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...
Chinese corporates on agenda for Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index
Corporate bond inclusion is going to be on the agenda for this year's Index Advisory Council, Bloomberg has confirmed, following the inclusion of Chinese...
New BrokerTec RFQ platform for European repo
By Pia Hecher.
Dealer-to-dealer electronic trading platform BrokerTec is preparing to launch BrokerTec Quote, a dealer-to-client request for quote (RFQ) trading system for the European...
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...
BrokerTec launches dealer-to-client repo execution platform into US markets
Market operator BrokerTec, part of the CME Group, has made its dealer-to-client request-for-quote (RFQ) trading platform, BrokerTec Quote, available to the US repo market...
LCH SA extends clearing offering to Belgian debt
By Flora McFarlane.
LCH has announced that its continental Europe-based RepoClear service is now offering clearing on Belgian government bonds.
RepoClear’s monthly volumes currently average €13...
ICMA: Buy side struggled to make margin calls as repo dried up
A new report, ‘European repo market and the COVID-19 crisis’ published by the International Capital Markets Association, has found that some buy-side firms had...
Money market and repo platforms see big volumes; MTS widens footprint
The European Central Bank estimated turnover in wholesale unsecured money markets in Europe alone was €127 billion (US$137 billion) per day in Q1 2020....
Why repo will not crash again
In December 2016 Europe’s repo markets crashed and burned. This year may look healthier than last but finding liquidity can still prove challenging. Lynn...
Danmarks Nationalbank now centrally clears repos at Eurex
Danmarks Nationalbank is now actively trading and centrally clearing repo transactions at derivatives market operator Eurex, which cites the onboarding of the first Nordic...
