Markit

Markit adds base metals to valuations tool

London-based Markit has added valuations for base metals derivatives traded in London to its Totem service. Until now, its commodity valuation service covered a range of energy contracts and precious metals.

Playing catch-up

The back office has found it difficult to keep up with front-office trading, prompting a warning by the FSA over the level of unsigned confirmations in the credit derivatives market earlier this year. Banks are now looking to improve the automation of…

Markit and MarketAxess team up

MarketAxess, a New York-based multi-dealer trading platform, has subscribed to Markit’s Reference Entity Database (Red) service for its credit derivatives index trading system, which it is expected to launch in September.

TriOptima to use Markit's Red database

TriOptima, a Swedish technology firm specialising in tear-ups of unwanted over-the-counter swaps from counterparties’ portfolios, has teamed up with Markit to use its reference entity database (Red).

Markit signs up 50th Red customer

Markit has signed its fiftieth customer to its reference entity database (Red) for credit instruments. The move means the St Albans-based company has signed up 35 additional clients to Red from its base of 15 institutions in January 2004.

Totem adds to its interest rate valuations service

Totem Market Valuations, a provider of over-the-counter derivatives price information, is to expand its interest rate derivatives pricing service to include Swiss francs, Hong Kong dollars and Korean won. The products covered will be interest rate…

Mark-It acquires Totem

Mark-It Partners, the UK-based credit pricing information company, has agreed to purchase its London-based rival Totem Market Valuations, a provider of over-the-counter derivatives market price information.

Bear Stearns joins rush to sign with Mark-it

US investment bank Bear Stearns has signed an agreement to use data supplied by UK credit data provider Mark-It Partners. It is the latest in a stream of major financial institutions to sign up for the service.

Mark-it snares first French contributor

Mark-it Partners, a UK company providing daily pricing information on credit derivatives and cash credit instruments, has signed up French bank Credit Agricole Indosuez (CAI), its first French client.

Barclays links up with Mark-it

Barclays Capital has signed up to provide global historical and current credit derivatives data to Mark-it Partners, a UK credit data company. In return, the bank will have access to Mark-it’s credit price services, including daily mark-to-market data…

Mark-It poaches Lombard's Davenport for Project Red

UK credit pricing provider Mark-It Partners has poached Penny Davenport from rival London-based valuations service provider Lombard Risk Systems. Davenport will be responsible for integration and management of the company's Project Red credit derivatives…

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