Broadridge’s LTX and TransFICC enter strategic partnership
The development aims to offer sell-side clients simplified integration and connectivity to LTX, reduced operational risk and implementation costs, and improved time-to-market.
Fixed Income
TransFICC to bid for fixed income consolidated tapes
Confirmation and authorisation of the new CTPs is expected to be in Q4 next year, with go live dates anticipated to be in 2026.
S&P Global Market Intelligence and MarketAxess partner to improve fixed income transparency and efficiency
The combination of S&P Global’s evaluated bond pricing with MarketAxess CP+ is expected to lead to more consistent pricing and greater efficiencies across the trade lifecycle.
BNY bolsters iFlow’s fixed income and equities data
“The new indicators are designed to provide transparency into unexpected market moves and show how markets have acted historically, helping to determine the potential vulnerabilities around shock events,” explained BNY.
Don’t sleep on emerging markets fixed income
As the industry turns its collective attention to the potential for a rebounding of emerging markets in the fixed income sphere, Claudia Preece takes a look at the current state of play, unpacking how both firms and providers are keeping EM bonds front of mind to maximise opportunities in the space and the key motivations for desks going forward.
World Government Bond Index to include Tradeweb FTSE benchmark closing prices
Expected to be included in March 2025, the move comes as part of Tradeweb’s “commitment to develop the next generation of fixed income pricing and index trading products for traders and investors worldwide.”
BNY goes live with new trading desk in Dublin
The move is aimed at facilitating more efficient trading for EU-based clients across both fixed income and equity markets globally.
T.Rowe Price live on Propellant’s Digital’s fixed income transparency data offering via FlexTrade
“We’ve seen the adoption of EMS solutions on fixed-income trading desks continue to grow this year, and we expect it to accelerate further as we move into 2025,” Andy Mahoney, managing director, EMEA, FlexTrade tells The TRADE.
Charles River and Glimpse Markets unveil partnership
Glimpse describes the partnership as being a “game-changer” for its network and a step forward on its journey to democratising data access for the buy-side.
ESMA to pick bond CTP by July 2025
The selection procedure for the bond consolidated tape provider (CTP) and the CTP for shares and exchange traded funds ETFs will launch in January 2025 and June 2025 respectively.