Charles River Integrates IMS with Multi-dealer RFQ Platform OTCX

State Street’s Charles River has integrated its investment management system (IMS) with the request-for-quote (RFQ) off-venue interest rate derivatives platform, OTCX. Through the certified integration, Charles River clients can now connect directly to dealers through the OTCX platform with reduced operational risk trading via voice, chat, or email. According to a story in The Trade News, Charles River IMS users can also request prices and negotiate fix-float interest rate swaps, overnight index swaps, and inflation swaps across G10 and emerging market currencies.