FCA to increase transparency in bonds, derivatives markets

The UK’s financial regulator has laid out plans to ensure investors in bonds and derivatives markets have access to more information and that firms lower costs by making investment research payments more flexible.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has established a simpler and more timely post-trade transparency procedure to ensure that liquidity providers are sufficiently protected against undue risk, it said.

The rules will also help investment firms and trading platforms lower their compliance costs, the FCA said.