Articles by Robert Mackenzie Smith
FICC takes firm grip of US repo market
Central counterparty wrangled more money market repo cash than banks did by end-2018
Repo rate hits 7.25% on year-end volatility
US Treasury issuance on December 31 said to have fuelled last-minute dash for cash
FX swaps to avoid year-end basis blowout, banks say
Earlier rollovers likely to ensure no repeat of previous cross-currency volatility
CME abandons buy-side direct clearing initiative
CCP shutters plan after feedback from regulators and market participants
BlueCrest seeks direct membership at LCH’s SwapClear
Investment firm to make leap away from clearing broker reliance
More carrot, less stick in US Libor transition
Risk USA: US regulators take softer approach than UK counterparts
Jump: inside the secretive e-trading giant
Execs at the Chicago prop firm wish the whole world was a Clob, but as bilateral volumes rise, they’ve decided to go with the flow
Sef reforms could distort new, sounder benchmark rates
Tradition’s Fitzpatrick warns that more ways of trading swaps could dent progress made on fixings
Off-the-run barriers frustrate Jump Trading
Chicago prop firm has been unable to break into the market for off-the-run Treasuries
Exchange chiefs back Giancarlo in tussle over CCP oversight
The CFTC may block US CCPs from acceding to EU supervision
Unfinished business: US Treasuries reform stalls
Efforts to improve clearing and settlement of US government debt – and oversight of who trades it – still incomplete
BAML exec fears ‘systemic risk’ if margin issue not resolved
Regulators urged to make swift decision on exempting small end-users
Q&A: CFTC’s Giancarlo on the race to overhaul cross-border rules
New Sef rules imminent, but deference to foreign regulators may not be completed by 2020
Goldman, BAML back Trace reporting changes
Banks are pushing for 48-hour delay in reporting large corporate bond trades
Paypals: Eurex members await their pay day
Profit-sharing scheme has created more competitive swaps landscape
Giancarlo speech drives LCH-JSCC basis fall
CFTC chief backs US swap clearing on foreign CCPs, sparking 46% move in basis
Citi’s market structure head jumps to BAML
Theisen previously worked at Barclays, Bear Stearns and Goldman Sachs
New York’s MTA to issue first SOFR muni bond
Transport authority for New York City joins five other issuers in using new US benchmark
JP exec calls for derivatives margin changes
Move follows 13 significant margin breaches in 2018, with one breaching by as much as 245%
Direct streaming gains foothold in US Treasuries market
Cost savings drive dealers away from Clob model into alternative venues
Hedge funds turn to curve options for steepener trades
Previous bets on US interest rate curve flopped following unexpected flattening
World Bank completes first SOFR bond hedge
The largest SOFR swap trades to date were executed on August 13
Money funds get S&P green light to buy SOFR notes
After many funds were shut out of first SOFR issuance, agency has now approved new benchmark
Investors cheer debut Fannie SOFR note launch
Healthy demand could have been higher if S&P had approved benchmark