On May 26, 2016, the Bank for International Settlements published the Phase 1 materials for a global Codefor the FX market. The Code is a set of principles providing common guidelines to promote the integrity and effectiveness of the global wholesale FX markets and has been prepared as a result of the recent spate of misconduct cases in the FX markets. The Code covers governance, risk management and compliance, ethics, information sharing, execution and confirmation and settlement processes. The finalCode is expected to be published in May 2017. In the meantime, the authors hope that market participants will begin to embed the Code into their day-to-day activities. The Code does not impose any legal or regulatory obligations on market participants and is intended to supplement local laws, rules and regulations by identifying global good practices and processes.
The FX Code is available at:
https://www.bis.org/mktc/fxwg/gc_may16.pdf
and the Update on Adherence to the Code is available at: