Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee — Corporate Bond Transparency Subcommittee

Summary Minutes of June 26, 2018 Call

The Corporate Bond Transparency Subcommittee held a call on June 26, 2018 to discuss transparency in the corporate bond market.

The call convened at approximately 4:15 p.m. via telephone. The following Subcommittee Members were on the call:

  • Brian Archer
  • Dan Allen
  • Tom Gira
  • Gilbert Garcia
  • Larry Harris
  • Amar Kuchinad
  • Rick McVey
  • Mihir Worah

The following staff from the Division of Trading and Markets were on the call:

  • Ben Bernstein
  • David Dimitrious
  • Tom Eady
  • Molly Kim
  • Patrick Norton
  • Justin Pica
  • Heidi Pilpel
  • Ted Uliassi

The following staff from the Office of Municipal Securities were also on the call:

  • Ahmed Abonamah
  • William Miller
  • Benjamin Tecmire

The following staff from the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis were also on the call:

  • Abby Kim
  • Michael Schihl

The Subcommittee discussed what specific topics it should focus on and what it should present at the July 16 FIMSAC meeting.  The Subcommittee decided to focus on pre-trade transparency in the corporate bond market and to have two panels present at the July 16 FIMSAC meeting.  One panel would focus on the state of pre-trade transparency in the United States, while the other would focus on Europe and the requirements of MiFID II. 

The call concluded at approximately 4:45 p.m.