--- title: Fed Hints at Volcker Reform description: Corporate bond liquidity may spur the regulator to act. image: https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/iStock-473341206-May-12-2022-09-01-54-10-AM.jpg --- ![websites-group](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/new-MMG-01.svg) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-new-marketsmedia-logo.svg)](https://www.marketsmedia.com/) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-menu-traders-redlogo.svg)](https://www.tradersmagazine.com/) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-menu-bestexe-logo.svg)](https://www.bestexecution.net/) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-menu-fidesk-logo.svg)](https://www.fixglobal.com/) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-fixglobal-new-logo.svg)](https://www.fixglobal.com/) - [*Facebook*](https://www.facebook.com/MarketsMedia/) - [*Twitter*](https://twitter.com/marketsmedia) - [*Linkedin*](https://www.linkedin.com/company/markets-media-llc) - [Newsletter](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/fed-hints-volcker-reform#popup-newsletter) #### Want the latest news on securities markets -- FREE? 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Acknowledging the concerns that market participants have regarding transacting credit trades, such as in corporate bonds, in volume and at low costs, she noted that the corporate bond market is robust currently. ![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/yellen_janet-4.jpg?width=130&height=162&name=yellen_janet-4.jpg) Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve "The healthy condition of the market is apparent in low bid-ask spreads and the large volume of corporate bond issuances in recent years," she said. Yellen also noted that the corporate bond market liquidity is in the midst of a change as larger dealers continue to abandon the principal business model in favor an agency model. As a result of the market's evolution, the Fed is unsure whether the algorithmic traders and institutional investors who provide a growing amount of liquidity to the market would be willing to contribute liquidity during times of market stress, according to Yellen "While no single factor appears to be the predominant cause of the evolution of market liquidity, some regulations may be affecting market liquidity somewhat," she said. "There may be benefits to simplifying aspects of the Volcker rule, which limits proprietary trading by banking firms, and to reviewing the interaction of the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio with risk-based capital requirements." At the same time, Yellen stated that the new regulatory framework overall has made dealers more resilient to shocks, which tempers an important historical driver of market illiquidity. 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