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World Bank: Blockchain Could Reduce Settlement Time to Seconds

By Hamad Ali
August 9, 2019, Waters Technology

Blockchain technology could cut trade settlement time from days to seconds, a World Bank officer says.

“I think practical transactions allow you …

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Brexit row delays financial products transparency review

By Peter Teffer
August 9, 2019, E.U. Observer

The uncertainty caused by Brexit has led to disagreement between the European Commission and its Paris-based financial regulatory body, about the usefulness …

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MiFID transparency regime snares illiquid bonds

By Samuel Wilkes
July 5, 2019, Risk

Bankers are calling for the European Commission to address faulty market transparency rules that are forcing inappropriate public reporting of trades in illiquid …

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Libor transition risks swaps close-out – lawyers

By James Thursfield
June 26, 2019, Global Investor Group

The discontinuation of Libor may remove the commercial rationale for bond-linked swaps resulting in the termination of many contracts, according to …

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Charts that Count: why investors buy bonds with negative returns

When bond prices rise, their yields drop. In the case of the German government’s 10-year bond, yields have sunk below positive territory and into the negative. FT explains why some …

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ECB’s Holthausen on Euribor, fallbacks, and Eonia’s end

By Lukas Becker
June 20, 2019, Risk

In a hotel conference room in Brussels in April, Jean-Paul Servais, the head of the Belgian securities regulator, had something to get off …

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SEC Chair: Crypto should be regulated differently than stocks and bonds

SEC Chairman Jay Clayton joins “Squawk Box” to discuss where the SEC stands on cryptocurrency regulation.…

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The $22 Trillion Question

By Ben Ruffel
June 12, 2019, Institutional Investor

The tone was apocalyptic: “The U.S. federal budget is on an unsustainable path . . . . The scale of the nation’s …

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Banks quiet on Libor legacy transition, say Asian clients

By Narayanan Somasundaram
May 30, 2019, Risk

Asian firms say there has been minimal engagement from dealers about the transition of their investments, debt and hedges off the Libor family …

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Goldman Says Bond Market Doesn’t React as It Used to in Risk-Off

Christian Mueller-Glissmann, managing director of portfolio strategy at Goldman Sachs, explains why he is “underweight” bonds and discusses Federal Reserve policy. He speaks on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe.”…