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London, 2 May 2017. Leading market participants have published final guidelines that clarify expected behaviour during the new issue process for fixed income bonds in Europe. A series of measures are detailed in the new standard from the FICC Markets S … … read more.

Danielle Myles speaks with Mark Yallop, Chair of the FICC Markets Standards Board about why regulation alone can’t govern market behaviour and misconduct’s cost to the banking industry. … read more.

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Mark Yallop addressed the Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM) Seminar on February 13, 2017.  A full transcript of his speech, “Rebuilding Trustworthiness in Financial Markets” is available here. … read more.

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 t … … read more.

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 fr … … read more.

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 … … read more.

FMSB Chair Mark Yallop addressed the Fixed Income Leaders (FILS) Conference on November 10, 2016 with the speech “FICC Markets Standards Board:  bringing buy-side and sell-side together to promote Standards in Wholesale Markets.”  The complet … … read more.