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Market Resilience Post-Brexit Masks Underlying Risks, BIS Says

  • Rally in stocks as bond yields plunged signals ‘dissonance’
  • Proliferation of electronic trading ‘has raised concerns’
Adding to the risk of sudden market moves is the widespread use of electronic trading platforms and algorithms whose complexity and “often opaque trading strategies has raised concerns about potential implications for market stability in times of stress,” the BIS said.

Adding to the risk of sudden market moves is the widespread use of electronic trading platforms and algorithms whose complexity and “often opaque trading strategies has raised concerns about potential implications for market stability in times of stress,” the BIS said.

Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

The way financial markets recovered from turbulence in the aftermath of Britain voting to leave the European Union could be deceptive, the Bank for International Settlements warned.

Asset prices might be too high and markets may be susceptible to bouts of volatility, the Basel, Switzerland-based institution cautioned in its quarterly report released Sunday. Central banks’ supportive monetary policy together with global growth showing some signs of recovering helped restore investor confidence in markets, yet “questions about their underlying resilience remain,” the BIS said. Sliding bond yields across fixed-income markets and underwhelming performance by banks at a time where stock markets rallied are “highlighting the sense of dissonance.”