Chinese govies step closer to collateral acceptability
Acceptance of Chinese government bonds as collateral will hinge upon rule changes around defaults. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports.
The use of Chinese government bonds as...
EC to review mandatory buy-in rules under CSDR
The European Commission has stated that it will review the mandatory buy-in rules under the Central Securities Depository Regime (CSDR). The comments were made...
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 thresholds...
Bloomberg: Banks face FRTB data and modelling hurdles
Banks facing challenges in their implementation of the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB), the rules issued by the Basel Committee for Banking...
Natwest Markets trading desk automating fixed income trading workflow with ipushpull
Natwest Markets has implemented a new PPQ (Pushpull Quotes) workflow system to streamline manual workflow around non-standard, complex trades such as fixed income trading.
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SEC approves primary market database for US credit
Last week US market regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) signed off the development of a single central source of new issue reference...
EC suspends best execution reporting which is “not read at all”
The European Commission (EC) has adopted a Capital Markets Recovery Package, as part of the Commission's overall coronavirus recovery strategy which includes increased leniency...
Are European exchanges allowed to rival size of US markets?
The European Commission (EC) has opened an in-depth investigation into the proposed acquisition of Refinitiv by the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) under the...
CSDR settlement regime ‘out’ as UK sets new path
The UK has halted compliance with the settlement regime of the European Central Securities Depository (CSDR) rules, which traders had fought hard against, due...
Odd-lot bond case alleges pressure on Bloomberg and collusion
In the US Southern District Court of New York, a class-action lawsuit has been brought against a group of banks, alleging that since 1...
