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Liquidity

The ease with which an asset can be converted into cash without affecting its market price.

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Industry
AIIB issues first DNN through Euroclear’s D-FMI platform

This marks the first digital issuance in US dollars for Euroclear and the first such issuance by an Asia-based issuer on its platform, the firm says

Industry
Nedgroup selects Northern Trust for outsourced trading solutions

Northern Trust will support Nedgroup Investments’ new in-house multi-boutique platform specialising in fixed income

Industry
OCC welcomes MIAX Sapphire as newest participant exchange

The move enables OCC to provide clearing and settlement services to 21 exchanges and trading platforms, the firm says

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

Technology
UBS and CIBC execute ‘world’s first’ intraday FX swap on regulated venue

The EUR/USD FX swap, negotiated using the Finteum Platform and executed on the TP ICAP UK MTF, was completed within minutes

Repo
CFR reassess central clearing for repos in Australia

Currently, there is no central counterparty that clears transactions in the Australian bond and repo markets, and so clearing occurs bilaterally

Industry
BoE sets out design for new financial stability tool

The Contingent NBFI Repo Facility aims to address episodes of severe dysfunction in the UK sovereign debt market

Industry
BoE to shift to repo-led portfolio for ‘steady state’ vision

The new BoE executive director for markets, Victoria Saporta, announced the move in a speech at the Association for Financial Markets in Europe conference