US Treasuries
For US Treasury troubles, treat the cause not the symptom
Regulatory alarm about hidden risk in the Treasury futures market misses the point, fund association execs write
Honey, I shrunk the Fed. (Not a sci-fi fantasy)
Promoting the discount window may be the Fed’s key to shrinking its $7trn balance sheet, says Bill Nelson
Treasury futures super-user switches to swaps
Capital Group’s Anbax fund slashes UST futures holdings in move to alternative rates derivatives
No end of peer-to-peer demand for securities financing
After Archegos, buy side turns to fellow asset managers for diversity and liquidity in securities financing and repo
US bank trio loads up on AFS securities in Q2
PNC, State Street and US Bancorp see double digit rises
Shifting tack, Goldman bought $6.7bn of agency RMBS in Q1
Purchase of amortised-cost securities is first diversification away from US Treasuries in seven years
Four US MMF managers return to Fed repos in May
Fidelity and American Funds among managers opting to increase investments in RRP
RJ O’Brien plots expansion into US Treasury clearing
Chairman and CEO says futures house plans to capitalise on SEC’s new mandate for interdealer trades
Clearing members cry foul over restrictive FICC rule change
Draft interpreted as attempt to obstruct rival clearing houses entering US Treasuries market
US Treasury official calls for SLR relief during market stress
Under Secretary Liang also urges scrutiny of “artificial incentives” for Treasury futures in 40-Act rules
BofA, JPM hoover up $104bn of US Treasuries in Q1
As Fed’s first rate cut nears, banks revamp their AFS holdings
Calls grow for dealers to unbundle US Treasury clearing
SEC’s Gensler and NY Fed’s Neal turn up pressure on dealers to clear ‘done away’ trades
New FICC clearing model still holds fears for buy side
Sponsored access with margin segregation hasn’t reassured firms about loss mutualisation
US MMFs’ cleared repos top half-a-trillion dollars
FICC-routed transactions increased 52% in the 12 months to April
Northern Trust buys $2.4bn of US Treasuries as rate-cut prospects rise
Additions to the 5–10 year portion of AFS book have been, for now, swapped to SOFR
FICC takes flak over Treasury clearing proposal
Latest plans would still allow members to bundle clearing and execution – and would fail to boost clearing capacity, critics say
CFTC chair backs easing of G-Sib surcharge in Basel endgame
Isda AGM: Fed’s proposed surcharge changes could hike client clearing cost by 80%
Crédit Agricole hires head of USD swaps and UST trading
John O’Callaghan joins French bank in New York from Garda Capital
BGC forming consortium to take on CME Group’s rates empire
Banks and PTFs are being offered a stake in FMX, which has CFTC approval to launch a futures exchange
Foreign buyers jolt e-trading in Japan government bonds
Platforms report rise in small-ticket volumes, but bigger trades remain on voice
Reluctantly, CME moves to clear US Treasuries
CME Group will seek regulatory approval to clear US Treasuries, chief executive Terry Duffy said today
Clobbered: how ‘toxic’ flows reshaped US Treasury trading
Volumes have dropped by more than a third at BrokerTec. The reasons are complex, the outlook uncertain
Capital One’s purchase of Discover would triple its Treasury holdings
Record UST boost would propel combined company past six US lenders
Treasuries coupon pile-up inflates Nomura’s foreign sovereign assets
Standardised exposures to overseas governments see tenfold increase despite ebbing IR VAR