00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.844245 CaOODSP 20250821075100 cr ||||||||||| 170921s2017 oncd ob f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng eng fre n-cn--- FB3-7/2017-11E-PDF Hyun, Daniel. Do Canadian broker-dealers act as agents or principals in bond trading? [electronic resource] / by Daniel Hyun, Jesse Johal and Corey Garriott, Financial Markets Department. [Ottawa] : Bank of Canada, c2017. 5 p. : col. charts Staff analytical note = Note analytique du personnel, 2369-9639 ; 2017-11 Cover title. Includes bibliographical references. "Technology, risk tolerance and regulation may influence dealers to reduce their trading as principals (using their own balance sheets for sales and purchases of securities) in favour of agency trading (matching client trades). A move toward agency trading would represent a change in the structure of Canadian bond markets and, in theory, could worsen some aspects of market liquidity. To assess the prevalence of agency trading in Canada, we use data from the Market Trade Reporting System to construct the first estimate of agency-based trading in Canadian bond markets. We find that agency trading is relatively uncommon across major segments of Canadian fixed-income market and that large bank broker-dealers are less likely than their smaller counterparts to trade as an agent"--Abstract, p. [2] of cover. Includes abstract in French. gccst Bonds gccst Capital markets gccst Financial institutions Johal, Jesse. Garriott, Corey. Bank of Canada. Staff analytical note (Bank of Canada) 2369-9639 ; 2017-11 (CaOODSP)9.807323 PDF 429 KB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/banque-bank-canada/FB3-7-2017-11-eng.pdf