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In his article for Best Execution, Dan Barnes investigates the current state of liquidity in the financial markets. Tradeweb's Enrico Bruni and Simon Maisey provide insight into Tradeweb tools aimed at addressing the liquidity challenge.

Helen Bartholomew of IFR reports on mandatory clearing of interest rate swaps in Europe, quoting Tradeweb's Simon Maisey on the importance for buy-side firms to adopt an effective and future-proof solution to conform to changing regulatory requirements.

In its monthly review of swaps trading, ClarusFT found that volumes for Japanese Yen Swap (JPY) trades were up, with significant activity taking place on Tradeweb's TW SEF ($6 billion executed) in July.

ClarusFT's monthly review series looked at swaps trading across currencies and securities for the month of June. The analysis found that June 2016 volumes for USD Interest Rate Swaps (IRS) increased 34% from the previous month, with $2 trillion gross notional traded.

In her article for The Desk magazine, Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at the current transaction cost analysis (TCA) offerings for bond trading, and interviews Tradeweb's Enrico Bruni on the drivers behind the increasing demand for valid fixed income TCA solutions.

The Trade's Hayley McDowell reports on the UK Treasury's decision to name Tradeweb and FTSE Russell as the joint future providers for end-of-day reference prices for Gilts and Treasury bills, following the UK Debt Management Office announcement that it intended to withdraw from the provision of reference prices. Tradeweb's global head of business development Simon Maisey said both parties will work closely with the UK Debt Management Office to ensure a "seamless transition".

Tim Cave of Financial News reports on the launch of the Electronic Debt Markets Association Europe (EDMA Europe), which was created to represent the interests of companies whose primary business is the operation of regulated electronic fixed income trading venues in Europe.

Rob Daly of Markets Media reports on the growing use of automated trading in the municipal bond markets. John Cahalane, Managing Director at Tradeweb Direct highlights the involvement of traders in this process, commenting that many firms that execute trades this way have experienced traders looking at the prices suggested by their algorithms before responding.

Sam Wilkes of Risk magazine reports on the potential challenges associated with achieving equivalence between trading regimes in Europe and the US. Tradeweb's global head of business development Simon Maisey gives his views on how the US trading obligation differs from its European equivalent put forward by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).

The Trade magazine interviews Tradeweb's global head of business development Simon Maisey about the major changes affecting fixed income, and how the firm is helping clients meet the MiFID II challenge.