The Board of Directors of AIAF Mercado de Renta Fija has approved the application for full member status on BME’s electronic Public Debt platform (SENAF) of the following financial institutions:
- JP Morgan Securities, Ltd.
- Merrill Lynch Intl.
- Royal Bank of Canada
With these incorporations, the number of Members of the platform stands at 29.
The platform supports trading in Treasury bills, bonds and Treasury bonds, and private debt-backed securities, markets in which the three institutions are very active.
In the first half of the year the traded volume on BME’s Public Debt electronic platform totaled €120.47 billion, up 77.7% year-on-year. The number of trades increased threefold compared to the same period in 2009.