Articles by Rebecca Baird-Remba
How US shutdown set off long-awaited basis bet
Hedge funds dust off a years-in-the-making relative value trade to profit from fallback mismatch
People: You’re fired! US agency rejig, new CROs at ING, StanChart, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Keeping inflation markets open if government shuts down
Last year’s US government shutdown upset inflation trades; an Isda band-aid helped but a longer-term fix is needed
Citi launches core inflation QIS
Custom indexes eliminate energy and food prices to ease trading of stickier inflation trends
How Bessent learned to stop worrying and love the T-bill
Short-dated issuance shows no signs of slowing. Some fear it could end badly.
Bessent’s Treasury buy-back ‘success’ draws expansion warnings
BMO Treasury trading head warns of “overarching presence” as Treasury scales up programme
Crypto ETFs gatecrash the US Treasury repo market
Counterparty Radar: Volatility Shares tapped $13 billion in repo funding in Q2
No quick fix for Treasury issuance surge – fixed income experts
Market’s ability to absorb additional $3.4trn of notes is keeping senior regulator “up at night”
BrokerTec Chicago goes live, targeting RV traders
New venue aims to wrestle cash leg of Treasury-futures basis trades from streaming venues
Steepener exits leave traders in search of direction
Uncertainty clouds US rates market as hedge funds pare back steepener positions
Sharper economic picture sets scene for dollar swaps rebound
Razor-thin bid/offer spreads and slim post-April trading volumes give way to an uptick in August
The investors who aren’t fretting over Trump’s stat sulk
Some see dismissal of statistics agency chief as an assault on US institutional integrity; for others it offers a chance to throw off outdated methods