Liquidity
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Fed to Lower Rates for Cities, States Seeking Short-Term Loans
By Nick Timiraos
August 11, 2020, The Wall Street Journal
The Federal Reserve said Tuesday it would reduce the rates it charges cities and states seeking short-term loans from an …
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Libor milestones alone will not create liquidity – panelist
By Wendy Lisney
August 4, 2020, Global Investor Group
This year’s key milestones in the transition away from Libor will not generate liquidity in alternative rates if the industry remains …
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Fed Headed for a Clash With Hedge Funds, Other Shadow Banks
By Rich Miller and Jesse Hamilton
August 3, 2020, Bloomberg
The Federal Reserve and other central banks are heading for a collision with shadow lenders — the firms with a …
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CFTC block trade plan gets cold shoulder
By Sharon Thiruchelvam
August 3, 2020, Risk
A Commodity Futures Trading Commission plan to revise US rules for block trades in swaps has drawn a cool response from the industry, …
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Fannie, Freddie to face banklike liquidity standards starting Sept. 1
By Hannah Lang
July 31, 2020, American Banker
The Federal Housing Finance Agency quietly imposed new liquidity requirements on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in June that will require the …
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Fed holds rates steady, says economic growth is ‘well below’ pre-pandemic level
By Jeff Cox
July 29, 2020, CNBC
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady in a decision announced Wednesday that came along with a tepid outlook on the coronavirus-plagued economy.…
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A trading tool that’s transforming the $10 trillion-plus corporate bond market
By Dhara Ranasinghe and Saikat Chatterjee
July 28, 2020, Reuters
Expectations of a borrowing deluge from corporates globally are turning bond market attention to a little-known tool that’s already helping …
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Term SOFR rate still possible this year, benchmark firms say
By Helen Bartholomew
July 24, 2020, Risk
Benchmark providers say forward-looking term rates linked to the replacement for US dollar Libor could be available as soon as the end of …
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CCPs added cash to their liquidity buffers in Q1
By Lorenzo Migliorato
July 24, 2020, Risk
Major central counterparties (CCPs) stuffed their liquidity portfolios with cash over the first quarter.
Eurex saw its overall qualifying liquid resources, used to …
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Banks Scramble to Cut Derivatives Losses on Eve of Market Reset
By William Shaw, Nishant Kumar, and Donal Griffin
July 22, 2020, Bloomberg
They call it the big bang transition, the day when European interest-rate derivatives markets finally shift to a …
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