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Stock Market

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Concentrate liquidity for trading in one place for equity markets

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Broker Dealers (Dual)

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Deal with dual capacity, either as a principal (own money) or agent (OBO)

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Market Maker

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Liquidity providers that volunteers to exchange to provide continuous liquidity through two way pricing on a list of securities

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SBLI Services

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Stock Borrowing and Lending Intermediary
Assisted stock lending, enables shorting
Custodian firm that’s been approved to lend out its stock to short sellers

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IDB Services

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Inter dealer broker
An agent between two brokers as they don’t want to trade face to face in case of information leakage

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Local

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Trader acting on their own behalf, self-employed

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Order Driven

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High natural liquidity without market maker intervention
Limit order at which they’re willing to trade
Uses electronic trading

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Quote Driven

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Less natural liquidity
Market makers provide pricing through bid/offer spreads
Binding up to certain volumes
Screen (other firms can see quotes) and phone based

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Hydrid System

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Platform that sits between order and quote driven
Medium liquidity
SETSqx
Limit orders only, no continuous order book trader

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Liquidity

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Exchange provides a liquid venue, a centralised marketplace
Standardisation of contracts, particular derivatives
Clearing and settlement services

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Transparency

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Firms can see others trading on the exchange
Exchange publishes pricing to support valuations
Firms on exchange are regulated, both by state regulator and the exchange itself
Pre- and post-trade disclosure requirements on firms

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Dealing Costs

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Purchase or sale:
- Commission (% on total share value exchanged)
- Stamp duty (0.5%, if via CREST (electronic) then rounded to nearest 1p, if paper-based round up to nearest £5)
- Takeover panel levy (£1 on transactions over £10k)

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SETS

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Electronic order book system of the LSE (equities)
High liquidity trading venue
All official list and most AIM shares
Auction periods at pre-open (07:50), midday (12:00) and pre-close (16:30)
Auctions create valuations points for the stock
No automatic execution during the auction

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Matching

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Computer program post-auction to create a price where the maximum volume of securities can change hands
Random time of completion so that continuous order trading cannot be guessed at

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NMS

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Normal market size, or exchange market size, for each of the securities on the exchange for the minimum volume request

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Limit Order

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Request to buy or sell at or exceeding the price included on the order
Executor cannot execute outside of these limits

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At Best Order

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Buy or sell a volume at the best available price on the market

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Order Priority

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If price and volume can be met, then the oldest existing pricing is then executed as a first priority

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Touch Strip

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Highlights best available prices on a ticker that are available on the exchange

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MIFID Directive

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Opened up multiple trading venues to find liquidity

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MTF

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Multi-lateral trading facility
Hosted by an authorised firm on a website, like an order book, outside of a traditional exchange
Operated by regulated firms who cannot take their own positions
Improves liquidity and transparency relative to OTC markets

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OTF

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Organised Trading Facility
Similar to an MTF, operated by regulated firm, but with discretionary execution
OTF operator can take their own positions
Better liquidity and price discovery

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Dark Pool

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MTF but with exemptions on pre- and post-trade transactions under MIFID
Highly liquid markets with OTC confidentiality to move larger volumes with less impact

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Systematic Internaliser

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Investment firm that provides many exchange services
Matching through internal tools that does not go through the main exchange but is a mini-exchange and reporting is required

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Gilts
UK government bonds When there is a need to borrow, gilts are issued by the government (DMO - an executive agent of HM Treasury)
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GEMMs
Gilt-edged market markers are firms which support the issuance of new gilts Also known as primary dealers, typically investment banks - Registerered with Debt Management Office (DMO) - Expected to participate in DMO auctions - Quote firm bid/offer spreads during mandatory pricing period (MQP) - Must partipate in Gilt auctions
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PSNCR
= Government spending - Taxation receipts Public sector net cash requirement is covered by gilts issued by the government Managed by DMO through their auctions
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Bond Trading (LSE)
Quote driven, trade reporting as close to real time as possible
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Bond Trading
OTC e-trading systems, commonly referred to as Straight Through Processing (STP) Settlement via CREST at T+1
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Strips
Large denominations of gilts designated as strippable into smaller denominations to make them easier to trade on the secondary markets or a zero coupon bond Permitted parties: - GEMMS - HM Treasury (DMO) - BofE
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Corporate Bonds
Issued by companies that want to raise via debt rather than equity - Private placement (small volumes to insti/prof investors) - Underwriting (bought deal or fixed price reoffer) - Bought deal (one IB buys whole issue) - Fixed price reoffer (IB syndicate buys bonds) Only raise on the initial deal on issue, rather than on the secondary market trading Mainly trade OTC, some over LSE SEAQ and ORB Settlement is T+2
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Eurobond / International Bonds
International bonds denominated in euros outside its country of origin e.g. UK company issues $ bonds anywhere outside of the US = euro (dollar) bond Gross annual coupon Regulated by International Capital Market Association Reporting is T+1 Settlement is T+2
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Domestic Bonds
Issued in home market in local currency from local issuers e.g. UK company issues £ bonds in the UK
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Foreign Bonds
Issued away from home market in the issuing market local currency e.g. UK company issues $ bonds in the US
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Derivatives
Exchange traded derivatives Agency and principal trading e.g. LME and the ICE Futures - Speculation for taking on risk - Hedging for reducing risk - Arbitrage for risk-free profit due to anomolies
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OTC (Derivatives)
Bespoke contracts Limited liquity tends to lead to slower execution Less stringent regulation on the instrument but limitations around investor usage, increasing through EMIR Exposed to default risk Confidential reporting Negotiated pricing or under an RFQ Custom and specific hedges can be curated
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Derivatives (ETD)
Standardised contracts More liquid than OTC contracts Margin required which mitigates counterparty risk Exchanges subject to significant regulation Transaparency and reporting requirements Best execution pricing Hedges based on standardised contracts and need to be actively managed to continue derisking portfolio
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EMIR
European Markets Infrastructure Regulation, equivalent to US Dodd-Frank Regulated OTC derivatives - All OTC derivatives trades to be reported to trade respository - All financial and non-financial counterparties to adequately manage risk (reconciliations and collateral) - Requirement to use central counterparty where mandatory clearing is in effect
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Novation
OTC trades register at the clearing house or CCP (central counterparty) CCP novates the trade to split OTC trade into a buy and sell with the CCP from either side of the transaction Clearing house is the guarantor and requests initial margin from the two sides of the transaction Faciliates closing out trades ahead of physical delivery of the derivative contract
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Initial Margin
Returnable good faith deposit on execution
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Variation Margin
Daily receipts and payments or unrealised P&L An adjustment to the initial margin
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Derivative Settlement
Transfer securities from seller to buyer and cash in the other direction Most held in central securities depositories (CSDs) which are electronic registers of assets
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CREST
Central securities despository (CSD) operated by Euroclear Operates delivery vs payment transactions Calculates SDRT Equity & Corporate Bonds = T+2 Gilts = T+10
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SDRT
Stamp Duty Reserve Tax Electronic stamp duty
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CREST CCSS
Courier and sorting services Operates delivery for physical securities via stock transfer forms
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Developed Markets
Countries with formal regulatory authorities High income economies with size generally governed by market capitalisation of companies Free (highly liquid) and transparent markets Costs are reasonably competititive with explicit fees
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Emerging Markets
Lax regulations and incidents of financial crime Markets with capitalisation of less than 2% of world market Quality of instruments and transparency standards are lower Inefficient pricing with abnormalities

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