Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC)
Tradeweb: US Treasuries clearing should be mandatory
Senior executive says move would help foster all-to-all trading in cash Treasuries
DTCC coaxing HFTs to become clearing members
US Treasuries CCP concerned about contagion risk threat to existing members
DTCC bets on blockchain to slash CCP liquidity needs
New technology set to boost repo netting, shrinking $50bn facility "substantially"
Treasury repos may hit 20bp under DTCC liquidity plan
Repo CCP's committed liquidity facility could force price hike
MSCI and Barclays partner to launch ESG fixed-income indexes
Link-up will allow institutional fixed-income investors to apply ESG investment strategies to their bond portfolios
Nomura names Oz fixed income head
James Land leaves Westpac to boost Nomura’s fixed income team.
DTCC introduces real-time trade-matching service
The New York-based Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has introduced real-time trade-matching (RTTM) services for corporate and municipal bonds and unit investment trusts (UITs), a move it called a significant step in the industry’s…
Delivery failure
Perturbed by last year's spike in settlement failures on the May 2013 Treasury note, investors have been assessing the likelihood of a repeat scenario. So what causes these fails situations, and how can they be avoided?