Fixed income

The Financial Stability Board issued a statement April 2 affirming that it is sticking with plans to transition away from Libor by the end of 2021.

The Federal Reserve has been proactive and the secondary market could be next up for assistance.

The primary market remained mostly on the sidelines with issuers slow to jump back into coronavirus-driven volatility while also awaiting Fed engagement.

As COVID-19 wreaks havoc on global markets, munis try to keep pace.

As fear and uncertainty over COVID-19 rapidly grow, it has sent yields for both municipals and Treasuries to never before seen low levels — begging the question if we could see zero or negative yields here in the States?

Dan Scholl, head of municipal fixed income at Wilmington Trust, views munis as inefficient and retail oriented. However, he maintains credit has never been better. In managing $5 billion of assets in high-grade SMAs, he finds value in housing, healthcare and IDBs. John Hallacy hosts.

Rep. Peter DeFazio said gas tax revenue could finance $500 billion in Treasury bonds.

Michael Ruvo, President and CEO of BondWave, joins Chip Barnett to talk about how the growth of data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence has enabled new trading insights in fixed-income.

Tradeweb ICE U.S. Treasury Closing Prices is designed to represent the daily market mid-price for Treasury securities.

MarketAxess Holdings will buy LiquidityEdge for $150 million.