Request for quote (RFQ)
UBS unleashes Orca for rates clients
Machine learning algo trawls liquidity pools to slash US Treasury trading costs
DE Shaw rebukes Giancarlo’s big idea on Sefs
Hedge fund endorses electronic trading, as CFTC pushes for a return to old phone-based business
Clients feel forgotten by Giancarlo’s swaps trading plans
Industry says wider Sef mandate ignores reality of dealer-to-client market
Buy side using two-way prices in bid to hide trade intent
Number of trades done via ‘request-for-market’ protocol leaps 510% in past year
Buy side using compression tools to create, not destroy
Custom-trading services are booming at Bloomberg and Tradeweb, but not for the reasons intended
Number of banks per RFQ jumps in EU, posing risk to prices
Some requests for quote are sent to over 20 dealers, raising worries about information leakage
US swap trading overhaul may reinforce market split, users warn
New rules on trade execution likely to halt any unifying shift of liquidity to order books
Mifid drives ETF trading on to platforms
Best execution rules push Tradeweb ETF volumes up 32%, but smart order routers may alter trend
Giancarlo urges EU to protect CCP equivalence deal
CFTC head offers olive branches on ANE rule and trading venue protocols
Late adopters: why buy-siders are sticking to RFQ
Asset managers have been slow to embrace alternative trading protocols in fixed income
OTC trading platform of the year: trueEX
Risk Awards 2017: Innovation gives start-up Sef a foothold – and has forced incumbents to change
Multi-issuer platform of the year: Contineo
Firm builds platform for strong growth amid tough environment
Futurisation facing headwinds as cleared swaps evolve
Panellists at FIA conference say cleared OTC market is holding off futures challenge
Dealer algos strike back in swaps market showdown
Auto-quoting starting to take root as incumbents try to keep pace with Citadel
Mifid II threatens best execution data 'nightmare'
Buy- and sell-side critics attack requirement to publish all RFQs
Agency trading 'has not picked up' on Sefs – Tradeweb
Platform says agency volumes are at 0.5% of daily swap trading
Mifid changes will avert 'race-to-the-bottom' pricing – industry
Market participants praise Esma's move to relax pre-trade transparency requirements for RFQ
Bank swaps headlock slips as Chicago prop firms join Sefs
HTG, Teza and TransMarket emerge as would-be providers of swap liquidity
Mifid II threatens end to ‘mates’ rates’ in OTC market
Transparency rules for bilateral trades will end relationship-based pricing, banks warn
Citadel shaking up swaps competition
Chicago firm is now a top-four market-maker on US swap platforms
CFTC close to 'game-changing' guidance on Sef anonymity
Agency could prevent Sefs from revealing identities of order book participants
Giancarlo: CFTC has no right to end swap market split
Participants should choose all-to-all or two-tier structure, argues commissioner
Giancarlo: scrap CFTC Sef rules and start over
Commissioner proposes wholesale replacement of year-old regime
Best price is best execution in new OTC market – Risk.net poll
Focus on price could threaten old swaps trading relationships