FINRA reporting change could support low-touch trading at size
A proposed pilot project for raising the size at which US bond trades must be reported, and delaying reporting for even larger trades, could...
SEC finds market liquidity minimally impacted by regulatory reforms
By Flora McFarlane.
A paper by the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has found that...
Overbond launches real-time AI bond pricing trading product
Fixed income analytics provider, Overbond, has launched COBI-Pricing LIVE, a new real-time AI bond pricing product. COBI-Pricing LIVE is designed to process real-time historical...
Business alpha – The confidence trick to liquidity
Getting the confidence of investors supports access to liquidity during choppy markets. By Ruth Emery
If your clients are sucking their cash out of a...
Emerging markets trading costs threaten to rise
Emerging market bond traders will see trading costs rising as volumes begin to decline. According to MarketAxess data from its CP+ pricing tool and...
Clearstream consortium seeks to resolve historic Reg S and Rule 144A bond inefficiencies
In October, the international central securities depositary (ICSD), Clearstream, has its seventh meeting of its business consortium to reduce operational risks and time delays...
Imogen Hepsworth joins Federated Hermes as trading desk expansion continues
Federated Hermes has announced the continued growth of its trading desk, with the appointment of Imogen Hepsworth - previously of MarketAxess - as a...
ECB corporate bond programme winding down?
ECB corporate bond programme winding down?
Deutsche Bank analysts have noted indications that the European Central Bank (ECB) is winding down its Corporate Sector Purchase...
Eurex: Setting the benchmark
Eurex’s three-month Euro STR Futures (€STR) are supporting the Euro market transition to a new risk-free rate.
Eurex’s €STR Futures, referencing the new Euro-denominated risk-free...
DirectBooks launches platform for issuance of US corporate bonds; European expansion on cards
DirectBooks, the sell-side consortium founded to increase efficiency in the bond issuance process, has launched its core service to try and simplify communication of...
7 Chord’s appliance of science boosted with new hires
7 Chord, the provider of predictive analytics for sovereign and corporate bond prices to fixed income traders, issuers, and institutional investors, has appointed Andrew...
Federal Reserve group issues credit risk warning over US Treasuries trading
By Pia Hecher.
The Federal Reserve’s Treasury Market Practices Group (TMPG), which discusses issues in the US government bond market, has said that firms are...
