US Treasuries
Crypto ETFs gatecrash the US Treasury repo market
Counterparty Radar: Volatility Shares tapped $13 billion in repo funding in Q2
Talking Heads 2025: Who will buy Trump’s big, beautiful bonds?
Treasury issuance and hedge fund risks vex macro heavyweights
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”
JPM and MS offer US Treasury algos on Tradeweb
Dealer algos form part of broader execution strategy following acquisition of r8fin
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
Genius Act piles pressure on shrinking OCC, says Hsu
Risk Live North America: former agency head fears stablecoin vetting could “crowd out” other duties
BrokerTec Chicago goes live, targeting RV traders
New venue aims to wrestle cash leg of Treasury-futures basis trades from streaming venues
Steepener exits leave traders in search of direction
Uncertainty clouds US rates market as hedge funds pare back steepener positions
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
Accounting fix brings FICC agent clearing a step closer
SEC accepts Sifma interpretation, but firms still need their own opinion and capital clarity
The ‘get-out-of-debt’ card that may worry bond investors
A new paper analyses the controversial tool that governments may be forced to deploy to control borrowing costs
Nifty trades of Graham
Talking Heads 2025: Macro hedge fund shut down swap-spread exposure during April turmoil; sees positive signals amid Trump noise
US MMFs clear record 37% of repos through FICC
Trades executed via sponsored model reach $1.1 trillion in July
Future proof: can FMX-LCH platform prevail?
A year into FMX Futures Exchange, Treasury futures volumes are low, and firms aren’t cross-margining
US Treasury clearing success depends on competition and choice
The origins of the forthcoming clearing mandate for US Treasury securities and details of the ICE clearing platform scheduled to launch by end of year
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
Ice’s US Treasury clearing proposal earns positive reviews
Rule book ticks many of the right boxes on default management – a prerequisite for ‘done-away’ clearing
BoE’s Benjamin on non-bank liquidity and market resilience
Why the UK central bank’s financial stability head is considering further reforms to the gilt market
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
FICC’s new clearing model sparks praise – and intrigue
Some think collateral-in-lieu concept could be applied to a wider range of trades, beyond MMF repos
PNC’s Demchak – SLR reform all about hedge fund capacity
Chief executive says proposals mainly designed to allow hedge funds to buy growing US Treasuries stockpile
FICC’s Klimpel on ironing out the kinks in UST clearing
Focus shifts to margin efficiency and capital treatment of cleared trades
US G-Sibs set to reclaim $6.6trn in leverage room under eSLR reform
Replacement of fixed 2% buffer with variable add-on could cut requirements by up to 150bp
NY Fed’s push for repo haircuts gets a tepid response
New risk management standards could make it harder to finance US Treasury purchases