The Fed and BlackRock's bond-buying criteria challenged
Detail around the Primary Market Corporate Credit Facility (PMCCF) and Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility (SMCCF) launched by the Federal Reserve Bank of New ...
EM in ‘limbo’ provides trading and pricing challenges
Emerging market bond funds have seen outflows continue to slow significantly, with Morgan Stanley’s analysts estimating it at US$1.8 billion, equating to about 0.42% of ...
Bond platforms report record trading volumes for March
The March 2020 numbers are in for bond trading platforms MarketAxess and Tradeweb and both have seen record results, in a period that has raised concern around the ...
ICE freezes bond indices until 30th April
The Intercontinental Exchange’s (ICE’s) ICE Data Indices (IDI) has postponed the rebalancing of all the ICE and ICE BofA indices for bond, preferred and convertible ...
LSEG widens market maker spreads for government bonds, more ETFs
The London Stock Exchange Group has increased market-maker spreads to 5% for all exchange-traded products (ETPs), exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and UK government bonds - ...
Fixed income ETFs struggling with liquidity crisis
Fixed income exchange traded funds (ETFs) are reportedly struggling in the current liquidity crisis, while their market makers are trying hard to get delta neutral.
Chinese corporates on agenda for Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index
Corporate bond inclusion is going to be on the agenda for this year's Index Advisory Council, Bloomberg has confirmed, following the inclusion of Chinese RMB-denominated ...
SSGA: Treasuries, convertibles and EM on the cards for 2019
By Vineet Naik.
Derivatives : Exchange-traded products : Joel Clark
Why listed derivatives struggle to address risk Some traders have been critical of listed products designed to replicate OTC derivatives, but exchanges are working hard ...
SSGA launches new bond ETF on Barclays Global Aggregate index
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has launched the SPDR Barclays Global Aggregate UCITS exchange traded fund (ETF). The fund is available unhedged on the Xetra ...
Trading places – From bonds to fixed income ETFs
Phil Cichlar, Head of Fixed Income Sales & Trading at Jane Street shares his insight on the burgeoning ETF market. Fixed income exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are ...
