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MarketAxess reveals increase in the monthly trading volume for January 2020
04 February 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

MarketAxess has reported its monthly trading volume for January 2021 totalled $575.3 billion, which consisted of $236.5 billion in credit volume and $338.8 billion in rates volume

MarketAxess reveals 2020 Regulatory Reporting Hub and SFTR profits and costs
28 January 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The firm’s post-trade business now boasts almost 1,000 active clients, including more than 500 new firms brought onboard as part of the RRH deal

Clearstream and FundsDLT complete first blockchain fund transaction
19 January 2021 Germany
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Zürcher Kantonalbank was the first to leverage the joint FundsDLT-Clearstream solution, with an end investor placing a fund transaction request via a mobile app directly on the private blockchain

LCH collaborates with Clearstream on new post-trade connection
18 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“As an open-access clearinghouse, an important part of LCH’s role is to support our members’ settlement strategies whilst allowing them to benefit from RepoClear’s deep and diverse netting pool," says LCH's Poilvet-Clediere

BNP Paribas Securities Services extends its initial margin services to Asia Pacific
15 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Natalie Turner

BNP Paribas Securities Services are helping firms in the APAC region to manage initial margin requirements arising from non-cleared OTC derivatives

Eurex Repo reports 2020 volume boost
12 January 2021 Germany
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Overall, the Deutsche Boerse-owned marketplace for secured funding and financing, saw term-adjusted volumes grow by 10 percent year-on-year, despite a drop-off in December

LCH clearing volumes skyrocket in 2020
12 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Natalie Turner

LCH delivered strong volumes throughout 2020 while launching new products and services amid the COVID-19 pandemic

HQLA^x secures €14.4m from global banks
11 January 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Drew Nicol

HQLA^x has attracted new investment for its DLT-powered securities finance platform, from BNY Mellon, Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas Securities Services and Citigroup

Quantitative Brokers hires news chief sales officer
18 December 2020 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Quantitative Brokers has hired former-Eurex global head of fixed income, funding and financing to head up its global sales team

BoE to decide if interest rates should go negative
17 December 2020 UK
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee is meeting today to determine whether negative interest rates should be introduced, while securities lending participants express concerns about the possibility of negative yields on cash collateral rei

LCH RepoClear welcomes Clearstream as its first clearing member from Luxembourg
10 December 2020 Luxembourg
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Clearstream is the first member from Luxembourg to clear sterling debt at LCH and the first ICSD to become a member of RepoClear

BoE grants CSDR licence to Euroclear UK & Ireland
08 December 2020 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

This makes EUI the seventh and final CSD entity in the Euroclear Group to receive its licence