LSEG Launches Unsecured Money Market Trading Platform MTS Depo

The London Stock Exchange Group has announced this Thursday that MTS, its fixed income electronic Trading Platform Trading Platform In the FX space, a currency trading platform is a software provided by brokers to their respective client base, garnering access as traders in the broader market. Most commonly, this reflects an online interface or mobile app, complete with tools for order processing.Every broker needs one or more trading platforms to accommodate the needs of different clients. Being the backbone of the company’s offering, a trading platform provides clients with quotes, a selection of instruments to trade, real In the FX space, a currency trading platform is a software provided by brokers to their respective client base, garnering access as traders in the broader market. Most commonly, this reflects an online interface or mobile app, complete with tools for order processing.Every broker needs one or more trading platforms to accommodate the needs of different clients. Being the backbone of the company’s offering, a trading platform provides clients with quotes, a selection of instruments to trade, real Read this Term, has launched MTS Depo - an unsecured money market trading platform.

MTS Depo is an electronic multilateral Exchange Exchange An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution of supported security rates on that exchange are effectiv An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution of supported security rates on that exchange are effectiv Read this Term system for European unsecured money market trading denominated in Euros. According to the statement provided by the Group, trading has already begun on the platform, with a transaction having been executed between two Italian banks overnight.

Via the new platform, participants are able to negotiate short term borrowing and lending with trade terms ranging from overnight to one year. The platform also has trading protocols such as a central limit order book and bilateral trading functionalities.

LSEG sees growing demand from traders

LSEG has launched the new platform in response to a growing demand from money market traders to have access to more diverse forms of funding, the company said in the statement. MTS Depo is available for users of MTS Repo and can be accessed by dealers in Eurozone countries.

Commenting on the launch, Fabrizio Testa, CEO of MTS Markets, said in the statement: “MTS’s Repo markets have gone from strength to strength, with record volumes last year. However, our clients were keen to be able to deploy the same flexible technology solutions and gain efficiency in the unsecured money markets as well.

“There was a clear demand from both our clients and the broader market for the same approach to be brought to the cash deposit market, and we have responded. MTS Depo now provides traders with access to a wide market of participants, flexible trading options and reliable post-trade services.”

By the end of the third quarter of 2020, MTS expects to have a range of credit institutions connected to the platform. It is currently onboarding new customers. MTS Depo is run on the same trading infrastructure which facilitates wholesale government bond trading on MTS, LSEG said.