The Financial Markets Standards Board (FMSB) is a practitioner-led standards setter.

 

We work directly with market practitioners
and others globally, including:

A not-for-profit, privately-owned change agent, we are the leading market-led, global standards body for fair and effective wholesale financial markets.

Led by practitioners from the sell-side, buy-side and corporations as well as data providers, trading venues, exchanges and other platforms, we develop Standards, Statements of Good Practice and Spotlight Reviews.

Our Members make us. Our model is consensus-driven. Subject matter experts from Member firms debate issues and standards in working groups and are able to benchmark their approaches against industry peers, thus helping to lift standards of conduct.  See what they’re working on in our five committees.

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News and publications

Mar

2024

08

On International Women’s Day Sabina Liu, the first participant in FMSB’s Board mentoring programme, shares her perspective on how the programme benefitted both her and FMSB, as well as giving her advice to anyone aspiring to board roles in financial se …read more.

Feb

2024

28

This Financial Markets Standards Board (“FMSB”) Transparency Draft is applicable to firms when onboarding or reviewing client files under the UK requirements for KYC and AML. It proposes a Standard for the Documentation Requirements, and processes for …read more.

Feb

2024

15

FMSB Senior Technical Specialist Ted MacDonald highlights the potential for risk and accounting professionals to play a significant role in raising standards of conduct and culture in the banking sector in his preface to: Risk cultures and banking: whe …read more.

Dec

2023

30

We are delighted to report that Mark Yallop, our former Chair, has been awarded a CBE for services to the Financial Sector and to Charity in the King’s New Year Honours list 2023.read more.

Nov

2023

29

Agreement signed by New Zealand regulator and global standards body to uphold and promote financial market integrity. London, 29 November 2023 – The Financial Markets Standards Board (FMSB), has signed a Consultation Agreement with The New Zealand Fina …read more.

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