Ion Trading to buy Anvil Software
Dublin-based Ion Trading, a provider of dealing systems for electronic fixed income markets, is acquiring Anvil Software, a UK-based supplier of software for repo trading and securities lending (August 2006)
Anvil provides front- and middle- office systems and consultancy services to financial services firms including ABN Amro, Barclays Capital, Fortis, ING Financial Markets, Rabobank, Royal Bank of Canada and Wachovia Securities.
The vendor's software solutions cover trading and risk management for bonds, repo, F/X, money markets, options, futures, swaps, equities, securities lending, cash management, order management, electronic exchanges and more.
The firm has offices in London, New York, Toronto, Sydney and Malta.
