RTS 28 reports dropped as ESMA deprioritises enforcement
Investment firms in the European Union (EU) will no longer be obliged to publish some best execution reports following amendments to MiFID II, with...
French treasuries saw widest YtD median bid/ask spread following election
Following French president Emmanuel Macron’s unexpected snap parliamentary election on 9 June, the median bid/ask spread in French treasury bonds was at its widest...
Tradeweb accelerates government bond benchmark closing price publication
Tradeweb will now publish FTSE UK Gilt and European Government Bond Benchmark Closing Prices at 4:30 PM.
This change has been made in response to...
BGC Group offers US dollar swap e-trading
BGC Group has launched a fully electronic trading platform for US dollar swaps. Briana Grazioso, director of e-sales at the firm, will lead the...
MarketAxess EM extends coverage to Egypt, Hong Kong and Serbia
Bond market operator and data provider MarketAxess has added Egypt (EGP), Hong Kong (HKD) and Serbia (RSD) to its Emerging Markets (EM) local markets...
Bloomberg’s open chat API creates exciting but costly opportunities
Bloomberg’s cross-firm chatbot API service can save companies time as they share information. But they are also expensive, and present firms with a fresh...
Propellant adds TRACE data to global FI data platform
Propellant Digital is adding TRACE data to its global fixed income data platform, increasing its coverage of US and European bond and derivative data.
Vincent...
BTMU fined for spoofing in Treasury futures
By Flora McFarlane.
On 7 August the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CTFC) fined The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) for spoofing, submitting orders that are...
Bank of England to embrace repo for liquidity management
Moving away from crisis-driven monetary actions, the Bank of England plans to manage liquidity through repurchase agreement (repo) practices rather than by purchasing large...
Strong YoY growth in US rates volumes
Average daily notional volumes (ADNV) for US rates dropped between April and May as uncertainties around trade policies and tariffs muted demand, but were...
Fed begins buying corporate bonds
The Federal Reserve Board has announced the Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility (SMCCF), will begin buying a corporate bonds to support market liquidity and...
BlackRock CEO backs blended active/passive bond portfolios
Larry Fink, chairman and CEO of investment giant BlackRock, has advocated the use of blended active and passive portfolios to optimise fixed income investments.
In...
