Euro swaps clearing: hope for the best, prepare for the worst
By Joel Clark.
As the UK’s exit from the European Union edges closer, concern over the vexed question of clearing of euro-denominated swaps has intensified,...
Focus resources on fixed income TCA, industry urged
By Joel Clark.
Market participants and technology providers must focus their intelligence and resources on developing robust transaction cost analysis (TCA) for fixed income, in...
AGI’s Böss: Margin compression and frustration with regulators
Doing more with less, and frustration with regulatory initiatives are the biggest stories for buy-side firms said Eric Böss, global head of trading at...
Greenwich Associates: Growth of electronic trading for EM bonds
A new report from analyst house Greenwich Associates has found that electronic trading of emerging market (EM) bonds has reached 70% amongst US asset...
SEC committee proposes bond issuance database for US credit
By Pia Hecher.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee (FIMSAC) has proposed that the SEC establish a new issue...
FIMSAC releases agenda for today’s meeting
By Pia Hecher.
The Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee (FIMSAC) has published the agenda for its 29 October meeting. FIMSAC subcommittees will update on...
AXA IM appoints Yannig Loyer as global head of trading
AXA Investment Managers has appointed Yannig Loyer as global head of trading. In a statement the firm observed this is a “key role given...
IHS Markit and CBPC open up China’s bond market with new onshore indices
By Shobha Prabhu-Naik.
Business information provider IHS Markit has launched new onshore Chinese bond market indices, which it claims are the first international, independent fixed...
Bloomberg finds global bond deals down in Q3
By Shobha Prabhu-Naik.
Bloomberg, the global financial data provider, has published its League Table reports for the third quarter of 2018 showing that the global...
ESMA lacks data to test bond market concerns
By Pia Hecher.
Regulators have acknowledged that bond market data is so sparse, even post-MiFID II, that they are unable to test execution quality concerns....
