Request-for-quote (RFQ)
How requests for quotes could amount to ‘insider information’
Lawyers say Esma’s incoming pre-hedging guidance could make firms liable for multimillion-euro fines

The CTA and the self-build Sef: ‘We didn’t intend to do it’
How Aegis built the first non-broker Sef in five years and made way for ‘hundreds of billions’ in OTC trades

SEC proposal could mandate crypto venue registration
Updates to Reg ATS would classify “communications protocol systems” as exchanges

Banks hail UK plan to pare scope of taxing pre-trade reporting
UK wants to exempt bonds and OTC derivatives from Mifid rules on pre-trade transparency
Innovation in execution: Credit Suisse
Risk Awards 2021: Swiss bank’s AES platform excelled in US Treasury market during March turmoil
Ice swap rate adds safety net with Tradeweb quotes
Inclusion of dealer-to-client prices will boost publication rate in stress periods, IBA claims
Volatile FX markets reveal pitfalls of RFQ
Clients urged to mask trading intent; critics warn of subtle sell-side advantages
Trading venues decry disruptors as MTF battle heats up
Unregulated tech vendors accused of operating as de facto venues; a claim dismissed as “entirely outrageous”
OTC trading platform of the year: Tradeweb
Risk Awards 2020: To keep volumes growing, platform had to confront “incumbent’s dilemma”
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