Bond Market Contact Group (BMCG)
The BMCG serves as a forum for discussing issues related to the euro area bond market. This includes short-term market developments as well as structural and regulatory trends and the functioning of the euro area bond market in general.
Chair
Director General Market Operations of the ECB
Members and composition
The composition of the group is reviewed at the end of the calendar year. Institutions are welcome to express their interest in joining the BMCG by submitting an
application form and relevant documentation to the BMCG secretariat at the latest by end October.
To further enhance the diversity of our contact group, we particularly encourage institutions to nominate female representatives.
Observers
Representatives from the euro area national central banks, which have the status of observer, may follow the discussions in the group.
Meetings
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
- 9 October
- Draft agenda
- 26 June
- Agenda
Summary
List of participants
Item 1: Welcome Remarks – ECB
Item 2: Bond Market Outlook – HSBC
Item 3: The global QE unwind – Blackrock & Commerzbank
Item 4a: Hidden risks to bond markets – Allianz
Item 4b: Hidden risks to bond markets – Citi
- 6 February
- Agenda
Summary
List of participants
Item 1: Bond Market Outlook for the year ahead - Wellington
Item 2a: Stock-taking on the first weeks under MiFID 2 and MiFIR - Morgan Stanley
Item 2b: Stock-taking on the first weeks under MiFID 2 and MiFIR - Tradeweb
Item 2c: Stock-taking on the first weeks under MiFID 2 and MiFIR - Union Investment
Item 3: Update on the green and social bond market – ICMA
Item 4a: Benchmark Reform – Barclays
Item 4b: Benchmark Reform – AFME
- 10 October
- Agenda
Summary
List of participants
Item 1 - Bond Market Outlook - EFAMA
Item 2a - MiFID 2 and MiFiR - Barclays
Item 2b - MifidII MiFiR - DAM
Item 2c - MiFiD2 Research rules and implementation - Commerzbank
Item 3a - Sovereign risk concentration - Nomura
Item 3b - Primary Dealers - HSBC
- 16 May
- Agenda
Summary
Presentation item 2 – Secondary market and impact of repo liquidity
Presentation item 3 a – An overview of FinTech
Presentation item 3 b – Update on Trends on E-Trading Venues
Presentation item 4 – Bond market outlook - 7 February
- Agenda
Summary
Presentation item 1 – GDP linked bonds and sovereign bond-backed securities
Presentation item 2 – Impact of the ECB asset purchase programme
Presentation item 3.1 – Yield curve targeting-part I
Presentation item 3.2. – Yield curve targeting-part II
Presentation item 4. – Bond market outlook
- 12 October
- Agenda
Summary
Presentation item 1.1
Presentation item 1.2
Presentation item 1.3
Presentation item 2.1
Presentation item 2.2
Presentation item 3.1
Presentation item 3.2
Presentation item 4 - 27 June
- Summary
- 21 June
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Agenda
Summary
Presentation item 1 – Bond market outlook
Presentation item 2.1 – Risk markets into the UK referendum on EU membership
Presentation item 2.2 – Further aspects from the UK referendum
Presentation item 3.1 – How does Solvency II work
Presentation item 3.2. – Solvency II impact on European bond markets
Presentation item 4.1. – Impact of the recent regulation on repo for insurance companies
Presentation item 4.2 – Update on capital and liquidity requirements
Presentation item 4.3 – Towards an FX single code - 7 April
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Agenda
Summary
Presentation item 1 – Bond market outlook and other topics of relevance
Presentation item 2.1 - Impact of low or negative interest rate environment – dealer perspective
Presentation item 2.2 – Impact of low or negative interest rate environment – insurance company perspective
Presentation item 3 - Bank business models and the role of Principal Trading Firms (PTFs) in liquidity provision and intermediation
Presentation item 4 – Money market benchmarks and on the on-going reform process - 19 January
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Agenda
Summary
Presentation item 1.a – Automated trading strategies – dealer perspective
Presentation item 1.b - Automated trading strategies – buy-side perspective
Presentation item 1.c – ICMA ETP mapping study
Presentation item 2 - Bond market outlook, issuance and other topics
Presentation item 3.a – Transmission of the ECB’s expanded asset purchase programme
Presentation item 3.b – Recent developments in market-based indicators of inflation expectations
- 13 October
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Agenda
Summary
Presentation item 1 - Bond market outlook and other topics of relevance
Presentation Item 2.1.a - Impact of MiFID II from a dealer perspective
Presentation Item 2.1.b - Impact of MiFID II from an investor perspective
Presentation Item 2.2 - Impact of new regulations related to derivative products
Presentation Item 2.3 - Implications of the new capital regulations (including the TLAC and MREL rules)
Presentation Item 3 - Self-regulated best practices - 30 June
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Agenda
Summary
Presentation Item 1 - Bond market outlook
Presentation Item 2 - Implications of the end of tapering by the Federal Reserve
Presentation Item 3.1 – Long term implications of the APP – dealer perspective
Presentation Item 3.2 – Long term implications of PSPP – investor perspective
Presentation Item 3.3 – Long term implications of ABSPP and CBPP3 – investor perspective -
29 June
(teleconference) - Summary
- 21 April
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Agenda
Summary
Presentation Item 1
Presentation Item 2
Presentation Item 3.1 – liquidity in bond and credit markets – dealer perspective
Presentation Item 3.2 – liquidity in bond and credit markets – investor perspective
Presentation item 4 – Presentation of the EFC Sub-Committee on EU Sovereign Debt Markets (ESDM -
16 March
(teleconference) - Summary
- 27 January
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Agenda
Summary
Item 1 - Bond market outlook
Item 2.1 - Analysis of October 2014 risk-off episode from a HF perspective
Item 2.2 - Events of October 2014 from a dealer perspective
Item 3.1 - Impact of ABSPP and CBPP3 and potential LSAPs
Item 3.2 - Impact of ABSPP and CBPP3 January 2015 from an investor perspective
Item 4 - Best practice framework for euro area government bond markets
- 21 October
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Agenda
Summary
Item 1 - Bond market outlook
Item 2.1 - Collateral issues of relevance for the functioning of bond markets - bank perspective
Item 2.2 - Collateral issues of relevance for the functioning of the bond markets - investor perspective
Item 2.3 - Recent Developments to the Collateral Framework
Item 3 - Systemic risk
Item 4.1 - Best practice framework – US fixed income markets
Item 4.2 - Best Practice framework - EGB Market
- 1 July
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Agenda
Summary
Item 1 - Bond Market Outlook
Item 2 part I- Some considerations on market making and trading
Item 2 part II - Addressing the Liquidity Challenge
Item 3 - Demand for sovereign bonds: The importance of diversity
Item 4 - SSM Comprehensive Assessment - Key issues from a market perspective - 8 April
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Agenda
Summary
Item 1 - bond market outlook and other topics of relevance
Item 2 - Central banks' asset purchase programmes
Item 3 part I - Role of trading and liquidity in bond markets
Item 3 part II - Role of trading and liquidity in bond markets
Item 4 part I - SME funding initiatives - New European Comission initiatives for SME funding in Europe.pdf
Item 4 part II - SME funding initiatives - the market association perspective
Item 4 part III - SME funding initiatives - the issuer perspective.pdf - 21 January
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Agenda
Summary
Item 1 - Bond market outlook and main developments
Item 2a - Sovereign funding challenges for 2014 and private sector issuance
Item 2b - Bond demand outlook from investor side
Item 3 - Review of latest developments of electronic trading in bond markets
Item 4 - Risk metrics
- 8 October
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Agenda
Summary
Presentation item 1 Presentation item 2 Presentation item 3 Presentation item 4 - 9 July
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Agenda
Summary
Item 1 - Review of recent bond market developments
Item 2 - Bond market liquidity
Item 3 - Euro area financial integration
Item 4a - The main elements of BRRD
Item 4b - Too big to fail
Item 5 - Impact on regulatory developments from an insurance company point of view - 9 April
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Agenda
Summary
Item 1 - Review of recent bond market developments
Item 2 - Market Access for Sovereigns
Item 3 - Market Functioning Issues
Item 4 - Putting scarcity scares into perspective
Item 5a - The Impact on Bond Markets – Buy Side Perspectives
Item 5b - The impact of legislation on the bond markets; MIFID II and the Basel Securitisation Framework
Item 6 - Financial transaction tax - 22 January
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Agenda
Summary
Item 2 - Review of bond market developments
Item 3 (i) - Global outlook for public sector and private sector bond issuance Item 3 (ii) - Global outlook for public sector and private sector bond issuance from investor perspective
Item 3 (iii) - Developments in eligible and used collateral
Item 4 - Regulatory changes and other structural issues