Bonds
Finra head recognises ‘challenges’ for bond transparency drive
Cook says regulators thinking about industry’s operational and liquidity concerns
Impactful short duration: green bonds and yield curve strategies
In the search for impact and yield, how does a green bond investment strategy compare with the performance of the wider European credit market?
The final countdown: Europe’s pension funds get ready to clear
With clearing exemption due to end next June, EU funds try to learn from UK’s LDI mistakes
CLO managers snapping up discounted high-yield bonds
Holdings in European CLOs top 8% as managers push to increase caps on fixed-rate assets
China bond futures to be relaunched in Hong Kong
Products expected to be back on HKSE next year – six years after being suspended
Why the search for cheapest-to-deliver bonds just got harder
Interest rates uncertainty triggers bargain hunt among futures traders
UK pension funds hand over more assets to LDI managers
Transfer of assets is a pre-emptive move to avoid repeat of September’s collateral crunch, trustees say
Relative value trades face Treasury clearing squeeze
SEC’s clearing proposals may hurt levered basis trades and worsen illiquidity in off-the-run bonds
No clear gain: banks question SEC’s Treasuries clearing plan
US Treasuries dealers say clearing won’t help post-Covid illiquidity – and could harm it
Illiquid assets throw UK pensions off balance
Collapse in equity and bond prices leaves some funds with outsized exposure to private holdings
Tapping into liquidity in the high-yield bond market
How can investors access the potential for greater returns from the high-yield bond market while keeping liquidity risk in check?
Nordea marks down Danish mortgages by €29 million
House price declines mark ominous signal for other supercharged markets
BNY, State Street took $6.5bn fair-value hit to bonds in Q3
Eroding prices of RMBSs and govies keep widening unrealised losses
Cboe to launch Treasuries ‘dark pool’ by year-end
Exchange signs up dealer clients for new venue amid rising concerns around bond liquidity
Fragile liquidity puts markets in ‘danger zone’
Some measures of trading conditions are as poor as in 2008
Euro banks’ funding plans lag TLTRO repayments – EBA
Survey on funding plans shows banks don’t plan to replace ECB lines just yet
BoE intervention whipsaws pension funds that dumped hedges
Unhedged funds saw liabilities rise by up to 20% when rates pulled back
$899m margin breach at FICC’s mortgage unit
Three-day move in TBA prices on June 9 triggered second-highest backtesting deficiency to date
Talking Heads 2022: Rates market ruckus
Inaugural interview series looks at how sell-side traders are adapting to a world of surging inflation and rates
EU dealers’ IRC charges surge on debt market jitters
Santander and Natixis among hardest hit, with charges up 117% over first six months of the year
Sluggish SOFR lending keeps CLO basis contained
Slow credit markets keep risk in check for CLO equity holders
FICC’s government securities unit hit by $995m breach
Large moves in US Treasury yields in June to blame for largest backtesting exception on record
Shifting rates throw bond investors off balance
Dearth of bond liquidity forces some traders to offload positions – but, as ever, others are waiting to pounce
Banks face capital hit on broader energy market collateral
Non-standard clearing house margin for energy trades would increase RWAs unless relief granted