Name
Christopher Rich
Job Title
General Counsel
Company
Financial Markets Standards Board (FMSB)
Speaker Bio
Chris has overall responsibility for all FMSB Working Groups and their publications.
Since joining FMSB in April 2020 following a secondment from Linklaters, Chris has played a key role in delivering Standards, Statements of Good Practice and Spotlight Reviews on a broad range of topics including the execution of large trades, data sharing in a new issuance context, use of Term SONIA reference rates, LIBOR conduct risks and the development of risk management frameworks for hybrid working. He also oversees FMSB’s nascent and ongoing work on ESG, electronic trading, pre-hedging and post-trade processes.
Prior to joining FMSB, Chris spent nine years at Linklaters in the Financial Regulation Group advising a wide range of investment banks, market infrastructure providers and buy-side institutions on numerous areas of UK and European financial regulation. In the fixed income, currencies and commodities space, he has worked on investigations into misconduct in FX businesses and subsequent remediation exercises. During his time at Linklaters, Chris undertook secondments at RBS, Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas and has recently completed an Executive LLM in international financial law and regulation at the London School of Economics.
Chris sat on the FCA-mandated, ICMA / IRGS-led working group developing a code of conduct for ESG rating and data providers and is also taught a sustainable finance law and regulation course at the London School of Economics.
Since joining FMSB in April 2020 following a secondment from Linklaters, Chris has played a key role in delivering Standards, Statements of Good Practice and Spotlight Reviews on a broad range of topics including the execution of large trades, data sharing in a new issuance context, use of Term SONIA reference rates, LIBOR conduct risks and the development of risk management frameworks for hybrid working. He also oversees FMSB’s nascent and ongoing work on ESG, electronic trading, pre-hedging and post-trade processes.
Prior to joining FMSB, Chris spent nine years at Linklaters in the Financial Regulation Group advising a wide range of investment banks, market infrastructure providers and buy-side institutions on numerous areas of UK and European financial regulation. In the fixed income, currencies and commodities space, he has worked on investigations into misconduct in FX businesses and subsequent remediation exercises. During his time at Linklaters, Chris undertook secondments at RBS, Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas and has recently completed an Executive LLM in international financial law and regulation at the London School of Economics.
Chris sat on the FCA-mandated, ICMA / IRGS-led working group developing a code of conduct for ESG rating and data providers and is also taught a sustainable finance law and regulation course at the London School of Economics.