Government bonds
Rates flow market-maker of the year: Citadel Securities
Risk Awards 2018: Firm takes on dealers once again by market-making in custom swaps and off-the-run Treasuries
DTCC set to cut US Treasury clearing fees
Revised fee structure could prompt more firms to participate in clearing
Fed’s Powell on Libor reform, repo and clearing
Risk30: Market doesn’t need to “clear all US dollars in US and all euros in eurozone” says next Fed chair
Curing the eurozone: how to fix the ESM
Bailout fund should guarantee all EU government debts but charge a protection fee, writes Marcello Minenna
LCH limits substitution to tackle quarterly collateral flight
CCP clamps down on bond-for-cash switches driven by reporting and quarter-end repo spikes
Scrap the gold plate: Mnuchin goes global on bank rules
Treasury converges to international standards, but leverage ratio exception may delay Basel deal
US Treasury’s leverage fix tipped to boost repo market
US Treasury plan to exempt US government bond exposures expected to help struggling market
Size-discovery protocols are not on the efficient frontier
Practice improves allocations but more can be done, says Darrell Duffie
BrokerTec dominance ‘unhealthy’, says Nasdaq’s Shay
More clearing needed to improve US Treasury competition
Non-banks eye EGBs as primary dealers retreat
Primary dealers warn of further exits as principal trading firms wait in the wings
New data reveals liquidity gaps in EU bond markets
Liquidity in German, Italian and UK bonds has suffered over past three years
Exchange innovation of the year: CME Group
Risk Awards 2017: Patience pays off with spectacular success of Ultra 10 Treasury futures
Derivatives house of the year: Citi
Risk Awards 2017: Simple vision has taken rates business a long way
Clamour grows for US Treasuries clearing mandate
HFT default could destabilise interdealer markets, participants fear
Interview: US Treasury CRO on credit risk, Tarp and cyber threats
Ken Phelan stresses importance of credit risk management in key Treasury role
Volatility fears obstruct China Treasury futures growth
Commercial banks barred despite support for their entry from securities regulator
DTCC’s Murray Pozmanter on repo clearing and HFT
Buy-side clearing a top priority following suspension of interbank GCF repo
Doomed loop: Europe gets creative on sovereign bond risks
Political and prudential risks in huge bond-holdings force experts to consider new ideas
Opened interest: foreign firms eye China's rate swap market
However regulatory and operational challenges set to slow growth
Mortgage investors grapple with negative swap spreads
Collapse of US swap rate creates problems for valuation models
SEC leverage ratio meetings alarm broker-dealers
US Treasury spread trades could face 850-fold jump in capital requirements
Bond fears prompt RBI caution on liquidity ratio reform
Moving away quickly from a dual liquidity regime could be "self defeating", says regulator
Negative swap spreads hit bank capital buffers
Portfolios of asset-swapped US Treasuries see mark-to-market losses of up to 20bp
SEC's White urges rules rethink for US Treasury venues
Current regime gives platforms easier ride on transparency