Hermes Investment Management chooses IHS Markit for TCA
By Flora McFarlane.
Hermes Investment Management has chosen IHS Markit’s TCA platform ahead of incoming best execution obligations under MiFID II.
The technology provider’s TCA platform...
Asset managers could avoid tying up collateral under new uncleared margin rules
The majority of asset managers dragged into new uncleared margin requirements over the next two years could avoid tying up capital altogether, but still...
SEC approves primary market database for US credit
Last week US market regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) signed off the development of a single central source of new issue reference...
Sterling dealers recommend SONIA as alternative to LIBOR
The Bank of England’s Working Group on Sterling Risk-Free Reference Rates – a group of major dealers active in sterling interest rate swap markets – has...
FILS 2021: Buy-side needs to make more noise for the right data
Data providers and regulators concur that the buy-side needs to communicate more clearly with politicians and suppliers if they are to get baseline bond...
Chinese govies step closer to collateral acceptability
Acceptance of Chinese government bonds as collateral will hinge upon rule changes around defaults. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports.
The use of Chinese government bonds as...
US president to oversee financial institution regulation amid deregulation drive
New executive orders signed by US president, Donald Trump, have given him oversight of all US financial regulation, outside of monetary policy, while also...
People’s Bank of China sets out northbound rules for Swap Connect
The People's Bank of China has issued interim measures to standardise the interest rate swap market between the mainland and Hong Kong, protecting investor...
JWG-IT: Buy side overstretched and under-prepared for MiFID II
By Flora McFarlane
According to a new JWG survey, 90% of buy-side firms believe they are at significant risk of non-compliance for the incoming January...
Greenwich Associates: Fixed-income future shaky for dealers
By Flora McFarlane.
Analyst firm Greenwich Associate’s report on investment banks trading European fixed income, has indicated that the first half of 2017’s buoyancy on...
