Fixed income
Mark Yallop on conflicts in fixed income
Banks and their clients need protocol on information sharing, says FMSB chair
Safeguarding liquidity in a changing environment
Nick Gant, head of fixed income prime brokerage for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific at Societe Generale Prime Services, discusses banks’ evolving responsibilities for providing liquidity in a post-financial crisis environment in which…
Mifid data: hard to access, hard to use
Risk.net research shows four of 12 APAs and trading venues only provide information via other vendors
Allstate posts lower investment returns
Limited partnership income falls in first quarter
Rising rates hit Chubb's portfolio
US insurer posts $1 billion in realised and unrealised losses
Power to the people: US bourse bets on retail rush into swaps
Eris Exchange hopes retail access to its swap futures will usher in new era of swaps for all
China’s Bond Connect set to remove trading obstacles
Launch of delivery versus payment and block allocation should stimulate onshore hedging as well
Clearing conundrum – Forging a solution for the bilateral market
Central clearing has had a beneficial effect on the over‑the‑counter derivatives market, but for some products the road to a cleared model has not been smooth. Capital, operational and margin costs of the non-cleared market have increased, while…
Flexibility and a pragmatic approach puts Kairos Investment Management in a strong position for the future
After suffering a loss of more than 40% of assets under management during the financial crisis, Kairos Investment Management has recovered and – employing a virtually unchanged team – is building on the foundations previously put in place by taking a…
Only 1% of bonds caught in first wave of Mifid transparency
Trax estimates 5% of corporate bonds will be subject to full transparency after four-year phase-in
Buy-side firms doubt SEC initiative will fix bond markets
Despite increased electronic trading, liquidity worsening in some corporate bonds
State Street uncovers a bond liquidity mystery
Bigger trades are cheaper, research finds – and investor analytics head, Mark McKeon, knows why
SEC eyes new rules on algo trading in bond markets
Electronification of bond markets may require a regulatory response, Jay Clayton says
Day of the Mifids: what happens on January 3?
Continued ambiguities in the rules could hit European market liquidity at the start of 2018
US hedge accounting changes could spur small bank swaps boom
Banks eye opportunities to claim hedge accounting treatment for fixed-rate portfolios and callable debt
Asia investors eye fund-linked structures amid US rate rises
Principal-protected fund-linked products on the rise as fixed-income investors seek safety
Banks tap equities and FX staff for fixed-income fizz
BAML, HSBC, RBC, StanChart among banks transferring e-trading know-how
Why Robert Almgren no longer trades using Almgren-Chriss
Co-author of popular model says market nuances are critical in optimal execution
BlackRock’s Prager backs unified fixed-income trading concept
A single venue for trading bonds, ETFs and derivatives is 'on the drawing board'
DTCC’s $74 billion liquidity charge riles members
Some firms may stop clearing US Treasury trades if the CCLF is implemented
BrokerTec dominance ‘unhealthy’, says Nasdaq’s Shay
More clearing needed to improve US Treasury competition
Tools and techniques for safeguarding fixed-income portfolios
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