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Top three fixed income venues confirm bid to deliver EU consolidated tape for bonds
Bloomberg, MarketAxess and Tradeweb will join forces to create an independent company and will submit a request for information in search for a third-party vendor to partner with.
Is an EMS an exchange? Vendors alarmed by scope of Reg ATS amendments
Some industry participants are worried that proposed amendments to Regulation ATS could see the trading perimeter expanded to include a wide array of messaging systems.
One versus many: Firms question viability of UK CT model
Market participants and industry groups are challenging the UK government’s approach to a competitive framework for the consolidated tape.
This Week: Ice, FCA, HSBC, UBS & more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Tradeweb’s Bruni on electronification of repo markets
Enrico Bruni, managing director and head of Europe and Asia at Tradeweb, joins the podcast to discuss electronification in the repo space.
The good, the bad, and the ugly of financial democratization
From crypto and Web3 to Robinhood and Reddit, democratization underscores it all. While it’s a largely benign concept that aims to level the playing field between institutions and individuals, it’s also really hard to get right.
People Moves: Tradeweb, Rimes, CME, LiquidityBook, and more
A look at some of the key people moves from this week, including Renaud Larzilliere (pictured), who joins Rimes as COO.
SEC sets its sights on fixed-income platforms with Reg ATS revamp
US regulator’s mammoth January proposal has something in it for most US trading systems, but Jo suspects it will be the definitions of exchanges that hit the hardest.
This Week: Bloomberg/HSBC, Refinitiv/Microsoft, IBM, Jump Trading, & more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
An EU Consolidated Tape: Advancements made in 2021, but still far to go in ’22
The second half of the year saw some long-awaited progress in the mission to fill the void of a consolidated tape in the European Union.
Waters Wrap: An EU consolidated tape—a story of market data costs & reality
After the European Commission released its proposal for an EU consolidated tape last week, Anthony explores some of the unanswered questions that still linger and what the greatest roadblocks appear to be.
Top venues mull offering joint EU consolidated tape for bonds
Market participants worry a venue-led CT could be of low quality, with CT data used to create expensive additional products.
Competing CTPs won’t work, warn EU firms, calling for single tape provider
As the industry awaits upcoming EC proposals, some firms are voicing concerns that mandating multiple CTPs could create fresh problems around data fragmentation and connectivity costs.
Definition of a trading venue: Reg review risks ensnarling tech vendors
Industry participants are divided over the definition of a trading venue and how regulators should revise the regulatory framework.
Tradeweb adds ‘in-flight’ controls for European credit to AiEX
Users of the trading tool can now isolate and manage trade exceptions in real time.
People Moves: Canoe Intelligence, Transcend, Clear Street, Gresham Technologies, and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Vishal Saxena (pictured), who joins Canoe Intelligence as chief technology officer.
This Week: Macrobond/FactSet, Tradweb, Bloomberg, DTCC, and more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Sell side pushing for bilateral connectivity for fixed income
Fixed-income liquidity providers, battling tighter margins, want to execute directly with clients, but are buy-side and tech firms willing to absorb the connectivity costs?
People Moves: FactSet, AFMA, Finos, Tradeweb and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Linda Huber (pictured), who joins FactSet as chief financial officer.
Waters Wrap: Cloud, AI, Interop: The evolutions driving fixed-income progress
Anthony believes these advancements will provide the opening for Big Tech firms to created outsized influence that will change financial technology forever.
Charles River, Wave Labs team up for enhanced OEMS
The strategic partnership will involve a three-part integration including system connectivity, combined visualization and the creation of client feedback loops.
Waters Wrap: Can interop connect the bond market better than consortiums? (Yes)
Anthony says that if trading firms want to take advantage of new datasets in fixed income and advancements in machine learning, they’re going to first have to embrace interoperability.
As fixed income edges toward automation, the interop movement is cutting in
Valantic FSA, a European solutions provider, wants to remake the fixed-income tech scene in interoperability's image, taking on incumbents like Ion Group.