The Gensler Agenda
Will Gary Gensler, chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), one of the US market regulators, have time to tackle issues in the...
Bloomberg: Banks face FRTB data and modelling hurdles
Banks facing challenges in their implementation of the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB), the rules issued by the Basel Committee for Banking...
How much credit should dealers get – and for how much risk?
There is a tension between best execution obligations and the longer-term value of a dealer supporting liquidity provision. Buy-side traders are aware that their...
Tradeweb see US credit volumes jump while European credit falls
Market operator Tradeweb has reported overall trading volumes of USUS$23.4 trillion in August 2022, with average daily volume (ADV) for the month across assets...
The DESK on Radio 4’s Thinking Allowed
The Desk's managing editor, Dan Barnes, was a guest on BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed, discussing the role of retail traders in the market,...
The Book: CIF issues six-times oversubscribed Capital Markets Mechanism bond
The Capital Markets Mechanism (CCMM) of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) has issued its inaugural bond, raising US$500 million from a US$3 billion orderbook.
Tariye...
Reducing trading costs under the UMR microscope
Asset managers able to assess their exposure to uncleared margin rules can significantly reduce their administrative and trading costs.
In July 2019, the Basel Committee...
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....
Ipreo growth ahead of rival banks Q1 platform launch
By Flora McFarlane and Dan Barnes.
A primary market offering is expected to be launched by a consortium of Citi, Goldman Sachs, and Wells Fargo...
Tradeweb announces first fully electronic SOFR swap spread trade
Market operator Tradeweb reports it has completed the first fully electronic institutional Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) swap spread trade. BlackRock and JP Morgan...
Finsmart set to launch DealPro for bond issuance this year
Finsmart plans to launch DealPro, a secure application to connecting underwriters and issuers in debt capital markets, later this year. The application is intended...
Mieke Wageveld joins MTS Markets
Euronext has appointed Mieke Wageveld as a sales manager within MTS Markets. She is based in Amsterdam.
Wageveld has more than 20 years of industry...
