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London, 4 May 2018 – The FICC Markets Standards Board (“FMSB”) today publishes a Transparency Draft of a new Statement of Good Practice on Suspicious Transaction and Order Reporting. This Statement of Good Practice covers the identification…

London, 20 March 2018 – The FICC Markets Standards Board (“FMSB”) today publishes its Transparency Draft Standard on Secondary Market Trading Error Compensation. The Standard deals with the issues concerning how compensation should be paid following a…

London, 25 October 2017 – The FICC Markets Standards Board (“FMSB”) today publishes its Transparency Draft of the Risk Management Transactions for New Issuance Standard for the Fixed Income markets. The Standard sets out several core principles…

The FICC Markets Standard Board (FMSB) has today issued two new sets of Statements of Good Practice as part of its work to improve standards in the wholesale Fixed Income, Commodity and Currency (“FICC”) markets. These documents…

London, 8 December 2016. Using automated voice surveillance systems and surveillance techniques involving Natural Language Processing are among the emerging practices being used to combat the risk of insider dealing and market manipulation, according to new guidelines…

London, 18 November 2016. Banks should be more transparent about their allocation policies and investors should make sure their orders are a true representation of their demand, according to a proposed new standard on corporate and other debt issues…

London, 18 November 2016.  The FICC Markets Standards Board (“FMSB”) has today published its third standard aimed at improving conduct in the wholesale Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities (“FICC”) markets. The standard, which is being published as a transparency draft…

London, 22 July 2016. The FICC Markets Standards Board (“FMSB”) has today published its second standard aimed at improving conduct in the wholesale Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities (“FICC”) markets. The standard, which is being issued in…