CanDeal Team Works at Ronald McDonald House

CanDeal Team Works at Ronald McDonald House

On October 3rd, the CanDeal team had the opportunity to help out at Ronald McDonald House Charities Toronto, which serves seriously ill children and their families, helping them stay together during their treatment and focus on getting better. We rolled up our sleeves to prepare dinner for the 81 families currently staying at the House. That is nearly 150 people who enjoyed a meal of carrot ginger soup, chicken, salmon, orzo salad and chocolate chip cookies. We are proud of our team’s efforts and happy to support the Ronald McDonald House and those whom they serve. As always, we wish the children and their families good health and a full recovery.

RRB notional limit increases to $10M.

RRB notional limit increases to $10M.

Starting October 17th, 2017, Real Return Bonds (RRBs) will be available for trading at an increased notional limit of $10 million, up from $3 million. RRBs have been demonstrating stronger liquidity, with volume, trade size and the number of tickets traded increasing over the last few quarters. For more information, contact your representative or the CanDeal team.

List trading now accounts for 32% of all tickets under $1 million dollars

List trading now accounts for 32% of all tickets under $1 million dollars

List Trading now accounts for 32% of all tickets under $1 million dollars. This is a 191% increase from last year. Clients are seeing value in our List Trading functionality, as they manage their small trade flows more efficiently. Click here to learn more about List Trading.

Montréal Children's Hospital receives $1000 from our December Coupon Contest

Montréal Children's Hospital receives $1000 from our December Coupon Contest

Thank you to all clients who participated in CanDeal’s December Coupon Contest. Guillaume Laperrière of NBC Treasury, whose guess of $19 billion nearly matched the actual volume on December 1st of $19.02 billion, has designated the Montréal Children’s Hospital as the charity to receive a $1,000 donation on his behalf. The Montréal Children’s Hospital provides the highest quality healthcare to infants, children and teenagers. We are very pleased to support our clients’ charities to express how much we value our relationships with you. Thanks again to all our contest participants!

CanDeal's 2017 Year in Review

CanDeal's 2017 Year in Review

$2.9 Trillion Total Traded Volume in 2017 • Volume of GoC trades greater than $100 million increased 17% • List trading now accounts for 39% of all tickets under $1 million dollars • Real Return Bonds added to CanDeal See more 2017 highlights of CanDeal's electronic marketplace in our annual Year in Review infographic.

Breakfast Club of Canada receives $1000 from our June Coupon Contest

Breakfast Club of Canada receives $1000 from our June Coupon Contest

Thank you to all clients who participated in CanDeal’s June Coupon Contest. Julia Eisenmann of National Bank of Canada, whose guess of $16.7 billion nearly matched the actual volume on June 1st of $16.57 billion, has designated Breakfast Club of Canada as the charity to receive a $1,000 donation on her behalf.For 20 years, Breakfast Club of Canada has been nourishing children’s potential by making sure as many of them as possible have access to a healthy morning meal before school.We are very pleased to support our clients’ charities to express how much we value our relationships with you. Thanks again to all our contest participants!

CanDeal team helps again at Ronald McDonald House

CanDeal team helps again at Ronald McDonald House

On September 13th, the CanDeal team had the opportunity to help out at Ronald McDonald House Charities Toronto, which serves seriously ill children and their families, helping them stay together during their treatment and focus on getting better.We wanted to once again do more to help these children and their families. This week, the CanDeal team got hands-on in the kitchen to prepare dinner for 81 families currently staying at the House. That is nearly 150 people who enjoyed a meal of mac & cheese, chicken caesar salad and broccoli & cheese. We even had a sundae station with chocolate chip cookies and candy. The kids really loved that!We are honored to support Ronald McDonald House Charities, and humbled to do just this little bit for them. As always, we wish the children and their families good health and a full recovery.

Six Largest Canadian Banks Increase Stake in CanDeal

Six Largest Canadian Banks Increase Stake in CanDeal

Toronto, October 30, 2018; CanDeal, the leading institutional electronic marketplace for Canadian bond, money market, and derivatives trading, has announced an ownership restructuring under which each of Canada’s six leading banks increased its stake in the marketplace. As a result of the restructuring, which included a reduction in TMX Group's share, CanDeal's ownership group each has an equal share of the company.On a combined basis, the Canadian banks now own more than 85% of CanDeal, signaling an increased commitment to electronic trading in Canadian Dollar products.  The CanDeal marketplace features more than 300 institutional investment firms and includes 11 Canadian bank/dealer liquidity providers. CanDeal trading volumes have grown from C$600Billion in 2008 to more than C$3.1Trillion in the past four quarters. About CanDealCanDeal is the leading electronic marketplace for Canadian dollar debt securities and derivatives, providing access to a deep pool of liquidity for Canadian government, provincial and corporate bonds, as well as money market instruments and interest rate swaps. CanDeal’s stakeholders include: BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., CIBC World Markets, National Bank Financial Inc., RBC Capital Markets, Scotia Capital, TD Securities and TMX Group. CanDeal also delivers Canadian institutional investors with electronic access to liquidity in additional debt and derivative marketplaces operated by Tradeweb.Media contact:Simon Hylson-SmithParagon Public Relationsshs@paragonpr.comUS: +1 646 558 6226UK: +44 7534 673478 

CanDeal's 2018 Year in Review

CanDeal's 2018 Year in Review

$3.2 Trillion Total Traded Volume in 2018• List Trading activity doubled in 2018• Volume of real return bonds increased by over 200%• Dealer auto response rate increased by 70%See more 2018 highlights of CanDeal's electronic marketplace in our annual Year in Review infographic.

CanDeal partners with six Canadian Banks to Create Market Data Hub

CanDeal partners with six Canadian Banks to Create Market Data Hub

Toronto, February 12, 2019; The six largest Canadian banks have partnered with CanDeal to create the country’s first comprehensive fixed income and derivatives market data hub. The Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) business, DataVault Innovations, intends to produce best in class pricing and analytics data to address the growing data needs of participants and regulators.While presently ingesting data from each of the six banks, DataVault Innovations is actively seeking an inclusive strategy to engage all other marketplace data contributors.DataVault Innovations will be a consolidation and distribution point for Canadian over-the-counter (OTC) bond and derivatives data, which will be available directly to end-users as well as third-party distributors. It will also provide evaluated pricing, risk and analytics services to help comply with regulatory mandates, improve internal risk models and address other business requirements for market participants. DataVault Innovations is building the technology foundation and will be implementing global governance standards to fulfill pricing benchmark administrator duties.“The creation of a central pricing and analytics data hub is an important leap forward for the Canadian markets,” said Jayson Horner, CEO and co-founder of CanDeal. “By recognizing data rights for contributors while expanding access to broad, high quality OTC data, DataVault Innovations will enable the entire industry to vastly improve risk management and regulatory compliance. Consolidation of market data is also a significant step towards the formation of a suite of benchmark products for the domestic markets.”“The DaaS product suite will facilitate innovation among market participants and vendors,” said Andre Craig, Head of DataVault Innovations. “While highly secure, the platform is being built to ensure interoperability with other solution providers to spawn new products in Canada and other markets. This will enable us to provide better industry solutions more quickly to a wider group of clients and interested parties.”The new services will adhere to global best practices in terms of data management, big data technologies, information security (Infosec), and leverage regulatory frameworks such as Basel lll and IOSCO principles. DataVault Innovations will benefit from CanDeal’s experience as a nationally regulated ATS and deep experience in the Canadian OTC markets.DataVault Innovations was incubated within the Solutions Group division of CanDeal, which seeks to offer an array of innovative services that complement the core CanDeal Markets trading platform business.About CanDealCanDeal is a leading provider of electronic marketplaces and data services for Canadian dollar debt securities and derivatives. Its Markets division, which accounts for more than 90% of electronic trading in Canada, provides access to a deep pool of liquidity for Canadian government, agency, provincial and corporate bonds, as well as money market instruments and interest rate swaps. CanDeal Markets also delivers Canadian institutional investors with electronic access to liquidity in non-Canadian debt and derivative marketplaces operated by Tradeweb. CanDeal Solutions delivers pricing and analytics services that support business, trading and technology needs for participants in the Canadian market, including DataVault Innovations, the market data hub. CanDeal’s stakeholders include: BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., CIBC World Markets, National Bank Financial Inc., RBC Capital Markets, Scotia Capital, TD Securities and TMX Group.
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