The repo market course, co sponsored by ISMA's European Repo Council (ERC) and ACI the Financial Markets Association, is likely to become a regular event, says the ERC. The course hosted by Fortis Bank (home of ERC chairman Godfried De
Total cash bond trading volume (excluding derivatives) among domestic institutional fixed income investors in Japan declined by 9% over the past year to 212 trillion. However, among international investors based in Japan, total cash bond trading volume increased by 6%
Eurex says the outstanding volume on its Euro repo platform has increased by over 300 per cent to Euros 10 billion in the last year. The participation of the German Finance Agency on the Eurex Repo platform since May 2002
Eurex Bonds, the fixed income trading platform, announced today that on 18 December it will launch a new index family with Deutsche Brse, consisting initially of ten German bond indices. The new indices for fixed income German federal bonds are
OneChicago announced today that it will offer 18 more futures contracts on single stocks from Friday 13 December. The new contracts are in addition to the futures on single stocks and the DIAMONDS ETF that have already been announced. This
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