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Yield

The income return on an investment, such as the interest or dividends received, expressed as a percentage of the investment’s cost or current market value.

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Industry
iBTC to enable Bitcoin-based margin flows on Canton Network

The collaboration brings Bitcoin-based assets on-chain, allowing institutional counterparties to use them for initial margin and variation margin solutions

Repo
Tradeweb reports 30.1% YoY jump in repo ADV for February

Repo average daily volume traded on the Tradeweb platform generated US$716.1 billion for the month

Industry
Securities lending revenue up 5% YoY for February

Despite the heightened volatility, equity markets in the US and EMEA reached new all-time highs, says Matt Chessum from S&P Global Market Intelligence

Industry
EquiLend’s NGT executed trades up 6% MoM

Mike Norwood, head of trading solutions at EquiLend, shares his monthly review for the securities finance market, highlighting trends seen throughout January

Industry
Securities lending revenues up 5% YoY in December

The figure for December contributed to a total of US$2.9 billion for the fourth quarter of 2024, reflecting an 8 per cent YoY increase

People moves
Dinosaur Group Holdings selects Rahman to head GCCS

Robert Rahman will oversee the sales, trading, and research business globally within the newly created Global Corporate Credit Securities unit

Technology
Citi and Fidelity International release PoC for on-chain MMF

The solution could enable investors to conduct seamless and real-time settlement of multi-asset positions in different currencies, the firms say

Industry
Tradeweb completes acquisition of ICD

With this move, Tradeweb adds corporate treasury professionals as a fourth client channel, complementing its existing focus on institutional, wholesale and retail clients