European Fixed Income Trading Experiencing Calm Before The (Mifid 2) Storm

It was a little note in a Greenwich study that raised a fascinating topic for those interested in market structure. When evaluating causation of dwindling volume in European fixed-income electronic trading, the report mused out loud about the potential for the market to have reached its “natural limit.” Understanding this level, and recognizing how and where to calculate it, is what makes markets and moves prices. But in the big-bank dominated world of European fixed-income electronic trading markets, while the markets may be at a temporary calm point, the shuffling of brokerage leadership hasn’t changed much. [reits] With MiFID II…