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 ...
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 ...
The Fed opens registration for commercial paper facility
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has opened registration for firms wishing to sell to its Commercial Paper Funding Facility (CPFF).
Industry viewpoint : Regulation & data : MTS
Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) Q&A with Tom Harry, Regulatory Specialist, MTS How well prepared are institutions for the impending requirements ...
Securities Financing : US repo : Lynn Strongin Dodds
T-Bills swamp the market but repo stays afloat Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at the US repo market and how it is staying liquid. Views are divided over the health of the ...
Securities Financing : India : Lynn Strongin Dodds
India’s lacklustre corporate bond market gets a boost. Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at government initiatives and stock exchanges efforts to bring the market to life. The ...
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 ...
When will T2S harmonise European bond issuance?
Target 2 for Securities (T2S), the ambitious brainchild of the European Central Bank (ECB) and Eurosystem, has the potential to lower the costs of bond issuance by ...
Securities financing: SFTR threatens smaller players
By Lynn Strongin Dodds.
