The $21.6 trillion question: How many regulators does it take to change a lightbulb?
The US$21.6 trillion US Treasury market is confounded by a lack of transparency and very short-term liquidity provision, according to a new joint staff report published ...
Lack of detail sinks odd-lot bond case against major banks
The United States District Court, Southern District of New York, has dismissed a court case brought against Bank of America, Barclays, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche ...
Credit Suisse and VTB fined millions by UK, US and Swiss authorities over Mozambican bonds
Credit Suisse Group AG has agreed to pay nearly US$475 million to Swiss, UK and US authorities, including nearly $100 million to the US Securities and Exchange ...
TMPG meets to discuss key challenges in the Treasury market structure
The Treasury Market Practices Group (TMPG), an industry roundtable coordinated by the US Federal Reserve (The Fed) met on Tuesday 19 October to discuss an update on the ...
The Gensler Agenda
Will Gary Gensler, chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), one of the US market regulators, have time to tackle issues in the fixed income markets? Not if ...
US Treasuries: You can’t handle the truth
Editorial by Dan Barnes.
EC to review mandatory buy-in rules under CSDR
Pete Tomlinson, director of post trade, AFME.
Internal crossing for US bond trading needs ‘principles-based’ approach
Dwayne Middleton, global head of fixed income trading, T. Rowe Price.
ESMA consultation on RTS 2 marks accelerated process
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched a consultation on the development of draft regulatory technical standards to specify the pre-trade ...
EC fines Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Crédit Agricole, and Credit Suisse for bond cartel
Margrethe Vestager, Executive vice-president, European Commission.
Traders note FCA ‘rebundling’ exposes misunderstanding of bond market
The UK market regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has released a consultation paper (CP) on existing MiFID II rules, which includes a proposed scrapping of ...
AFME confirms HY deals on par with pre-Covid levels
Gary Simmons, managing director for High Yield and ECM, AFME.
ESMA reports improving credit risk but Overbond warns on liquidity risk
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has released its latest ‘Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities’ (TRV) report, finding that fixed income markets ...
SEC requests comment on evolution of buy-side internal crossing rules
Commissioner Elad Roisman.
Tabb Group event: Concern regarding Reg ATS expansion
Ari Burstein, Moderator & president of Capital Markets Strategies
