Securities Finance

BBL, KBC and Nomura Join MTS Spain

Banque Bruxelles Lambert, KBC Bank and Nomura Securities have joined MTS Spain, bringing the total number of dealers to 22 , says Euro MTS . A record turnover volume of €3.31 billion was also reached on Oct. 4 on MTS

BrokerTec Futures Exchange Appoints Chairman

BrokerTec Futures Exchange (BTEX), the US electronic financial futures exchange, announced today the appointment of Dennis Scurletis from Morgan Stanley as Chairman and Michael Dawley from Goldman Sachs & Co. as Vice Chairman. Mr. Scurletis has been active in the

CSFB Distributes Bond Indices Via Bloomberg

Credit Suisse First Boston announced effective today that CSFB's Liquid Global Fixed Income Indices are now available on Bloomberg. CSFB customers who are Bloomberg users are able to access all of CSFB's liquid bond indices, including the Liquid U.S. Corporate

Allfirst: Allied Irish Looks to the Exit

Allied Irish Banks confirmed today that it is in discussions with a U.S. bank in relation to a possible partnership involving Allfirst Financial Inc. A further statement will be issued in due course, it said.

Clearstream Ties Up New Source of Bund Liquidity

In an announcement anticipated for some time, the German Finance Agency (Bundesrepublik Deutschland Finanzagentur GmbH) finally confirmed today that it would make its holdings of Bunds available to the market through Clearstream. This huge augmentation of liquidity in German government