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...
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...
Bank of England to back the buy side in market turmoil
The Bank of England (BoE) will develop a new lending tool for non-bank financial institutions, starting with UK insurance companies and pension funds, which...
Analysis: Market response to US Treasury’s increased borrowing needs
The US Treasury’s need to increase debt issuance, beyond market expectations, has had several effects. Firstly there was a ratings downgrade of the USA...
US Treasuries: You can’t handle the truth
Editorial by Dan Barnes.
Nobody wants responsibility for the US Treasuries market. We checked.
In 2014 The DESK approached every US financial regulator and authority to...
On The DESK : Alex Brause : The central bank’s buy-side trader
Balancing leadership and discipline with greater autonomy in trading. Alexander Brause speaks to The DESK and explains his role as head of fixed income...
How traders weathered the Treasury sell-off
The US Treasury’s auction of seven-year notes last Thursday saw the lowest investor appetite ever, according to some sources, leaving primary dealers holding the...
Fed begins buying corporate bonds
The Federal Reserve Board has announced the Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility (SMCCF), will begin buying a corporate bonds to support market liquidity and...
ICMA highlights key ‘dysfunctional’ areas of credit market
The International Capital Markets Association has reported on March’s sell-off and the impact on the corporate bond market, noting that “by March 18, considered...
