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...
CSDR: Settlement ‘discipline’ could punish market liquidity
A regulatory shadow hangs over the market as agencies battle to contain the impact. Chris Hall reports.
As part of the European Commission’s efforts to...
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...
Bond-trading broker-dealer charged for allegedly bankrupting firm
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Keith Wakefield, a former managing director and head of fixed income trading at IFS Securities, an...
Major concerns raised about repo
By Flora McFarlane.
Several buy-side practitioners have voiced warnings about the outlook for the ‘broken’ repo market, warning that European regulators needed to address the...
The big changes to watch in fixed income market structure through 2024
Next year will bring new developments in market structure, stemming both from regulatory and political change. The DESK asked Jennifer Keser, head of market...
Gensler “Just not feeling it”
Gary Gensler, chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and self-styled ‘Market Daddy’ has said he will pull back on most of...
Plan to replace Dodd-Frank formally introduced in House of Representatives
The chairman of the Financial Services Committee in the US House of Representatives, Jeb Hensarling, has formally introduced the Financial CHOICE Act, a proposed...
Dual disclosure standards for non-equity securities prospectus removed in UK
The Investor Access to Regulated Bonds (IARB) Working Group has highlighted unanimous support of the removal of the dual disclosure standards in prospectuses for...
Research shows increasing demand for voice and e-trading data integration across TCA and surveillance
Demand for integrated trade and communications surveillance among financial institutions has surged by 100% this year following heightened regulatory scrutiny across the financial markets,...
