NewEuroMTS, the market for trading euro-denominated government securities of the May 2004 EU Accession States, today announced that volumes have surpassed the 1.1 billion mark.
Noting that the threshold is only two months after launch, MTS says the turnover is particularly encouraging, given that it is based on the trading activity of six eligible securities, with two recently qualifying for listing in January.
“NewEuroMTS is proving to be an additional, important source of information on price of Polish Euro-denominated debt in the secondary market,” says Andrez Ciopinski, Deputy Director of the Foreign Policy Department of the Ministry of Finance of Poland. “As investors seek transparency and liquidity, this system encourages them to invest in our instruments. Both investors and issuers can now participate in this market with an increased level of confidence. “
Lszl Bzs, Managing Director of the Government Debt Management Agency of Hungary, says that “the success of NewEuroMTS has been extremely favourable to our debt management and has provided us with the objective feedback from the market that we require in order to make more informed strategy decisions. This is leading to more efficient pricing of our debt, and contributing directly to lower our funding costs.”
Banca Nazionale del Lavoro has also joined as the fifteenth market maker, further improving the liquidity and quality of prices on NewEuroMTS. The bonds currently benefiting from the system’s tighter bid-offer spreads and depth of liquidity are: Republic of Hungary 4% 2010, 4.50% 2013 and 4.50% 2014; as well as the Republic of Poland’s 3.875% 2009, 5.50% 2011 and 4.50% 2013. To be eligible for listing, bonds must be issued by the May 2004 EU Accession States, issued or tapped no earlier than 2 years prior to listing date, with a minimum maturity of 15 months, investment-grade rated or of good credit quality and a minimum outstanding size of 1 billion.
“The success of NewEuroMTS has already prompted other EU Accession States issuers to strive to meet the NewEuroMTS listing criteria in order that they too can reap the benefits afforded by this new Market,” concludes Gianluca Garbi, CEO of EuroMTS. “We are pleased that NewEuroMTS is already contributing to the efficiency and transparency for EU Accession States’ bonds and look forward to continuing to aid in the development of these debt markets, in the same way that EuroMTS has served the eurozone government bond market.”
NewEuroMTS is a market dedicated to the trading of euro-denominated government securities of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia. The NewEuroMTS Market is governed by the EuroMTS Board of Directors, which, under the recommendation of a User Committee, is responsible for defining the rules and framework of the markets. User Committee members are BNP Paribas, CSFB, Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, ING Bank, JP Morgan Chase, Unicredito Banca Mobiliare. The NewEuroMTS Market forms part of EuroMTS. Trading is conducted via the Telematico system. Market Makers on the system are Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, BNP Paribas, Caboto, Citibank, CSFB, Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Goldman Sachs, ING Bank, JP Morgan Chase, KBC, Morgan Stanley, Socit Gnrale, UBS and Unicredito Banca Mobiliare.