FCA research indicates 'moderate' decline in corporate bond liquidity since mid-2014

Previously dismissed concerns

Daniel Flynn
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The FCA has reported a decline in UK corporate bond market liquidity since mid-2014, despite previous research from the regulator's chief economist's department for the period 2008 to 2014 saying liquidity in the asset class had improved since the global financial crisis.

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