Viewpoint : Technology for OFTR securities : Susan Estes
Time to awaken the sleeping giant
Susan Estes, Co-Founder, CEO & President of OpenDoor Securities
The tripling in size of the US Treasuries market over the...
Michelle Neal poached by New York Fed from LedgerEdge
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has been named Michelle Neal as head of its Markets Group. In this role, she will also...
FILS 2022: Could ESMA ban RFQs?
The future of the request for quote (RFQ) protocol was being challenged both on and off stage at the Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit in...
The Agency Broker Hub: An Italian story
The Italian Treasury has implemented a flexible and diversified funding policy to manage the amount of Italian public debt. Here Laura Maridati, Digital Markets...
Rules & Ratings: Rating agencies hit with US$49 million in SEC fines
The SEC has charged six nationally recognised statistical rating organisations (NRSROs) with failures to maintain and preserve electronic communications. In total, more than US$49...
Goldman veteran joins Bank of America
Bank of America has appointed Simona Composto as director of futures and options, over-the-counter clearing, FX prime brokerage and fixed income prime brokerage sales....
CME saw record volumes for US Treasury complex on 28 May
CME Group saw record volumes for its US Treasury complex on 28 May, with 34,350,339 contracts traded.
The figure surpassed its previous record of 33,322,608...
March sell-off has driven a longer-term shift towards all-to-all trading
Buyers and sellers were successfully finding opportunities in all-to-all trading as traditional liquidity tightened. Does that herald a permanent shift in behaviour?
All-to-all trading came...
Spitz to lead Flow Traders
Flow Traders has named Thomas Spitz as CEO, effective 1 September, subject to shareholder approval.
He replaces Mike Kuehnel, who has been CEO for the...
Mandatory central clearing: More resilient treasury market expected
Mandatory central clearing is expected to make the market safer and more resilient. But there is a catch. The new regulations – set to...
EC suspends best execution reporting which is “not read at all”
The European Commission (EC) has adopted a Capital Markets Recovery Package, as part of the Commission's overall coronavirus recovery strategy which includes increased leniency...
European rules misleading investors on trading costs for derivatives
By Pia Hecher.
Derivatives analytics firm OpenGamma found that transaction costs for derivatives may be misrepresented by up to 900% to investors, as a result...
