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28 July 2021 – The FICC Markets Standards Board (“FMSB”) today publishes the finalised Standard on use of Term SONIA reference rates. The Standard was initially published as a Transparency Draft on 24 March 2021. Since its…

6 May 2021 – The FICC Markets Standards Board (“FMSB”) today publishes a final Standard setting out expected behaviours for the execution of Large Trades by participants in FICC markets.   Large Trades – transactions that are greater than the available liquidity prevailing in the market – can…

20 April 2021 – The FICC Markets Standards Board (“FMSB”) has today published a new Spotlight Review on LIBOR transition, looking at how market participants may manage potential conduct risks arising in back book transition. This Spotlight…

24 March 2021 – The FICC Markets Standards Board (“FMSB”) today publishes a Transparency Draft of a new Standard on use of Term SONIA reference rates.

7 September 2020 – The FICC Markets Standards Board (FMSB) has today published a Spotlight Review looking at the challenges in measuring quality of trade execution and how this varies across different market participants and segments.  While not a new concept, in the last four years there has been a…

3 August 2020 – The FICC Markets Standards Board (FMSB) has today published a Spotlight Review looking at current and future challenges that FICC market participants face in market surveillance. This Spotlight Review outlines: FMSB believes this…

27 July 2020 – The FICC Markets Standards Board (FMSB) has today published a Spotlight Review which examines remote working risks in FICC markets. Following COVID-19 being declared a global pandemic and the closure of many offices,…

24 June 2020 – The FICC Markets Standards Board (FMSB) published a new Statement of Good Practice on Algorithmic Trading in FICC Markets as a transparency draft for market consultation. As the use of computer algorithms in…