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ICE Bonds Plans Expansion After Record Volumes in 2024
ICE Bonds is in the process of developing two new trading components and expanding internationally after setting record trading volumes for corporate bonds, municipal bonds and agencies trading in 2024. Peter Borstelmann, president of ICE Bond...
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BlackRock Says Preqin Acquisition Could Transform Markets
Larry Fink, chairman and chief executive of BlackRock, described the acquisition of private martens data provider Preqin as one of the asset manager’s most important acquisitions as the financial ecosystem is shifting to a mix of public and privat...
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Market Infrastructures Embrace Tokenized Collateral Mobility
Technology provider Digital Asset and post-trade services provider Euroclear have launched an initiative to improve collateral mobility using tokens on a blockchain, adding to the number of projects announced in the space this year. On 24 Febru...
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SEC Extends Compliance Dates For Treasury Clearing
The Securities and Exchange Commission extended the compliance dates for Rule 17ad-22(e)(18)(iv)(A) and (B) under the Securities Exchange Act by one year to Dec. 31, 2026, for eligible cash market transactions, and June 30, 2027, for eligible rep...
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MEMX Technology Helps Improve Venue Performance
Blue Ocean ATS, which trades US stocks overnight, and the Long-Term Stock Exchange (LTSE) for companies committed to long-term value creation, both migrated to MEMX technology in 2024 in order to improve performance of their venues and make them m...
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Rho Labs has Vision of Onchain Interest Rate Derivatives
Rho Labs is building an interest rate derivatives market which is initially for crypto markets, but has a long-term vision of traditional markets moving onchain. The developer of the Rho protocol said it is the first crypto-native interest rates v...
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Active ETFs Poised to Overtake Index ETFs
Active exchange-traded funds represent 49% of all ETFs by count, and their numbers will soon overtake index ETFs, according to Ben Johnson, head of client solutions, asset management at data provider Morningstar. Johnson wrote that assets under m...
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Texture Capital Prepares to Launch ATS for Securities Tokens
Texture Capital is preparing to launch an alternative trading system which chief executive Richard Johnson believes will be the first regulated ATS for securities tokens in the US. It is also one of few companies licensed by FINRA and the US Secu...
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