Best Execution

Best Execution rules require investment firms to take all sufficient steps to obtain the best possible result for their clients when executing orders in financial instruments, whilst taking into account all relevant execution factors.

Further information can be found in ‘Our approach to Best Execution’.

Best Execution reporting requirements in the UK

In the UK, the FCA revoked this requirement to publish Quarterly (RTS 27) and Annual (RTS 28) best execution reports on 1st December 2021. LB and LBCM no longer publish these reports. Reports previously published are available on the Lloyds Bank website below.

If you have any queries regarding Best Execution Reporting, please contact CB.ClientClassificationTeam@LloydsBanking.com 

Best Execution Reporting requirements in the EU

In the European Union, the requirement to produce Quarterly reports has been suspended for two years until 28 February 2023. Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets Wertpapierhandelsbank GmbH (LBCMW) ceased to publish new quarterly best execution reports from Q1 2021. Reports will remain on our website for 2 years from the date of publication. However the requirement for the Annual best execution reports remain for LBCMW and will continue to be published on our website in the section below.

Quarterly reports remaining on the website were prepared in accordance with Best Execution rules in force at the date of that report. In that regard, the relevant data is provided by the execution venues to measure the quality of execution in relevant financial instruments.  Annual reports are however prepared in accordance with current rules in force at the date of publication. Reports are represented by the following tables:

Table 1 – Information on the type of execution venue
Table 2 – Information on the type of financial instrument
Table 3 – Price information - Intraday
Table 4 – Price information - Daily
Table 5 – Costs information
Table 6 – Likelihood of execution for each trading day
Table 9 – Additional information relating to request for quote execution venues.

The best execution information required for tables 7 and 8 is not provided. This information relates to continuous auction order book and continuous quote driven trading systems which are not operated by Lloyds Bank (which is a trading name of Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets Wertpapierhandelsbank GmbH).

Best Execution

Our approach to Best Execution

Download Lloyds Bank document (PDF, 144KB)

Download LBCMW document (PDF, 726KB)

For LB/LBCM – From 1st January 2021, MiFID II means UK Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II  as it forms part of “retained EU law” pursuant to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended from time to time).

For LBCMW – MiFID II means EU Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II.

If you have any questions regarding Best Execution please contact CB.MiFIDIIHelpdesk@lloydsbanking.com

Quarterly Reports

Lloyds Bank ("LB")

Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets ("LBCM")

Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets Wertpapierhandelsbank ("LBCMW")

Investment firms to summarise and publish on an annual basis for each class of financial instruments the top 5 execution venues in terms of trading volumes where the firm executed client orders in the preceding year and also provide information on the quality of execution that was obtained in the previous year. Note that as a result of ring fencing Commodities, Debt Instruments and SFTs are included in LB until May 2018 only. This is represented by the tables in the accordion below:

Annual Reports

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