Pimco says Fed’s new repo facility should ease future stress
Asset manager Pimco said the US Federal Reserve’s creation of a permanent standing repo facility (SRF) will help develop more resilient funding markets, although it does ...
State Street introduces buy-side to buy-side repo programme
Nadine Chakar, head of State Street Global Markets.
Repo markets are back in focus for the Fed’s Treasury Market Practice Group
The US Federal Reserve’s Treasury Market Practice Group (TMPG) has focused this month on discussing the status of repurchase agreement (repo) clearing and settlement ...
BrokerTec launches dealer-to-client repo execution platform into US markets
John Edwards, managing director of BrokerTec Europe
Tradeweb reports US$18.5 trillion traded in September
Market operator Tradeweb has reported a total trading volume for September of US$18.5 trillion, with an average daily volume (ADV) for the month of US$870.5 billion, ...
Office of Financial Research: Treasury basis trades could pose systemic risk
A new paper from the Office of Financial Research (OFR) has cast doubt on the idea that basis trades increased the lack of liquidity in US Treasuries in March 2020, but ...
Money market and repo platforms see big volumes; MTS widens footprint
Fabrizio Testa, CEO, MTS Markets
ICMA: Buy side struggled to make margin calls as repo dried up
A new report, ‘European repo market and the COVID-19 crisis’ published by the International Capital Markets Association, has found that some buy-side firms had ...
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 ...
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 ...
New BrokerTec RFQ platform for European repo
By Pia Hecher.
Industry viewpoint : Regulation & data : MTS
Repo market data Q&A with Luigi Marino, Product Manager, Market Data, MTS What is the state of electronic repo market trading for buy-side firms today? MTS recently ...
Bank of England: Basel III regulation hurts repo for smaller asset managers
By Shobha Prabhu Naik.
Securities financing : An integrated approach : Lynn Strongin Dodds
Securities lending comes into its own How buy-side firms are adapting to the margin regime, by Lynn Strongin Dodds. Regulation, including tighter margin legislation, has ...
Broadridge launches new repo solution
By Flora McFarlane.
