SIX selects UnaVista as partner for its Swiss derivative trade repository solution
by Kylene Casanova
Switzerland’s SIX financial services processor adds new reporting facility
Investing Short-Medium Term Surpluses
Background
The main types of cash surplus are: Short Term Cash - 1-30 day surpluses (including daily and overnight), Medium Term Cash - 1-9 month surpluses, and Long Term Cash - 9+ months to many year…
Read moreICAP Information Services launches the ICAP Bond Correlated Call US Treasury Index
by Kylene Casanova
ICAP BCC is a fixed income strategy index, representing the enhanced income received on physical bond holdings when a product on the index is launched
ICAP e-Commerce launches Scrapbook, an innovative e-solution for the corporate bond market
by Kylene Casanova
New service launches in February 2014 offering an intuitive new solution that combines anonymity with leading technology, pricing and a regulated trade environment
Russell Investments and Integral launch comprehensive FX execution service
by Kylene Casanova
New service for institutional investors — designed to fix the Fix, but is mid-point FX rate truly independent?
Sign of times: SoftSolutions! XTAuctions! suite supports negative rate auctions
by Kylene Casanova
Fixed Income trading and other trading platforms now cater for negative interest rate auctions
Swiss Central Bank will start negative interest rates from 22/01/2015
by Kylene Casanova
Three-month LIBOR range will be widened to -0.75 to 0.25%
Critical failings in the credit rating agencies in Europe, finds ESMA
by Kylene Casanova
ESMA playing hardball as four major issues identified on quality controls, application of full methodology, delays in completing annual reviews, and need to strengthen internal reviews
Citi new liquidity management solution: Earnings Credit Rate offering to Western Europe
by Kylene Casanova
ECR product offering allows Citi clients to earn credit in respect of implied interest on their positive cash balances held with Citi in London
DTCC and Euroclear create collateral processing joint venture
by Kylene Casanova
New joint venture will provide from mid-2015 a Margin Transit Utility and Collateral Management Utility for the collateral management industry
Time to get off the rising-rate wall of worry - use short duration bonds
by Kylene Casanova
Federated Investors’ advice on the use of short-duration bond options and other strategies to minimise the impact of interest rate rises
Repo usage is on rise as ACM tri-party repo volumes top EUR 5 billion over past month
by Kylene Casanova
Average duration of trades was just under 10 days
SunGard launches APT Enterprise platform for integrated views of risk management
by Kylene Casanova
Interactive risk dashboard for buy-side asset managers enables better investment decisions
Greenwich Associates finds move to automation as US Corporate Bond Market expands
by Kylene Casanova
U.S. corporate bond market continues to expand as automated dealing takes hold, but the revolution in dealing practices has yet to come
SEC approves Asset-Backed Bond Rules requiring more information for investors
by Kylene Casanova
New disclosure requirements will ensure investors are given better information about the quality of loans backed by mortgages, auto loans, and commercial buildings, BUT private securities omitted
Peer-to-peer lending/investment ‘takes off’ in consumer & SME market. MNCs next?
by Kylene Casanova
But will it ever be effective for MNCs corporates as, the oldest consumer lending/investing P2P platform hits $1bn P2P lending mark?
Liquidity management in North America: state of play in 2014
by Kylene Casanova
All time high of 52% of short-term investment balances are maintained in bank deposits, and no rush to return cash to the US
ICAP Information Services and MTS add Eurozone index to RepoFunds Rate
by Kylene Casanova
RepoFunds Rate is a series of daily euro repo indices which reflect the effective cost of secured funding in Eurozone sovereign bond markets
New MMF NAV rules: Tom Hunt’s “10 Steps Every Treasurer Should Take”
by Kylene Casanova
Investment industry starts to work out how to handle the new rules, and what is good and bad in new MMF regulations
RMB/Yuan coverage expanding and Chinese cash management improving
by Kylene Casanova
Swiss & Chinese currency agreement, BAML’s new index, and VW Financial Services securitization
Currency basket Exchange Traded Products: a new investment option for corporate treasury?
by Kylene Casanova
Deutsche Borse issues five new Exchange Traded Notes (ETN)that offer investors access to foreign currency markets via currency baskets
Fidessa unveils latest version of their investment management system
by Kylene Casanova
Providing a single, seamless workflow platform across business lines, geographies and asset classes
Complacency is becoming commonplace as thirst for yield drives investors, but not for MNCs
by Kylene Casanova
Large multi-national corporations are hanging onto their cash and being very careful with investments of any kind; this is the new normal
UK government issues first Islamic bond
by Kylene Casanova
Becomes the first country outside the Islamic world to issue sovereign Sukuk
Business School slams active funds: investors 1.44%/year better off in tracker funds
by Kylene Casanova
After funds reach critical size they should be split, as annual alpha generation drops 9 basis points for every 1 per cent increase in assets under management