CME Group: Expectation of rates rises for BoE in December 2021 and Fed in September 2022
The CME Group’s central bank observations tools BoEWatch and FedWatch show that market expectations indicate increasing probability of a Bank of England rate rise this ...
HSBC Asset Management names Global Fixed Income CIO
Michael Cross, HSBC Asset Management.
Bank of England: Basel III regulation hurts repo for smaller asset managers
By Shobha Prabhu Naik.
Mark Carney says bitcoin has ‘pretty much failed’ as money
Speaking at Regents University on 19 February, Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England, said bitcoin, “has pretty much failed” on providing the traditional ...
Bank of England maintains stock levels of government and corporate bonds
By Flora McFarlane.
CME Group to offer futures and options on Treasuries repo financing rate
By Flora McFarlane.
Carney condemns fragmentation of CCPs
By Flora McFarlane.
QE: A rush for the exit
Fixed income portfolios need to be reassessed in preparation for the end of asset purchasing programmes. Dan Barnes reports. Quantitative easing has wound up an enormous ...
Sterling dealers recommend SONIA as alternative to LIBOR
The Bank of England’s Working Group on Sterling Risk-Free Reference Rates – a group of major dealers active in sterling interest rate swap markets – has announced ...
BoE sets code of conduct for repo and securities lending
A new voluntary Money Markets Code setting out the standards and best practice expected from participants in the deposit, repo and securities lending markets has been ...
Buy-side firms warn on herding effect of QE
By Aulia Beg. Portfolio managers have expressed concern about the ‘herding’ behaviour within the investment community, resulting from central banks’ quantitative easing ...
Government & municipal bonds | Investor paradox | Dan Barnes
SWIMMING WITH GOVERNMENTS. Government agencies are issuers, rival investors, market regulators and controllers of interest rates; how do asset managers handle them? Dan ...
