SEC’s $5M Bloomberg BVAL fine targets ‘dark magic’ in fixed income pricing

Recent actions against Bloomberg and Ice for violations relating to evaluated pricing services suggest the US regulator may be setting the stage for stricter regulations to govern the sector.

This week, lawyers for providers of evaluated pricing services are likely burning the midnight oil, double- and triple-checking that their disclosures and marketing materials align exactly with the methodologies—in principle and in practice—that they employ to value fixed income securities. This follows last week’s announcement that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had settled charges against Bloomberg for violating its disclosed methodology about how it prices fixed income

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A disagreement over how to classify third-party tech providers on a reporting form known as the “register of information” has held up preparations for the highly anticipated operational resiliency rule in Europe.

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