MTS announced today that Cdulas Hipotecarias, Spanish debt securities collateralised with pools of mortgages of the issuing entity, will be listed on EuroCredit MTS along with Pfandbriefe and Obligations Foncires, extending the range of benchmark covered bonds available on the
BrokerTec Futures Exchange (BTEX), the electronic fixed income futures exchange, announced today that it had traded its two millionth contract, three days after celebrating its one year anniversary on November 30th. BTEX also set a new monthly volume record with
Reuters announced today it has extended its data purchasing agreement with ICAP, owner of the Garban Intercapital inter dealer broking business. Under the terms of the new agreement, Reuters will distribute a broader range of price data generated by ICAP.
Deutsche Brse has added another exchange traded fund (ETF) to its XTF section the Dow Jones Euro STOXX 50 Master Unit. The new ETF is issued by Lyxor International Asset Management, a subsidiary of Socit Gnrale, and tracks the DJ
Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) announced today that it had launched the Euro Commercial Paper (ECP) market's first inter active multi currency trading system via Bloomberg (ECPTradeSM or Bloomberg code "FBEP"). The system enables investors to place orders electronically and
eSecLending, the Boston based securities lending adviser and auction organiser to public, mutual and corporate funds and other institutional investors, announced today that it is to provide securities lending services to a family of mutual fund portfolios distributed by SEI
RBC Global Services, Institutional and Investor Services (IIS), announced today that it has entered into an agreement with SecFinex Ltd. to acquire a license for the use of their web based securities lending trading system. "We are pleased to have
The total volume of institutional fixed income trading in Europe and the Middle East has jumped nearly 25% in 2002, to over $11 trillion. The proportion of institutions trading government bonds online is up to just over 30%. These are
eSecLending, the Bermuda based securities lending manager controlled by CalPERS in partnership with UK insurer Old Mutual, announced today that it had recently completed a securities lending auction of approximately $15 billion in passive international equities owned by CalPERS. Exclusive
MTS Finland has launched a Buy Back functionality, to allow the Finnish State Treasury to buy back Finnish government bonds by posting bids and lifting offers displayed by the Primary Dealers of Finland through a specific market segment on the