Did Bloomberg Blink?
Bloomberg’s Enterprise IB unbundles a key messaging feature from the all-in-one Bloomberg terminal for the first time. In the face of competition from Symphony, did Bloomberg blink?
Read moreBlog
Our thoughts on news that matters.
Was Avoiding Risk Retention a Pyrrhic Victory for RMBS?
RMBS was the only ABS category that avoided post-crisis risk retention requirements, but resulted in continued investor wariness, ongoing regulatory micromanagement, and a struggle to recover. Was it worth it?
Read more
Blaming the Bearers of Bad Tidings
Is government overly restricting activist hedge funds with the Brokaw Act, or does it simply propose reasonable and common sense improvements to hedge fund disclosure requirements?
Read more
SFIG Comment on USD94 million Trustee Holdback
SFIG has issued a thoughtful comment on the controversy related to the $94 million holdback from investors by trustees of certain RMBS deals.
Read more
Two Too Miffed at Mifid II
Two leading hedge funds just abandoned their Mifid licenses – will more follow? What will it mean for regulatory compliance efforts overall?
Read more
Fear is a Four Letter Word
A recent Greenwich Associates survey found that 21 per cent of bond dealers now view electronic trading as a threat, down from 46 per cent.
Read more
Talking Their Bond ETF
What will be the impact of adding nearly $1 trillion in Bond ETFs over the next 5 years? Will negotiating power shift to the buyside?
Read more Wells Fargo’s RMBS Clean Up Call Holdbacks: Villainous or Valorous?
What the Wells action shows is that an open, decentralized network that cannot be bottle-necked by potentially conflicted gatekeepers is necessary from a public policy standpoint. As PLS RMBS struggles to come back, issues like this make putting in place an effective communication network all the more relevant.
Read more
Banks Are Where The Money Is, For Now
Looser bank regulations will create $2 trillion in “excess” capital reserves that may be released and unleashed into the economy. Where will it all go?
Read more
Gone Gone Gone?
Market volatility remains at historic lows, and traders are as complacent as they have been since January 2007. But should they be? Will regulatory rollback underway, will market calm evaporate as well?
Read moreWe have over $2 trillion of deals loaded on the platform already. And the industry has noticed.
