Market Data & Technology

Market Data & Technology

ISDA Launches New Indicator to Monitor RFR Adoption in Derivatives

By Editors | 28/07/2020

The indicator is intended to help derivatives market participants keep tabs on progress to shift to risk-free rates ahead of the end of 2021, when LIBOR is due to be discontinued.

Trading & Investment

Why Do Electronic Traders Cancel Orders?

By Jamil Nazarali | 28/07/2020

Jamil Nazarali at Citadel Securities explains what ever-increasing speeds for issuing and canceling orders tell us about today’s market structure.

Market Data & Technology

ASX Benchmarks Proposes Enhancements to BBSW Methodology

By Editors | 27/07/2020

Enhancements to the transaction layer of the BBSW calculation waterfall will increase the frequency with which BBSW rates are calculated using transaction data.

Structural Regulation

Covid Disrupts APAC LIBOR Transition, But Market Participants Unfazed

By Editors | 23/07/2020

A poll of APAC corporate treasury, finance and legal executives by APLMA and Bloomberg showed most participants still aim to be on track for the move to risk-free-rates by end-2021.

Market Data & Technology

Refinitiv Launches Term SONIA Reference Rate Prototype

By Editors | 22/07/2020

Refinitiv’s announcement follows the launch of a beta version of term SONIA reference rates by ICE Benchmark Administration earlier this month.

Market Data & Technology

Bloomberg Begins Publishing IBOR Fallback Rates for Derivatives

By Editors | 21/07/2020

The calculations being published include the adjusted RFRs, the spread adjustment and the ‘all in’ IBOR fallback rates for certain key IBORs across various tenors.

Cloud & Infrastructure

Korea Credit Bureau to Integrate Pension Payments in Credit Scores

By Editors | 19/07/2020

Pension contributions data will be converged with KCB credit data using homomorphic encryption, technology which allows data analysis to be performed on encrypted data stored at different institutions.

Structural Regulation

Singapore Regulator Raises Concerns Over LSEG-Refinitiv Deal

By Editors | 06/07/2020

Singapore’s competition regulator has concerns about whether Refinitiv’s widely used WM/Reuters FX benchmarks would be offered to rival providers at fair and reasonable terms.

Trading & Investment

CSRC to Further Promote Shanghai as International Financial Centre

By Editors | 22/06/2020

The pace of opening up China’s capital market has further accelerated, in spite of the Covid-19 pandemic, CSRC chairman Yi Huiman said at the 12th Lujiazui Forum in Shanghai on Thursday.