Citi provide world-class financing solutions that are as diverse as the needs of the consumer, corporates, institutions, governments, and individual investors we serve in 160 countries and territories. The breadth, depth, and strength of our underwriting, sales and trading, and distribution capabilities span asset classes and currencies, sectors and industries, covering a vast array of products. Our research and analysis offer the highest-quality corporate, sector, economic, and geographical insights — from equity and fixed income research to market and product analysis — helping individual and institutional clients navigate a complex global marketplace. Further information can be found at www.citigroup.com

MTS has been a trusted facilitator of electronic fixed income markets for over 30 years and facilitates trading through a network of over 500 unique counterparties across our platforms in Europe and the US with average daily volumes exceeding EUR 115 billion. We also work closely with DMOs and central banks across Europe and beyond to facilitate highly liquid and transparent primary and secondary bond markets. We use innovative technology to maximise connectivity options for our community and our extensive post-trade network. We have developed cutting edge technology and functionality to enable participants to maximise trading opportunities in today’s market conditions and we pride ourselves on promoting transparency and best practice and supporting participants to optimise compliance effectively and efficiently.

Tradeweb Markets is a leading, global operator of electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money markets. Founded in 1996, Tradeweb provides access to markets, data and analytics, electronic trading, straight-through-processing and reporting for more than 40 products to clients in the institutional, wholesale and retail markets. Advanced technologies developed by Tradeweb enhance price discovery, order execution and trade workflows while allowing for greater scale and helping to reduce risks in client trading operations. Tradeweb serves approximately 2,500 clients in more than 65 countries. On average, Tradeweb facilitated more than $780 billion in notional value traded per day over the past four fiscal quarters. For more information, please go to www.tradeweb.com.

TransFICC is an eTrading technology company, which provides solutions for the Fixed Income and Derivatives markets. TransFICC specialises in API translation, workflow and connectivity technology, to address the three issues of fragmentation, market data throughput and regulation. It is ‘One API for eTrading’ delivers low latency, scalable and secure connectivity for banks and the buy-side trading in the fixed income and derivatives markets. The TransFICC development team has significant expertise in building high performance, yet robust eTrading technology solutions. For further information, please visit our website: www.transficc.trade

CEEMarketWatch is a subscription-based analytical service, covering the emerging regions of Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America as well as the Eurozone periphery. We add value to the information flow through local knowledge, derived from local contributors, and through our experienced team of economists. We provide the essential combination of reliable and timely information flow with in-depth macroeconomic and political research and analyses.

We need to talk about bonds. Liquidity has been sucked out of the credit markets by regulation. It can only be replaced by a structural change in the secondary market, or a change to the issuance model in the primary market. Neither is happening right now. Fixed income trading costs are opaque at best, so achieving best execution in the bond market seems an impossible task. Wedded to illiquidity, a lack of price transparency could threaten to impact issuers. The DESK provides buy-side traders with precise detail on the macro-drivers, events and plans that are shaping liquidity and price discovery in fixed income markets. Published quarterly, The DESK delivers facts from the frontline of trading, opinion on the potential of new initiatives and support for fixed income desks across investment firms. Talking about bonds starts at The DESK.