ELECTRONIC DEBT MARKETS ASSOCIATION

Electronic Debt Markets Association (EDMA) represents the common interests of companies whose primary business is the operation of regulated electronic fixed income trading venues (multilateral trading facilities and regulated markets) in Europe.

Founding Principles

OPEN ACCESS

Open access and fair, effective and appropriately transparent markets

DIVERSITY

Diversity of electronic trading protocols for fixed income markets to suit the range of instruments and different needs of market participants

APPROACH

Equivalent regulatory treatment of all electronic trading platforms and a consistent pan European regulatory approach

About EDMA

Electronic Debt Markets Association (EDMA) represents the common interests of companies whose primary business is the operation of regulated electronic fixed income trading venues (multilateral trading facilities and regulated markets) in Europe. EDMA seeks to foster and promote liquid, transparent, safe and fair markets and act as the voice and a source of consultation between the members in their roles as operators of such venues. EDMA projects collective views on regulatory matters and market structure topics to governments, policy makers and regulators for the benefit of the electronic fixed income markets.

Our 6 members are: BGC Fenics, Bloomberg, BrokerTec, MarketAxess, MTS and Tradeweb.

EDMA has appointed David Bullen as Secretary General. David is an independent advisory consultant specialising in fixed income electronic trading and market structure change; he has extensive cross-asset class appreciation and experience.

Publications

Position statements and Briefing notes

FCA’s Consultation on Improving Bond and Derivative Transparency

Response

March 2024

ELECTRONIC DEBT MARKETS ASSOCIATION

Founding Principles

About EDMA

Publications

FCA’s Consultation on Improving Bond and Derivative Transparency

FCA’s Consultation on Framework for UK Consolidated Tape

Bond Consolidated Tape in Europe

Industry Approach to CSDR Settlement Discipline Regime

CSDR-SD Regime Implementation

CSDR-SD Regime Implementation

CSDR Review

Best Execution (RTS27/28) Reports

DTO Equivalence

MiFID II Review

(See also Best Execution (RTS27/28) Reports update December 2020)

Transaction reporting for EU dealers

with both Branch & Head Office activities

on same MTF

The Value of RFQ

Digital Services Tax

and Financial Services

Brexit

Equivalence

Missing Issuer LEIs

Prudential Framework

for Investment Firms

MiFID II to drive business

off venues and

away from Europe

Members

News

EU T+1 Industry Taskforce press statement

on recent UK report on moving to T+1

EDMA press statement

on ESMA’s and FCA’s recent guidance on Trading Venue Perimeter

The FIX EMEA Trading Conference returns this year on Friday 18th September

Letter to Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice -President, European Commission

and Steven Maijoor, Chair, ESMA

Letter to Steven Maijoor, Chairman, ESMA

Leading Trading Venues Establish Electronic Debt Markets Association

In The Press

FOW / Global Investor

12 September 2017

Markets Media

12 September 2017

Letter to Steven Maijoor,
Chairman, ESMA