Event: Capital markets: Making the ecosystem tick

The ETF wrapper passed another stress test during the coronavirus turmoil with capital markets teams playing a crucial role in keeping ETF spreads narrow and ensuring authorised participants continued to make markets.

Structural issues in the secondary market remain however. Fragmentation problems in Europe continue to be a headache for the ecosystem while investors are crying out for a consolidated tape to be brought to market.

This live discussion took a closer look at the steps being taken to improve market structure and ensure ETFs trade as efficiently as possible.