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SOFR Trading Surged at Year End

By Louie Woodall
January 4, 2021, Risk

The volume of repo trades used to inform the secured overnight funding rate (SOFR) hit $1.1 trillion on the last day of 2020, …

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Next for Electronic Trading: Two Big Trends, One Shared Path

By Lee Olesky CEO, Tradeweb Markets
Originally published by Tradeweb

While electronic trading has been growing steadily since the late 1990s, for many products it has remained a stubbornly small …

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“Open questions” remain on SONIA options – panel

By Wendy Lisney
October 15, 2020, Global Investor Group

Trading activity in Sterling Overnight Index Average (SONIA) options is set to lag futures trading volumes until liquidity builds, while open …

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China is simplifying access to its bond market. It’s about time, too

By Eugene Cheung
October 1, 2020, South China Morning Post

For much of 2020, addressing the Covid-19 pandemic has been the main focus for governments across the world, with reforms …

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Electronic trading facing new challenges amid pandemic

By Li Renn Tsai
September 25, 2020, The Asset

Asian countries have not escaped the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, despite early lockdowns, closed borders, and track and trace …

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August trading volumes in Europe plummet in quietest month of MiFID II era

By Hayley McDowell
September 15, 2020, The Trade

Last month was the quietest period for equities trading volumes in Europe since MiFID II was introduced in January 2018, statistics from …

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Portfolio trading continues to take hold in fixed income markets

By Hayley McDowell
June 3, 2020, The Trade

Fixed income traders are increasingly engaging with portfolio trading to manage portfolios, particularly during the recent volatility due to the COVID-19 crisis.…

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