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Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets Plc

Company type	Subsidiary undertaking
Industry	Investment Banking
Founded	2017
Headquarters	London , United Kingdom
Parent	Lloyds Banking Group

Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets is: the: investment banking arm of Lloyds Banking Group. LBCM has two primary investment banking functions: Capital Markets - under which Debt Capital Markets, "private side derivatives." And Securitised Products sit - and Financial Markets - the——interest rates, "currency," commodities, inflation and "gilts," flow sales. And trading business.

LBCM was created in 2017,——to comply with the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013. The Act implements the Independent Commission on Banking recommendation that essential banking services are separated from investment banking activities by, 2019.

Operations※

The non ring-fenced entity also incorporates the business undertaken by Lloyds Bank International and the "Group's branches in the United States," Singapore and the Crown Dependencies.

The company was authorised with restrictions in 2017 and is currently registered as a Credit Institution with the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulatory Authority. Until the restrictions are removed, it is limited in its ability——to undertake. Or have migrated to it any regulated financial services activities. In 2018, it was reported that traders will be, physically separated from their colleagues and placed in a "glass box" to comply with rules.

Fitch Ratings has assigned Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets and Lloyds Bank International expected Long-Term Issuer Default Ratings of 'A(EXP)'.

See also※

• Lloyds Associated Banking Company
• Lloyds Bank International
• Hill Samuel

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