Electronic trading
Smooth operator: Japan looks to ease into electronic trading
JFSA aims to avoid a repeat of Sef mandate liquidity fracture
Japan regulators further relax electronic trading mandate
JFSA initially to mandate only three tenors of IRS for platform trading
Profile: UBS on the past and future of fixed income
Swiss bank's fixed-income trading floor is home to two distinct businesses
Mifid II threatens end to ‘mates’ rates’ in OTC market
Transparency rules for bilateral trades will end relationship-based pricing, banks warn
Forex algos revive US rates trading at UBS
Rejigged algo behind doubling in volumes - Swiss bank aims to repeat trick in swaps
Bank technology provider of the year: Societe Generale
Alpha SP platform has revolutionised product pricing, say distributors
Massad: Sefs fear retaliation if they end name give-up
Isda AGM: CFTC chair is "very concerned" by claims that firms are being shut out of Sefs
Profile: Citadel's Hamill on the fight for swaps market share
New entrant is making prices - and hedging - electronically
Citadel shaking up swaps competition
Chicago firm is now a top-four market-maker on US swap platforms
Price is sole factor in best execution – Pimco
Portfolio manager calls for tougher oversight of market-makers
Currency manager calls for Swiss franc liquidity inquest
Evaporation of liquidity on January 15 caught traders by surprise
Latest developments in the European derivatives markets
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Euro swaps flee Sefs
Isda research finds Sef-driven liquidity split, with US dollar volumes growing and others shrinking
Sefs not expecting a big bang from Mat spark
As the Sef trading mandate arrives, platforms are primed for a jump in volumes – but with many clients currently avoiding Sefs, it may be a small bang, rather than a big one. Tom Osborn reports
Role change for Kinol as Credit Suisse plans new trading venture
Jon Kinol will lead a new electronic market-making project, leaving David Tait as sole head of the bank’s macro products group
Paulhac leaves CME Group
CME’s head of OTC products and services is expected to take up a senior position at Icap at critical juncture for electronic swaps trading
Sponsored profile: BNP Paribas
Structured Products Bank Platform Technology Guide 2013
Too much power: Sefs warn on 'available to trade' rules
Final execution rules in the US have given swap execution facilities the power to determine what products they will be allowed to trade. The entire industry appears to agree this is a terrible idea – including the trading venues themselves. Peter Madigan…
Banks try to standardise Sef sign-up for clients
Permission accomplished?
Brokers lose index CDS volumes to new Tradeweb platform
Over $600 billion in index CDS volume switches to new venue where dealers guarantee liquidity to each other
Risk interdealer rankings 2012: Brokers
Calm before the storm