Category: Institutional

March 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters completes Clarient and Avox acquisitions

Information giant Thomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI) has completed its acquisitions of Clarient Global LLC and Avox Limited, expanding its risk-management footprint and its ability to provide a best-in-class standard of customer solutions by integrating both businesses into its portfolio of risk management, compliance and data offerings. The Clarient and Avox acquisitions represent the next step…

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March 17, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

MARF registers a new bond tranche by MasMovil Broadband

The Mercado Alternativo de Renta Fija (MARF) today registered a new bond tranche issued by Masmovil Broadband with a 5.75% annual coupon and maturity in 2024. The amount of this new issue, which adds to the €30 million placed in July 2016, is €38 million and was placed at a 5.1% yield. Intermoney Valores has…

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March 17, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CME Group Index Derivatives Expert Sean Smith joins FTSE Russell

FTSE Russell, the global index and data provider, announced that Sean Smith has joined the firm as Managing Director of Derivatives Licenses, to lead the company’s efforts to further expand its options and futures business. Dozens of FTSE Russell indexes are used as the underlying benchmarks for options, futures and OTC cleared derivative products. Indexes…

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March 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CME Group to serve as administrator for MAC swaps contract

Derivatives marketplace operator CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) announced that it will serve as the administrator for SIFMA Asset Management Group's (AMG) Market Agreed Coupon (MAC) swap contract, which was previously administered by SIFMA. MAC swaps are interest rate swap (IRS) contracts with pre-defined, market-agreed terms developed by SIFMA AMG and ISDA in 2013. CME Group…

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Global Prime teams up with Gold-i to offer liquidity through the Matrix Net platform
March 15, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

IS Prime launches institutional-only API Index Swaps

Institutional prime of prime broker IS Prime has announced the launch of a range of Index Swap products, focusing on the most popular index and energy instruments required by retail brokers. IS Prime’s new, institutional-only API Index Swap offering includes: Germany 30 Hong Kong 50 Wall Street 30 UK 100 US Tech 100 UK and…

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March 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Hanweck announces addition of Nasdaq’s Jean-Jacques Louis to Board of Directors

Hanweck, a provider of real-time risk analytics on global derivatives markets, just announced that Jean-Jacques Louis, Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy at Nasdaq, has joined its Board of Directors. At Nasdaq, Mr. Louis is responsible for the strategic and financial analyses and execution of all corporate and business unit investments. Nasdaq is a strategic…

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