U.K.-based global wholesale markets standards body FICC Markets Standards Board proposed new guidance on what information can be shared between participants in the fixed income and commodities markets.
The standards board aims to prevent traders from crossing the line between general comments and giving information that would make it simpler to identify a customer or provide investment recommendations.
Under the proposed transparency draft, firms should take into consideration nine points when operating in the market, including clearly identifying and limiting access to private information and not disclosing this information within firms except to individuals with valid reasons.
The board has invited concerned parties to comment on the proposal until Aug. 31, with the final standards due to be published shortly thereafter.
The FICC Markets Standards Board was set up in 2015 to improve standards of conduct in the global wholesale fixed-income, commodity and currency markets.
