Government bonds
Allocating financing costs: centralised vs decentralised treasury
Centralisation can aid capital efficiency and ROE, particularly in collateralised financing, says Sachin Ranade
No quick fix for Treasury issuance surge – fixed income experts
Market’s ability to absorb additional $3.4trn of notes is keeping senior regulator “up at night”
Goldman’s Houghton on Asia’s watchful bondholders
Talking Heads 2025: Fed independence and debt concerns could fuel new moves away from US debt, says Apac Ficc co-head
It takes two: bilateral price streaming takes hold in govvies
Large dealers offer direct API access to government bonds as alternative to request-for-quote trading
Morgan Stanley sees the elephants in the room
Talking Heads 2025: Hedge fund crowding means macro markets have fatter tails, argues fixed income co-head Jakob Horder
The great term premium comeback
Sovereign bonds are reintroducing risk compensation, opening up new areas of rates innovation, write Barclays rates heads
Barclays braces for a macro storm
Talking Heads 2025: Developed markets are racking up debt. Finding buyers could be difficult, says macro head Hossein Zaimi
JPM piles into Treasuries with record $72bn AFS surge
Portfolio reshaped with shift to medium-term maturities as Q2 glut boosts holdings to all-time high
MUFG slashes JGB book by 27%
Second-quarter cuts lead to smallest AFS government bond portfolio since at least 2013
Fed’s new leverage ratio: the horse that never left the gate
Most of the biggest dealers aren’t leverage constrained now, and experts are sceptical that banks will use the extra capacity for Treasuries
EGB basis trades make electronic push
Bloomberg, MTS and Tradeweb add bond and futures combos after Eurex booking upgrade
Barclays euro swap trading head departs
Ankur Aneja’s exit said to be unrelated to recent reports of job cuts
Platforms expand portfolio trading to EGBs
Bloomberg and MTS to follow Tradeweb with extension of popular credit protocol
Non-cash collateral jump spurs tri-party VM expansion
BNY, Euroclear and JPM extend collateral platforms to variation margin as bonds and equities gain traction
US banks held $2.2trn of USTs on eve of tariff turmoil
AFS holdings hit record $1.04 trillion days before Trump’s tariff announcement pushed Treasury yields higher
Bunds’ hedging role for euro swaps still in question
Dealers seek ultimate hedge for euro swaps amid EGB rush following Trump tariffs
LCH adds China sovereign bonds to collateral pool
Acceptance of euro and dollar debt could be widened to offshore renminbi bonds by year-end
Sustainable finance house of the year: Bank of America
Energy Risk Awards 2025: Bank furthers commitment to sustainability with large-scale transactions that showcase innovation, ingenuity and vision
Citadel exec questions regulatory findings on repo haircuts
Isda AGM: OFR analysis didn’t account for excess collateral held against cleared positions in related trades
How BrokerTec, MarketAxess fared during Treasury rout
Electronic bond trading platforms see spike in volumes and small growth in market share, Risk.net analysis shows
Bond rout puts pressure on UST holdings at US banks
Banks leaned heavily on mark-to-market Treasuries before April’s sell-off