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

Tradeweb recently issued the third annual Year-End Data Points, which discusses our Top Observations in the Global Fixed Income Markets for 2014.

The maturation of SEFs, the evolution of regulations in Europe in Asia, economic recovery, central bank policy and oil all are among the trends and themes that defined the global fixed income markets in 2014.

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.

US swap execution facilities remain a work in progress more than a year after their introduction, as regulators and industry continue to wrestle with the details of derivatives reform. Here's an overview of the state of the SEF competitive landscape.

In a recent letter, the European Commission outlined its intention to endorse ESMA’s draft regulatory technical standards (RTS), which set out which interest rate swaps will be subject to mandatory clearing under EMIR.

Recent rule changes by the CFTC indicate that the Commission has largely crossed the goal line with respect to OTC reform and is now in the process of ‘fine-tuning’ regulatory requirements in the US. Cross-border harmonization, however, remains a critical challenge.

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.

On January 29, TABB Group will host the Fixed Income 2015: Perfect Storm Navigating the Confluence conference.

In a new white paper, CFTC Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo analyzes flaws in the CFTC’s implementation of its swaps trading regulatory framework under Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act and proposes a more effective alternative.