financial markets Flashcards
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broker dealers dual capacity means
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deals as principal and agent
2
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SBLI
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assist in stock lending
3
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IDB
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agent between two brokers
4
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local
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trader acting on own behalf
5
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exchange members and clearing house members require
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formal membership
6
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order driven platform
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- natural liquidity
- negotiate prices
- electronic trading
-(LSE SETS)
7
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quote driven platform
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-less natural liquidity
- market makers
- firm prices
- bid/offer
- screen and phone
8
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hybrid systems
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- order book with market maker
- 5 period auctions
LSE SETSqx
No continuous order book
9
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SETS is for what type of securities
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- FTSE all share index
- most liquid AIM and Irish shares
- EFPs/ETFs
10
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SETSqx used for
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- shares
11
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SEAQ used for
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- shares too illiquid for SETS and SETSqx
- corporate bonds
12
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LCH
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central counterparty to all trades executed on SETS
13
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CREST
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settlement system for UK and Irish securities
owned by Euroclear Uk and ireland
14
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liquidity
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- central market place
- real-time price and vol info
- regulated participants
- standardised contracts for derivatives
- risk mngmnt through clearing and settlement systems
15
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transparency
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- MiFID pre-trade disclosure
- exchanges and MTFs display current prices and trading volumes
- MiFID post-trade disclosure
- all firms completed transactions asap
16
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liquidity can be reduced by
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- unattractive prices
= asset becomes unpopular
17
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stamp duty
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0.5%
CREST round to nearest 1p
if
paper-based to nearest £5
18
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takeover panel levy
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£1 on every transaction over £10K
19
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variety of costs in market
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- venue costs (MTF cheaper than RIE)
- size of order (larger cheaper)
- exchange traded or OTC ( OTC contracts higher)
- mgmnt fees
- property (direct property variety of costs)
20
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market order
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price is secondary
speed is priority
21
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limit order
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price/ vol is priority
speed is secondary
22
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order book : higher the NMZ the
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- higher the liquidity
23
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order book ranked prices on each side
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buy side highest to lowest
sell side lowest to highest
24
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quote platform MM :
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- mandatory quoting period (MQP)
- min volume quote ( 1xExchnge market size)
- manual reporting to exchange (within 3 mins to LSEs European Trade reporting service)
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hybrid system SETS qx hsve
- min quote order size (1xExchange market size)
- reporting MM trades ( within 3 min)
- no continuous order book trading
- limit orders only
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MTF purpose, operator, regulatory , benefits
-access to capital with no exchange or competition for existing exchanges
- investment firms and market operators
- treated as an exchange
- better liquidity and transparency than OTC
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OTF purpose, operator, regulatory , benefits
- altenrative for RIE for bonds and derivatives and imporves transparency
- invesmtent firms and market operators
- exchange but with discretionary execution
- better liquidity and price discovery
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Dark pool purpose, operator, regulatory , benefits
- exchange-traded liquidity and OTC confidentiality and anonymity through hidden orders
- invesment firms and private organisations
- OTC with no MiFID transparency
- move large vol with less market impact
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systematic internaliser purpose, operator, regulatory , benefits
- direct source of liquidity from investment firms that match orders with clients
- invesmtent firms
- mini-exchange
- direct liquid without the need for external markets
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Gilt-edged MM must
deal in all gilt issues (DMO auciotns) or none at all
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UK government gilts
participants
obligations of GEMMs
primary markets
dealing and reporting: LSE
other dealing methods
settlement
-gilt-edged market makers, brokers, inter-dealer borkers
-to sign up at DMO and provide with data relevant to gilt market, pariticipate in DMO auctions, quote firm bid/offer spreads during MQP
-gvnmts issue gilts for PSNCR, managed by DMO through auctions ad taps (insufficient demand withdraw)
- quote driven, trade reports as close to rela time as possible
- OTC e-dealing system
- CREST, T+1
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gilts go ex-coupon ..... before coupon date
7 days
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STRIPS market (converting large denomination gilts)
- designated as strippable by the DMO
- permitted parties:
GEMMs
HM treasury
BoE
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coorporate bonds :
primary market
secondary market
settlement
- private placement , bought deal, fixed price reoffer, underwritting
- OTC, some on LSE SEAQ and ORB
-T+2
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eurobonds
international bonds
- bearer documents
- euro curreny (any currency held outside country of origin)
- gross annual coupon
international capital markets association
OTC market
- reporting T+1 to ICMA
settlement
- T+2
- Euroclear and clearstream
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derivative markets: exchange traded
participants
trading
uses
- principal and agency
- ICE Futures europe, London metal exchange
- speculation (take on risk), hedging (reduce risk), arbitrage (risk-free profits from price anomalies)
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ICE connect
derivatives order driven platform
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International swaps and derivatives association
proffessional body that monitors OTC derivative market and produces standardised deocumentation (legally binding contracts)
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EMIR
- regulation of OTC derivaitves
- provisions
OTC derivative trades reported to a trade repository
financial and non-financial counterparties to adequately manage the risk of the contract (reconciliations, collateral)
- use central counterparty where mandatory clearing is in effect
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central counterparty service
- novation
- clearing house as guarantor
principal to principal
manages credit exposure
protects against default
trade anonymously
- clearing house as registrar
facilitates closing out
protects anonymity
- counterparty risk
contingent liability investments
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title transfer collateral arrangements
full ownership transfer of client's money to firm
BUT
no guarantee of return of money
prohibited when retail client
must be a full written agreement with the client
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CREST settlement (calculates and collect SDRT)
T+2 for equities and bonds
T+1 for gilts
t+10 paper based
+ settles money market instruments and funds, international securities
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Intenrational bonds (eurobonds)
t+2
clearstream/ euroclear
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dodd-frank wall street reform and conusmer protection act 2010
US tighter regulation on OT C derivative markets like EMIR
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bond is a
medium to long-term seucirty
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bill is a
short-term security (maturing in less than a year)
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with options
buyer pays ppremium to seller but has no obligation
seller has a potential obligation
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with futures
there is an obligation on both sides but no premium is paid
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foreign exchange market is an
OTC market that is quote driven
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to avoid default risk (herstatt risk) in fx markets trades are settled through
continuous linked settlement offering payment vs. payment protection
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spot market for fx settlement
t+2
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mifid pre-trade requirements apply to
trades on regulated market
MTF
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mifid post trade requirements apply t o
all firms conducting trades on or off exchange
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order book trade reports happens
automatically
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illiquid markets
costs higher
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gilt market orders below and above 5000
higher costs, lower costs
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GEMMs provide liquidity by
quoting 2 way prices structured to the nearest £0.0001 per £100 nominal value
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gilts quoted at a ... but the settlement is the ...
clean, dirty price (includes interest accrued)
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STRIPS (seperate trading of registered interest and principle securities)
allows cash flows on gilt to be traded as a seperate instrument
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eurobond ICMA rpeorting and settlement
t+1, t+2
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eurocelar and clearstreem settle
eurobonds
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LSE offer members the choice of 2 CCPs
LCH or SIX X-Clear
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pre-trade disclosure applies to
exchange or MTF
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IDB can act as ---- between 2 MM
central counterparty in a riskless principal transaction
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advantage of order book trading
single price trading
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Market makers ..... to provide quotes
volunteered
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SEAQ, SEAqx require at least .. MM per specific security
2, no in number
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MTF can be seen as a midpoints between
exchange and OTC
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otf
bonds
structured finance products
emission allowances
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GEMMs provide two way prices to
broker dealers acting as agents
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off order book trades are reported through
LSE European trade reporting service
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GEMMS supervised by
FCA
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corporate bonds : primary market
- private placement ( small issue)
- bought deal ( medium issue)
- fixed price reoffer (large issue)
- underwriting
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international swaps and derivatives association ISDA
monitor OTC derivatives market and produced standardized documentation for contracts
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securities and exchange commission SEC and commodity futures trading commission CFTC
regulate derivatives market in US
