Press releases
See more >FMSB publishes its Annual Report 2019 – Towards Fairer Markets
25 February 2020 – The FICC Markets Standards Board (FMSB) has today issued its 2019 Annual Report setting out the progress made to enhance standards of behaviour in the wholesale fixed income, currencies and commodities (FICC) markets and its priorities for the year ahead. FMSB is a private sector, practitioner-led organisation whose membership collectively accounts […]
FMSB appoints Christopher Rich as General Counsel
11 February 2020: The FICC Markets Standards Board (FMSB), a standard setting body for the global wholesale fixed income, currencies and commodities (FICC) markets, today announces the appointment of Chris Rich as General Counsel. Chris will join FMSB on 1 April 2020 from Linklaters, where he is a Managing Associate in the Financial Regulation Group. He […]
FMSB issues new ‘Statement of Good Practice for Participation in Sovereign and Supranational Auctions in Fixed Income Markets’
2 December 2019: The FICC Markets Standards Board (FMSB) today issued a Transparency Draft of a new Statement of Good Practice for Participation in Sovereign and Supranational Auctions (‘SSAs’) in Fixed Income Markets. A common way for government or supranational bonds to be issued is through a publicly announced auction. Auctions involve multiple parties/participants including […]
Press coverage
See more >From semaphore to algorithms, market misconduct is an age-old challenge
25th February 2020 - Opinion editorial in the CITY A.M. by Martin Pluves, FMSB CEO.
Machine learning: the big risks and how to manage them
23rd December 2019 - Opinion editorial in the Financial Times by Mark Yallop, FMSB Chair (subscription may be required)
Bad behaviour: Areas of FICC focus for UK regulators
2nd April 2019 - Article in Lexology by Daniel Newton, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Speeches
See more >‘Behaving Fairly: Artificial Intelligence and Conduct in Wholesale Markets’ – Speech delivered by Mark Yallop
Speech delivered by Mark Yallop, FMSB Chair, on 2 December 2019 at the 2019 Toronto Refinitiv Summit, Canada
‘Behaving Fairly: Artificial Intelligence and Conduct in Wholesale Markets’ – Speech delivered by Mark Yallop
Speech delivered by Mark Yallop, FMSB Chair, on 28 November 2019 at the 3rd International Workshop on Behavioural Financial Regulation and Policy, Bank of Italy, Rome
‘Halting the wholesale markets breach, reform and repeat cycle: addressing conduct risk through practitioner-led standards’ – Speech delivered by Martin Pluves on 14 November 2019
True Finance – Ten years after the financial crisis, speech by Mark Carney
True Finance – Ten years after the financial crisis Speech given by Mark Carney Governor of the Bank of England Chair of the Financial Stability Board Economic Club of New York 19 October 2018 Read the speech here: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/speech/2018/mark-carney-economic-club-of-new-york?utm_source=Bank+of+England+updates&utm_campaign=3a5090062e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_10_19_04_00&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_556dbefcdc-3a5090062e-111026421
Mark Yallop shares his views on the key challenges which UK firms face
Take a look at the video of Mark recorded from the 2018 Refinitv Regulatory Summit in Hong Kong in October 2018.
Addressing Misconduct in Capital Markets, Keynote Speech at 2018 Refinitiv Pan Asian Regulatory Summit
Ms Julia Leung Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, Intermediaries 9 October 2018 Good morning. It’s an honour to be invited to the 2018 Refinitiv Pan Asian Regulatory Summit to deliver this keynote speech. We live in a time of great promise and great peril. New technologies are having a profound impact on the […]
Last updated 3rd December 2019
