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While the key objectives of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive I were to bring greater standardization and improvements in collateralization and risk management, MiFID II seeks to enhance transparency and supervision to ensure methodical markets and harmonize reporting requirements across member states.

Since 1936, the segregation of customer assets from intermediaries’ house funds has been a key mechanism for customer protections in intermediated derivatives markets in the U.S.

2016 proved to be another record-breaking year for the Tradeweb European-listed ETF marketplace, which was once again voted 'Best OTC Trading Platform for Institutional Investors' by the readers of etfexpress.

Chris Hall assesses the changing face of TCA as a tool used by buy-side firms to achieve best execution.

The European Central Bank (ECB) announced the details of its corporate sector purchase programme on April 21.

With the mandated clearing of OTC swaps, even clearing houses are getting into portfolio compression of OTC interest rate swaps. But futures exchanges are missing out on a big opportunity.

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

The long-anticipated introduction of central clearing for over-the-counter interest rate swaps in parallel with the rollout of new capital, liquidity and leverage constraints for banks is bumping up the cost of hedging interest rate risk in Europe for brokers as well as their buy-side customers.

Even the coolest technology is not a story unto itself, and blockchain is no exception.

Yields on government securities in Europe increased today following the ECB’s decision to leave all its interest rates unchanged, according to Tradeweb data.