Regulation

Volcker repeal plans challenged

Ditching the Volcker Rule would have a limited effect on liquidity, but the enthusiasm for change exists. David Wigan writes. The Volcker Rule has been...

What’s the fuss about… New capital rules?

What’s all this fuss about new capital rules? The US Federal Reserve has decided that some banks, with over US$100 billion in assets, need...

MiFID II: New dealer economics

Explicit commission payments and a tabloid-style of attention-grabbing research are on the cards under MiFID II, as it reinvents investment economics in fixed income. No-one...

UK to allow shorting of government debt and sovereign CDS

The UK Government has said it will remove requirements currently placed on investors when taking out short positions in sovereign debt or sovereign credit...

Five dealers select Droit for MiFID II Compliance

By Flora McFarlane. BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole CIB, Goldman Sachs, Lloyds and UBS are using Droit Financial Technologies for MiFID II trade compliance infrastructure. Jo Hannaford,...

Natwest Markets trading desk automating fixed income trading workflow with ipushpull

Natwest Markets has implemented a new PPQ (Pushpull Quotes) workflow system to streamline manual workflow around non-standard, complex trades such as fixed income trading. Matthew...

Municipal mean reversion

Dealers are now committing more capital in the muni market but future tax reforms threaten buy-side demand. Chris Hall reports. Is the US municipal bond...

Asset managers ‘not investment firms’ under MiFID II?

By Flora McFarlane & Dan Barnes. Several European investment managers have reportedly claimed that they will not be classified as investment firms under the revised...

BoE sets code of conduct for repo and securities lending

A new voluntary Money Markets Code setting out the standards and best practice expected from participants in the deposit, repo and securities lending markets...