Andy Hill discusses ICMA’s report documenting the performance of the investment grade secondary bond market in Europe from February to April 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic caused unprecedented levels of market volatility. During the peak of the crisis, before central bank intervention, participants resorted to voice trading when the market became too volatile and too illiquid for dealers to risk providing pricing across electronic platforms, although trading volumes recorded through platforms were at record levels. One of the key lessons from the crisis is that while market infrastructure held up well after 10 years of technological innovation, the role of market-makers in creating liquidity remains at the core of the secondary markets. Reducing the ability of market-makers to provide this service will inevitably impact market liquidity and efficiency, especially in times of market stress.
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2022: Introduction
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2022: The transition of legacy US dollar LIBOR bonds under English law
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2022: Sustainable finance update
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2022: Hong Kong SFC conduct requirements for bookbuilding and placing
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2022: The EU and UK Prospectus Regulations
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2022: Secondary Bond Market data
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2022: CSDR Refit: the future of mandatory buy-ins
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2022: EU post-trade transparency regime for sovereign and corporate bonds
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2022: ICMA’s new Global Repo and Collateral Forum
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2022: Understanding DLT and blockchain in bond markets
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2022: Transparency in commercial paper markets
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q3 2022: Introduction
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q3 2022: International capital markets in a time of economic shocks
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q3 2022: Corporate bond market liquidity: ICMA response to IOSCO discussion paper
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q3 2022: Hong Kong SFC conduct requirements for bookbuilding and placing
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q3 2022: Sovereign debt vulnerabilities: new challenges ahead for debt workouts
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q3 2022: The GMRA clause taxonomy and library project
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q3 2022: Sustainable finance update
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q3 2022: Mid-cap bond markets in Europe
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q3 2022: ESAs’ advice on the PRIIPS review
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