Interest rates
Dealers bullish on upcoming offshore CGB futures relaunch
Better contracts and deeper foreign interest in China bonds set to spur uptake, but launch date unclear
BGC forming consortium to take on CME Group’s rates empire
Banks and PTFs are being offered a stake in FMX, which has CFTC approval to launch a futures exchange
Reluctantly, CME moves to clear US Treasuries
CME Group will seek regulatory approval to clear US Treasuries, chief executive Terry Duffy said today
LDI managers disagree on credit collateralised gilt repo
BlackRock and Schroders execute first trades, but others favour different ways to source liquidity
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Citi halves swaptions book with US retail funds
Counterparty Radar: Mutual funds and ETFs cut exposures by 22% in Q4
Electronic trading
RMB vol returns as hedge funds take barrier trade profits
Unwinds of exotic positions saw vol jump 72% after surprise PBoC move last week
New trading platform costs weigh on FX dealers
As roughly 75 platforms vie for business, LPs complain of struggle to keep up with connectivity costs
LMAX taps real money clients with Cürex deal
Acquisition aims to offer liquidity providers diverse flows from asset managers
Start-up bond platform OpenYield prepares to launch
Start-up aims to give retail brokers the same electronic liquidity used by the professionals
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