MiFID II: What could go wrong
Keep an eye on these potential points of failure, writes Dan Barnes.
For trading desks the impact of the new Markets in Financial Instruments Directive...
MarketAxess: Blockbusting Part 4 – Block Execution in US HG
In the latest of MarketAxess' Blockbusting series, our research team explores liqiudity profiles of block-sized RFQ trades between $1M- $10M on MarketAxess across a...
Insights and analysis: Morgan Stanley 2025 – ‘Timing Is Everything’ across asset classes
Morgan Stanley’s outlook for 2025 finds a “still-moderate macro environment” with the mood heading towards deregulation, which it notes is largely is constructive for...
OTCX registers as MTF as UK trading venue perimeter rules begin
Derivatives trading venue OTCX has been registered as a multilateral trading facility (MTF) in the UK, in the week that the UK’s Financial Conduct...
E-trading on the rise in Japanese bonds
Japan’s initially slow adoption of e-trading is increasing in pace as local investors seek liquidity in local and foreign markets, according to a recent...
Fink: BlackRock’s private credit strategy ties Prequin and Aladdin
In BlackRock’s second quarter (Q2) earnings call, CEO and chairman, Larry Fink, has set out the firm’s vision of expansion into private credit markets.
He...
Tradeweb announces first fully electronic SOFR swap spread trade
Market operator Tradeweb reports it has completed the first fully electronic institutional Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) swap spread trade. BlackRock and JP Morgan...
SoftSolutions’ new testing-as-a-service environment live
SoftSolutions, the fixed income trading technology provider, has announced that a major Scandinavian bank is completing testing of the latest version of nexRates using...
ESMA consults on MiFIR trading obligation for derivatives
By Sobia Hamid.
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today a consultation paper regarding its draft technical standards specifying the trading obligation for derivatives under...
FDIC drive to issue US bank debt
Banks in the US have been asked by Government agencies to issue new debt to support their stability under a new proposal by the...
FCA tells asset managers to focus on liquidity risk after finding some firms lacking
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has told asset managers to increase their focus on liquidity risk, stating gaps in liquidity management could lead...
Market sources: Project Amber has shut down
Multiple sources have confirmed that the withdrawal of major banks from Project Amber has shut it down. Three banks had reportedly left before the...
