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Europe’s Cheap Debt Draws Record Borrowing by U.S. Companies
By Anna Hirtenstein and Pat Minczeski
January 20, 2020, The Wall Street Journal
U.S. blue-chip companies raised an unprecedented sum in eurozone debt markets last year, reflecting the region’s ultralow …
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‘Til Debt Do Us Part
Companies around the globe, concerned that heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran could roil bond markets, are rushing to borrow cheaply while they still can. And the demand is …
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Treasury to Issue New 20-Year Bond in First Half of 2020
By Kate Davidson
January 16, 2020, The Wall Street Journal
The U.S. government will begin issuing 20-year bonds in the first half of 2020, the Treasury Department said Thursday.
The …
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ISDA chief calls for certainty on Chinese netting
By Joe Walters
January 15, 2020, Global Investor Group
The head of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has called on China to adhere to an internationally-recognized protocol used …
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A Tip of the Hat to the Top Regulations of the Decade
By Adrian Whelan, Brown Brothers Harriman
Originally published at the On the Regs blog
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they pass.
-The Hitchhikers’ Guide …
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ESMA bats away claims of a link between securities lending and ‘short-termism’
By Drew Nicol
December 18, 2019, Securities Lending Times
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has dismissed concerns that securities lending and short selling are linked to anti-ESG practices …
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OCC’s Transformation: Enhanced Efficiency and Agility
By Bill Raczyk, OCC
Originally published at the OCC blog
In an age of ever-more-rapidly evolving technology, businesses need to engage in constant reinvention to remain relevant. OCC, the world’s …
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ISLA details priorities for next five years
By Oliver Wade
December 5, 2019, Global Investor Group
The International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) has outlined its five priorities for the next five years in its manifesto; Securities Lending …
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Why Europe’s markets might need MiFID III
By Samuel Wilkes
December 5, 2019, Risk
Whispers of a review of Europe’s almost two-year-old trading and transparency rules have become full-throated talk. Disquiet among dealers and buy-siders over the …
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2019 Fixed Income Year in Review
By Billy Hult, Tradeweb Markets
Originally published by Tradeweb and on the TABB FORUM
With sweeping regulatory reforms and plunging interest rates, this decade brought massive challenges to fixed income …
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