street, BNY Mellon and MUFG among those backing the tokenisation project aimed at transforming clearing and settlement.
Tag: Commerzbank
Post-trade tech expert appointed CTO at EuroCCP
David Hatton, formerly at Commerzbank and LCH, will join European clearinghouse EuroCCP later this month.
Commerzbank leads $9 million investment in FICC analytics firm
Commerzbank and Octopus Ventures lead $9 million funding round in fixed income analytics provider Mosaic Smart Data.
Europe
Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank confirm talks over potential merger
Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank both released statements over the weekend confirming that talks about being held to explore a potential merger.
Commerzbank to pay $12 million for swaps dealing violations
The US CFTC found that Commerzbank failed to supervise its swap dealing activities and made misleading compliance statements to the regulator.
Commerzbank loses European credit trading head
Brian Jensen, head of corporate credit trading in Europe at Commerzbank, has joined TD Securities and will build out its credit business.
Buy side
Buy-side voluntary clearing set to take off
Regulation and collateral costs have made the cleared derivatives market much more attractive for the buy-side. Joe Parsons asks what else will it take for them to voluntarily take part?
Societe Generale to buy Commerzbank’s equity markets and commodities business
Societe Generale says deal will bring numerous benefits to clients, including extended cross-asset products and technology.
Commerzbank replicates FX trade with blockchain
Commerzbank and thyssenKrupp’s FX forward deal was a EUR/PLNFX trade which amounted to €500,000.
Commerzbank clearing director leaves in latest shake up
Commerzbank's Abrahams left the bank in March, the TRADE Derivatives understands.