Do Canadian broker-dealers act as agents or principals in bond trading? / by Daniel Hyun, Jesse Johal and Corey Garriott, Financial Markets Department.: FB3-7/2017-11E-PDF

"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.

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Department/Agency Bank of Canada.
Title Do Canadian broker-dealers act as agents or principals in bond trading? / by Daniel Hyun, Jesse Johal and Corey Garriott, Financial Markets Department.
Series title Staff analytical note = Note analytique du personnel, 2369-9639 ; 2017-11
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Cover title.
Includes bibliographical references.
Includes abstract in French.
Publishing information [Ottawa] : Bank of Canada, c2017.
Author / Contributor Hyun, Daniel.
Johal, Jesse.
Garriott, Corey.
Description 5 p. : col. charts
Catalogue number
  • FB3-7/2017-11E-PDF
Subject terms Bonds
Capital markets
Financial institutions
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