Exclusive: MarketAxess trials new mid-point session protocol Mid-X
On Tuesday, MarketAxess ran the first session of a new mid-point matching tool, Mid-X, with over 50 participants. The new trading protocol is session-based...
Trumid launches emerging markets trading
Fixed income market operator Trumid, has launched emerging markets bond trading on its Trumid Market Center platform.
Market Center connects fixed income professionals to a...
CFTC & SEC: JP Morgan manipulated Treasuries market during flash crash period
US market regulators the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have fined JP Morgan over US$920 million in penalties...
Greenwich: Treasuries volatility ‘crazy’ low compared to 2019
Analysis by research firm Greenwich Associates has found the US Treasury market saw volatility 50% lower in August 2020 than in August 2019, which...
Me The Money Show – Green Bonds
Me The Money Show Episode 17 from Markets Media on Vimeo.
Investors are ramping up demand for green bonds, with issuers seeing a positive appetite...
Greenwich: D2C Treasuries e-trading increases in July
An analysis of trading in the US Treasury space by Greenwich Associates has seen the proportion of electronic dealer-to-client activity (D2C) increasing in July,...
Buy side issues framework to standardise bond issuance
The Credit Roundtable, a buy-side lobby group for bondholder protection has issued an ‘Investment Grade Primary Best Practices Framework’ designed to improve bond issuance.
The...
Regulators to take tougher line on green bonds
Green bonds have become popular in recent years but the lack of transparency over how proceeds are invested has made some investors nervous. This...
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...
Feedback on Tradeweb ICE Constant Maturity Treasury Rates requested by 18 September
Fixed income market operator Tradeweb has published a paper along with Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Benchmark Administration (IBA) introducing the daily Tradeweb ICE Constant Maturity...
