ESMA lacks data to test bond market concerns
By Pia Hecher.
SEC pushes for transparency of municipal bond issuers
By Pia Hecher.
FIMSAC: MiFID II shows flaws in ‘equitisation’ of bond markets
By Shobha Prabhu-Naik.
Controversy as buy side forces U-turn on US liquidity rule
By Jonathan Weitzmann.
ESMA publishes its first liquidity assessment for bonds
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today its first liquidity assessment for bonds subject to the pre- and post-trade requirements of the ...
MiFID II has fallen short on transparency say traders
MiFID II has fallen short on transparency and will potentially create tiered access to market information, says Juan Landazabal, global head of fixed income and FX ...
MEP slams precursor to ‘EU Bond’
A feasibility study into sovereign bond-backed securities (SBSS), published by the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) has been slammed by Markus Ferber, German ...
SEC Fixed Income Committee: Debate on liquidity metrics
By Flora McFarlane.
Potential SEC pilot programmes explored by new bond committee
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee (FIMSAC) explored the possibility of prescriptive intervention to accelerate ...
Dark trading limits to apply from March after reporting failures
*Update* The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) will only apply the double volume cap (DVC) mechanism for trading European equities from March 2018, and ...
People’s Bank of China releases green bond certification guidelines
By Flora McFarlane.
New SEC Fixed Income Committee to cover liquidity issues this week
By Flora McFarlane.
MiFID II: What could go wrong
Keep an eye on these potential points of failure, writes Dan Barnes. For trading desks the impact of the new Markets in Financial Instruments Directive / Regulation ...
EC: ESMA should run consolidated tape for fixed income
By Flora McFarlane.
