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Obligations
of the Market Makers of Treasury Bills Market |
*This
obligations are imposed by the Dirección General del Tesoro
y Política Financiera, who grants the category of "Creador
de Mercado" (Market Maker).
1.
To participate in the auctions of Letras del Tesoro.
2.
To guarantee the liquidity of the secondary market of Letras del
Tesoro by fulfilling the following obligations:
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The
quotation obligations regarding Letras del Tesoro will be
fulfilled when the quotations with the indicated maximum spreads
and minimum volumes remain on the screen of the organised
electronic trading system or systems determined by the General
Directorate of the Treasury and Financial Policy on every
working day —according to the calendar approved by the
said General Directorate— during, at least, five hours
between 8:30 and 17:15. |
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In
the meetings between the General Directorate of the Treasury
and Financial Policy and the Market Makers, the Letras considered
as market references (benchmarks) will be defined, as well
as two additional baskets of Letras. |
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Market
Makers will be divided into two homogeneous groups, each one
of which must quote all the Letras in the basket assigned
to it. Every two months, the basket that must be quoted by
each one of the groups of Market Makers will be changed. |
The following conditions on maximum bid-ask spreads (expressed in
basis points) and minimum quoted volumes (in millions of euros)
must be observed when quoting:
| Type
of Bill |
Spread |
Volume |
Benchmark |
3 |
20 |
| No
Benchmark |
4 |
10 |
To contribute the information that the Treasury may require on the
Debt Market, in general, and on the market-making activity in this
market, in particular.
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