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The European Central Bank launched its long-awaited quantitative easing program on March 9, four days after cutting its 2015 inflation forecast to 0%.
The multitrillion-dollar market for credit default swaps came under withering criticism during the 2007-10 financial crisis, and Warren Buffett famously deemed them “financial weapons of mass destruction.
Has mandatory clearing for swaps concentrated risk in the CCPs and made them too big to fail? Two recent industry papers bring into sharper focus the debate that has been raging under the surface of the markets.
European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi announced yesterday the launch of an expanded asset purchase programme, which encompasses the central bank’s existing purchase schemes for asset-backed securities and covered bonds.
In this article I will review 2014 Swap volumes and do so in a similar format to my July article; A Six Month Review of Swap Volumes.
Seismic changes have occurred in the world of derivatives since 2008, and derivatives systems best practices and integration requirements today are markedly more complex, with dual workflows for cleared and non-cleared trades and industry demands for real-time data and risk management.
Financial regulators worldwide are developing rules that often conflict with rules in other jurisdictions, creating a web of overlapping and conflicting requirements that are making life especially difficult for banks, other market participants and their technology vendors.
China is building an OTC derivatives market without the shackles of legacy systems. It’s commitment to global financial reform will give one of the world’s largest economies a swaps market designed from the ground up for transparency, regulatory oversight and management of systemic risk.
Things are heating up in the corporate bond e-trading kitchen. After almost two years of gathering the ingredients, the market may be on the verge of finally concocting the stew.
Every October, a worldwide campaign is held to increase awareness of breast cancer and to support research around risk and prevention of the disease. Tradeweb staff have been taking part in fundraising activities once again this month in aid of breast cancer charities in Europe and the U.S.