UK FCA Announces New Measures for Bond, Derivatives & Asset Management: Allows Institutional Investors More Flexibility to Pay for Investment Research, New Transparency Rules for Bonds & Derivatives Markets Effective 1st December 2025 with More Transparency of Information Published to Market, Lower Compliance Costs for Trading Venues & Investment Firms and Higher Quality Post-Trade Data
9th November 2024 | Hong Kong
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced new measures for Bond, Derivatives & Asset Management: 1) Allowing institutional investors more flexibility to pay for investment research, 2) New transparency rules for bonds & derivatives markets effective 1st December 2025 with more transparency of information published to market, lower compliance costs for trading venues & investment firms and higher quality post-trade data. UK FCA (5/11/24): “The FCA has set out a package of measures to reinforce the UK’s leading position in the bond, derivatives and asset management sectors, supporting growth. New transparency rules for bonds and derivatives markets will give investors more information and reduce costs for firms. And under new proposals, asset managers for pooled investment funds will be given greater flexibility in how they pay for investment research, making it easier to buy insight and analysis across borders. This is part of the FCA’s ongoing work strengthening wholesale markets, while ensuring investors have access to the right information to make decisions. Bond and derivatives trade information – The UK is the world leader in bond and derivatives markets. The FCA aims to cement that position by ensuring investors have access to better, quicker and clearer data at a fair price, which helps these markets work efficiently: 1) Greater transparency, in terms of timeliness and content of the information published to the market. 2) Lower compliance costs for trading venues and investment firms by simplifying the regime. 3) Higher quality post-trade data, which will support the creation of a consolidated tape for bonds in the UK. New payment options for investment research – In July 2024, the FCA finalised rules allowing institutional investors more flexibility in paying for investment research. Following feedback from industry, the FCA proposes to extend those freedoms to pooled investment funds and allow fund managers to combine payments for research with trade execution, subject to certain guardrails.”
“ UK FCA Announces New Measures for Bond, Derivatives & Asset Management: Allows Institutional Investors More Flexibility to Pay for Investment Research, New Transparency Rules for Bonds & Derivatives Markets Effective 1st December 2025 with More Transparency of Information Published to Market, Lower Compliance Costs for Trading Venues & Investment Firms and Higher Quality Post-Trade Data “
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Notes
- The new bond and derivatives transparency rules will not come into force until 1 December 2025.
- The FCA is also establishing a bond consolidated tape, to ensure that data is not only of higher quality and available on a more timely basis, but it is also accessible in a cost-effective way.
- The FCA recently set out rules giving institutional investors greater flexibility in how they pay for research. The FCA is now proposing to extend this flexibility to asset managers of alternative investment funds and undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS).
UK FCA Announces New Measures for Bond, Derivatives & Asset Management: Allows Institutional Investors More Flexibility to Pay for Investment Research, New Transparency Rules for Bonds & Derivatives Markets Effective 1st December 2025 with More Transparency of Information Published to Market, Lower Compliance Costs for Trading Venues & Investment Firms and Higher Quality Post-Trade Data
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