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Trillion-dollar basis trade will keep growing – asset managers
Treasury issuance, credit trades and repo stigma drive rise in futures use
Op risk data: Monster real estate loan fraud bites Vietnam’s SCB
Also: Binance brought to book, Rabobank reprimanded over bond cartel. Data by ORX News
PTFs loaded up on US Treasuries during SVB collapse
Treasury official says non-bank interdealer market share rose 10 percentage points in March as dealers retreated
Legal challenges loom for renewed US focus on Sifis
Lawyers say any FSOC attempt to designate systemic non-banks risks a repeat of MetLife case
Overboard: ditching clients imperils Treasuries clearing mandate
Standardised docs a drop in the ocean as dealers eye potential costs of sponsored Treasuries clearing
Op risk data: Wells Fargo whacked for Wachovia lapse, and a Ponzi slap
Also: Long and winding road to the end of Credit Suisse; Swedbank IT fails. Data by ORX News
Ion wasn’t deemed a ‘critical’ vendor by most clients
Software firm escaped heavy scrutiny ahead of cyber attack, says US Treasury official
G-Sib rules can’t assess regional mergers – UST official
Steele calls for domestic framework to weigh risks from large second tier banks
Lawmakers join pushback over SEC dealer rule
Bipartisan letter to Treasury says proposal would damage market liquidity
Finra head recognises ‘challenges’ for bond transparency drive
Cook says regulators thinking about industry’s operational and liquidity concerns
PTFs call for reform before Treasuries clearing mandate
Non-banks warn all-to-all trading relies on requiring dealers to accept ‘done away’ trades
SEC, Treasury warn against zero haircuts for Treasury repos
Gensler and Liang say more conservative treatment of hedge fund trades is desirable
Treasury clearing will drive up trading costs: BofA exec
Rates co-head warns SEC proposal could squeeze smaller dealers out of Treasury market
Relative value trades face Treasury clearing squeeze
SEC’s clearing proposals may hurt levered basis trades and worsen illiquidity in off-the-run bonds
No clear gain: banks question SEC’s Treasuries clearing plan
US Treasuries dealers say clearing won’t help post-Covid illiquidity – and could harm it
Cboe to launch Treasuries ‘dark pool’ by year-end
Exchange signs up dealer clients for new venue amid rising concerns around bond liquidity
Duffie: SEC plan heralds all-to-all Treasuries trading
Former Fed adviser welcomes long-advocated Treasuries clearing mandate
Quarles calls for SLR ‘recalibration’ to support Treasuries
Former vice-chair says leverage ratio gold plate was based on flawed projections of Fed reserves
Tensions flare between policy-makers over US Treasury reform
SEC’s proposed rule-changes have “ruffled feathers” at Treasury department
US Treasury market preps for reporting showdown
Sifma expected to attack transparency plans; prop traders brand objections “crazy”
Quiet man: is Michael Barr the Clark Kent of regulation?
A decade after crafting Dodd-Frank, Fed’s new vice-chair must tame DC's warring regulatory factions