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Fixed income ETFs are becoming increasingly popular with institutional investors and market makers alike thanks to the considerable advantages they offer.

Japan's new mandatory trading rules came into effect on September 1, 2015 and Tim Cave at Financial News outlines the new rules.

Tradeweb President, Billy Hult comments on the latest SEF Tracker, published by the Futures Industry Association (FIA), which notes that while order flow on swap execution facilities (SEFs) has been holding steady, growth has been limited to certain pockets within the SEF space.

Following the financial crisis in 2008, legislators and regulators around the world focused on reforming the over-the-counter derivatives industry to reduce systemic risk, increase transparency, and improve market efficiency.

Darryl Yu at The Asset discusses Japan's new mandatory trading rules for derivatives, which came into effect on September 1, 2015. The article quotes Andrew Bernard, managing director and head of Asia, on the trend toward electronic trading even before the regulations became effective.

Tradeweb has a 75% market share for Dealer to Customer block trading, which has substantially increased since the early days of SEF trading. Chris Barnes of Clarus FT takes a deeper look at block trading data and why investors are choosing Tradeweb for derivatives block trading.

Japan is the latest in line - and the first in Asia - to have implemented a mandatory electronic trading regime.

In this follow-up Clarus story, Chris Barnes investigates how regulation has affected market participants trading venue decisions, trends between RFQ and CLOB execution protocols, and increased transparency as to whether these trades are Customer or Dealer flows.

Following the launch of Japanese Trading Platforms (ETPs) for derivatives on September 1, 2015, Amir Khwaja of Clarus FT reviews the first month of trade activity on ETPs Japan - where Tradeweb is leading in overall market share with volumes exceeding 735 billion yen.

Sensible implementation of reform by regulators, paired with innovation to drive greater transparency and efficiency in a more compliant workflow, has proven a valuable model for evolving market structure. Andrew Bernard, head of Asia at Tradeweb, explains how in his article published in Regulation Asia.