CFTC & SEC: JP Morgan manipulated Treasuries market during flash crash period
US market regulators the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have fined JP Morgan over US$920 million in penalties...
European investment grade seeing smaller, cheaper trades
European investment grade bond traders are seeing a falling bid-ask spread, and a rising trade count since the start of 2024, according to MarketAxess’s...
Glimpse Markets launches data-sharing for buy-side trading desks
Glimpse Markets, a new post-trade data sharing platform for fixed income, aims to turn data costs of the buy-side on their head, by providing...
Fixed income ETFs struggling with liquidity crisis
Fixed income exchange traded funds (ETFs) are reportedly struggling in the current liquidity crisis, while their market makers are trying hard to get delta...
Three things to consider when choosing a SIMM™ margin provider
Samuel Hyman, Head of Americas, Cassini Systems
If you trade bilateral OTC derivatives then you probably know by now that the Uncleared Margin Rules (UMR)...
S&P Global Market Intelligence: Bonding with style investing: value and momentum in corporate bonds
Style investing is not just for stock investors. As ‘smart beta’ becomes more popular in other asset classes, investors want to know, “What’s been...
Buy side issues framework to standardise bond issuance
The Credit Roundtable, a buy-side lobby group for bondholder protection has issued an ‘Investment Grade Primary Best Practices Framework’ designed to improve bond issuance.
The...
FILS USA 2022: Fixed income turbulence to continue says AllianceBernstein CEO
The turbulence in fixed income markets over the past six months likely will continue through the second half of 2022, according to Seth Bernstein,...
BoE amends collateral eligibility criteria for regulated covered bonds
The Bank of England is to amend the collateral eligibility criteria for regulated covered bonds in the Bank’s Sterling Monetary Framework.
From 1 September, to...
Surveillance is only as good as the data that fuels it
Passing the test on market abuse regulatory obligations will increasingly mean being “data fit”
By Anthony Belcher, Head of EMEA, ICE Data Services
When market...
FTSE Russell Launches Sustainable Fixed Income Indexes
The new index launches address the growing trend of integrating sustainable investment themes into fixed income indexes.
The new index series consists of the FTSE...
Invesco’s AT1 bond ETF has “opened door to large investors” as AUM passes US$1...
The Invesco AT1 Capital Bond UCITS ETF has surpassed US$1 billion in assets under management, (AUM) with around US$500 million of net new assets...
