In most years, market structure debates often tend toward the academic and are dry rather than the sensational. However, the past couple of years have upended that trend. The meme stock frenzy of...
Controlling risk has been a central theme for banks since the financial crisis of 2008. During that time, U.S. regulators addressed issues concerning practices tied to market making, derivatives...
After a surge of bank firings by companies disappointed by a perceived lack of support during the early days of the COVID-19 crisis, conditions are normalizing in the commercial banking market....
Banks’ digital capabilities are starting to have a bigger and more noticeable effect on the competition for corporate banking clients.
The largest U.S. companies are allocating additional...
Trading in corporate bond markets was surprisingly steady in 2021, despite macroeconomic factors that would have suggested a much more volatile year. The market’s average daily trading volume of $33....
U.S. Treasury average daily volume (ADV), volatility and electronic trading all ticked upwards as the market moved from transitory inflation to accelerated Fed tightening in 2021. While trading...