Ballooning margin costs hobble US treasury basis trade returns, research finds
Institutional investors betting on yield spread fluctuations between US treasuries are facing ballooning margin costs, new research from derivatives analytics firm OpenGamma reveals.
Rising margin...
US Treasury Market Conference: The full account
Michelle Neal, head of the markets group, kicked off the 2023 US Treasury Market Conference last week, which saw the New York Fed host...
Lagarde: Capital Markets Union is failing, calls for European SEC to combat national interests
In a speech to the European Banking Congress in Frankfurt on 17 November 2023, Christine Lagarde, president of the ECB, has said the transition...
Trading hacks and force multipliers for the smaller trading team
Faced with rising trading volumes and falling returns, buy-side bond desks are frequently either shrinking or at best struggling to match resource with requirements.
We...
Doing more with less: TS Imagine launches best execution compliance module
TS Imagine, a cross-asset provider of real-time trading, portfolio and risk management solutions, has rolled out a module within TradeSmart OEMS and TS One...
Onbrane launches primary debt market blockchain simulator
Onbrane, a provider of short-term debt market digitalisation technologies, has developed a primary debt market blockchain simulator, shadowing real transactions in a virtual blockchain...
Fusan Exchange issues tokenised sukuk backed by sovereign-linked instrument
Fusang Exchange, a digital stock exchange operator regulated and supervised by the Labuan Financial Services Authority in Malaysia, has tokenised and listed a digital...
State Street consolidates client-facing Investment Services under O’Hanley
Louis Maiuri, president, chief operating officer and head of Investment Services at State Street Corporation will retire by early 2024, with Ron O’Hanley, chairman...
Goldman net revenues for Q3 2023 driven by ‘strong performances’ in fixed income and...
Goldman Sachs saw its net revenues for Q3 2023 remain largely the same as Q2 2023 – US$11.82 billion – thanks in part to...
EMCA 2023 WINNER: Best Sell-side Fixed Income Trading Desk – Jefferies
Jefferies stands out for commitment to clients and hands-on approach
Buy-side traders have chosen Jefferies as the “Best Sell-side Fixed Income Trading Desk” in this...
