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Yields on 10-year U.S. Treasury bonds fell today following the release of the jobless claims report, according to data from Tradeweb.

The recent announcement that BlackRock and State Street had joined forces with Tradeweb and other global industry leaders to develop a consistent approach to calculating key metrics for fixed income ETFs is the latest initiative aimed at improving the market’s ecosystem and contributing to its growth.

In her speech at the Salzburg Global Forum on Finance in a Changing World, Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard pushed back against the notion that the bond market faces a dearth of liquidity.

The following data is derived from trading activity on the Tradeweb European-listed ETF platform.

When Congress killed the Swaps Push-Out Rule in December, it appeared as if Dodd-Frank were ready to crumble under conservative attack. In reality, not so much.

The following data is derived from trading activity on the Tradeweb European-listed ETF platform from 1 April to 30 June 2014.

Just twelve months ago, as we turned the corner from 2013 to 2014, it looked like some of the derivatives reform upheaval was starting to subside – at least in the U.S. Final SEF rules had been passed; swaps were being made-available-to-trade; we survived the government shut-down.

Welcome to our third annual review of the top themes in the global fixed income markets. 2014 saw a wide range of economic, political and regulatory events, from the divergence in central bank policies to the continued growth of the exchange-traded funds industry.

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.

Plunging oil prices and international sanctions continued to take their toll on Russia’s economy in December.