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...
The Fed and BlackRock’s bond-buying criteria challenged
Detail around the Primary Market Corporate Credit Facility (PMCCF) and Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility (SMCCF) launched by the Federal Reserve Bank of New...
On The DESK : Alex Brause : The central bank’s buy-side trader
Balancing leadership and discipline with greater autonomy in trading. Alexander Brause speaks to The DESK and explains his role as head of fixed income...
VedBrat named global head of trading for BlackRock
Supurna VedBrat, currently deputy head of trading and co-head for Electronic Trading & Market Structure at asset manager BlackRock will become global head of...
FIX Trading Conference in September will be virtual and global
FIX Trading Community, the non-profit, industry-driven standards body will deliver its EMEA Trading Conference, scheduled for the 18 September 2020, in an immersive virtual...
Latest ESMA data shows 439 liquid bonds
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has made available new data for bonds subject to the pre- and post-trade requirements of the Markets...
FCA to investigate barriers for buy side to access data
The UK’s market regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will launch two market studies and gather further information to investigate access to wholesale data....
Greenwich predicts schism in European and US bond markets
By Vineet Naik.
European bond market structure is likely to diverge further from the US, as a result of the different investment models which are...
Virtu launches liquidity scoring tool for fixed income
Electronic liquidity and technology provider, Virtu Financial, has expanded its multi-asset transaction cost model offering with the launch of Fixed Income Agency Cost Estimator...
JP Morgan: Rates and credit trading show greatest electronic growth
The annual JP Morgan e-Trading survey, now in its fifth year, has found that, over the next two years, rates trading and credit trading...
E-trading bond platforms outperform banks’ Q3 in fixed income trading
Market operator Tradeweb has seen a strong Q3 revenue against the same quarter in 2020, while electronic bond-trading MarketAxess has seen a slight decrease...
Derivatives : Exchange-traded products : Joel Clark
Why listed derivatives struggle to address risk
Some traders have been critical of listed products designed to replicate OTC derivatives, but exchanges are working hard...
