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...
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...
Ancoa goes into adminstration
Cinnober Financial Technology has acquired the assets of Ancoa Software, the UK-based market surveillance specialist company, as a going concern. Terms of the deal have...
EMMI drops Euribor+ methodology due to low transaction volumes
The European Money Markets Institute (EMMI), a non-profit group established by national banking associations in the European Union, has dropped the Euribor+ methodology, designed to...
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...
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...
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...
McKinsey expects greatest FRTB impact on larger European banks
By Flora McFarlane.
The Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) will have a greater impact on larger European banks according to a new report...
Connectivity platforms report FI deals ahead of MiFID II
By Sobia Hamid.
The growth of electronic trading in fixed income is driving connectivity between trading platforms. In 2016, Greenwich Associates estimated electronic trading of...
Just 23% of buy-side firms confident in preparedness for MiFID II
By Flora McFarlane.
A new report by block-trading specialist Liquidnet says that MiFID II will drive automation in trading, but firms face many complexities and...
