Erik Tham leaves UBS Wealth for MarketAxess
Erik Tham has joined MarketAxess as head of Private Banking, for Benelux and Switzerland, leaving his position as executive director at UBS Wealth Management,...
S&P Global: European bonds slump to lowest first-half volume since financial crisis
By Thomas Beeston
European high-yield bond issuance is set for the lowest first-half total since the global financial crisis, as volatile interest rates and fears...
CME Group to offer futures and options on Treasuries repo financing rate
By Flora McFarlane.
CME Group has announced that will launch futures and options based on the broad Treasuries repurchase agreement (repo) financing rate, set as...
Viewpoint: The impact of regulation: Tim Keady
Rearchitecting your compliance framework.
Tim Keady, Managing Director, Head of DTCC Solutions and Chief Client Officer at DTCC.
Since the 2008 financial crisis the industry has confronted numerous waves...
Visualising aggressive pricing pressure on trading costs
Analysing year-to-date volume and trade number data from MarketAxess’s TraX database for US credit, and correlating it with the weekly average MarketAxess CP+ bid-ask...
SEC proposes new central clearing rules for US Treasury market
US market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed rule changes to enhance risk management practices for central counterparties in the US...
People’s Bank of China releases green bond certification guidelines
By Flora McFarlane.
The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) and China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has released guidance on the development of the green bond...
Consolidated tape is welcome, but MiFIR still needs tweaks
The inclusion of a consolidated bond tape in the MiFIR review is welcomed, the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) says, but refinements need to...
The Fed opens registration for commercial paper facility
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has opened registration for firms wishing to sell to its Commercial Paper Funding Facility (CPFF).
The commercial paper...
UBS Switzerland completes Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG merger
UBS has completed the merger of UBS Switzerland AG and Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG, with the latter now deregistered from the Commercial Register of...
Rules & Ratings: ‘Under review’ list shrinks at AM Best
Germania Farm Mutual Insurance Association is no longer categorised as ‘under review with negative implications’ by AM Best, and has been assigned a financial...
2021 European Markets Choice Awards – The WINNERS
2021 European Markets Choice Awards – The WINNERS
We are delighted to announce the winners of the inaugural European Markets Choice Awards. For some categories...
