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MiFID II VIEWS

VANISHING LIQUIDITY

While the new rules may stipulate that greater transparency is required for fixed income , traders believe the regulations could do more harm than good . Hayley McDowell investigates
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Fixed income traders are warning pre-trade transparency rules under MiFID II will undermine already diminishing liquidity , as no realistic solution to the problem currently exists .

An investigation by The Trade found traders are regularly being forced to ‘ show their hand ’ when using trading platforms to trade bonds , as screen prices are often not executable .
Mark Winter , head of dealing at Santander Asset Management said the firm ’ s fixed income trading desk has experienced this , noting it to be “ a worrying trend ”.
He said : “ It ’ s less than helpful to the buy-side when you show
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