G EXPLORE MARKET MAKING • EXPLORE

RE MARKET MAKING • EXPLORE MAKET MA

What we do

Market makers are mathematicians, technologists, data scientists, operations experts and researchers who harness the latest trading technologies to serve a unique role in European financial markets.

Share via:

Your content goes here. Edit or remove this text inline or in the module Content settings. You can also style every aspect of this content in the module Design settings and even apply custom CSS to this text in the module Advanced settings.

Your content goes here. Edit or remove this text inline or in the module Content settings. You can also style every aspect of this content in the module Design settings and even apply custom CSS to this text in the module Advanced settings.

Your content goes here. Edit or remove this text inline or in the module Content settings. You can also style every aspect of this content in the module Design settings and even apply custom CSS to this text in the module Advanced settings.

Your content goes here. Edit or remove this text inline or in the module Content settings. You can also style every aspect of this content in the module Design settings and even apply custom CSS to this text in the module Advanced settings.

Your content goes here. Edit or remove this text inline or in the module Content settings. You can also style every aspect of this content in the module Design settings and even apply custom CSS to this text in the module Advanced settings.

Your content goes here. Edit or remove this text inline or in the module Content settings. You can also style every aspect of this content in the module Design settings and even apply custom CSS to this text in the module Advanced settings.

Your content goes here. Edit or remove this text inline or in the module Content settings. You can also style every aspect of this content in the module Design settings and even apply custom CSS to this text in the module Advanced settings.

Your content goes here. Edit or remove this text inline or in the module Content settings. You can also style every aspect of this content in the module Design settings and even apply custom CSS to this text in the module Advanced settings.

Your content goes here. Edit or remove this text inline or in the module Content settings. You can also style every aspect of this content in the module Design settings and even apply custom CSS to this text in the module Advanced settings.

Your content goes here. Edit or remove this text inline or in the module Content settings. You can also style every aspect of this content in the module Design settings and even apply custom CSS to this text in the module Advanced settings.

Your content goes here. Edit or remove this text inline or in the module Content settings. You can also style every aspect of this content in the module Design settings and even apply custom CSS to this text in the module Advanced settings.

Your content goes here. Edit or remove this text inline or in the module Content settings. You can also style every aspect of this content in the module Design settings and even apply custom CSS to this text in the module Advanced settings.

Your content goes here. Edit or remove this text inline or in the module Content settings. You can also style every aspect of this content in the module Design settings and even apply custom CSS to this text in the module Advanced settings.

Your content goes here. Edit or remove this text inline or in the module Content settings. You can also style every aspect of this content in the module Design settings and even apply custom CSS to this text in the module Advanced settings.

Your content goes here. Edit or remove this text inline or in the module Content settings. You can also style every aspect of this content in the module Design settings and even apply custom CSS to this text in the module Advanced settings.

What is Market Making?

Watch our industry leaders introducing what market making is and how society benefits from our presence.

What we do

Market makers play an active and additive role in Europe’s financial markets.

By providing liquidity to investors where it may not be readily available, we help to create fair prices that benefit all investors. From banks and asset managers to regular savers and pension holders.

Market makers embrace innovative technologies that can help us respond to market needs. 

We are always actively present in financial markets, so that those who rely on us can better manage their investments and risks.  

By adding diversity and competition to Europe’s financial markets, market makers help other market participants to achieve their goals quickly and at the best price so that businesses, governments and citizens can thrive. 

82%
of asset managers see liquidity providers as an important part of the market eco-structure.
82%

“Available evidence shows that market making may have several beneficial effects on markets.”

– FIA EPTA Report: Liquidity
in times of covid
Vanguard estimates that the shift from to today’s automated market structure reduces trading costs for institutional investors by
35-60%
“Transaction costs have fallen for both retail and institutional traders, mostly due to changes in trading market structure which are related closely to the development of market making.”
– FIA EPTA Report: Liquidity
in times of covid

Our Impact

Governments & economies

We help economies grow and flourish by enabling listed companies to raise capital and by creating cohesion across EU capital markets.

Find out more

Supporting the green recovery & transition

We play an active role in supporting the green transition by enabling and shaping the growth of sustainable finance.

Find out more

International financial systems (governance)

We help maintain stable and resilient financial markets through a strong commitment to innovation and continuous improvement.

Find out more

Institutional & retail investors

We enable investment managers to adjust their portfolios, pursue their trading and investment strategies, and manage their risk at low cost and with ease.

Find out more

Businesses

We help to create a market environment where businesses can grow through IPOs, corporate bonds and new products.

Find out more

Who we are

We are market makers | The people behind the algorithms. The innovators behind the code.

We are experienced | We started out as traders on the floors of the stock exchanges
in New York, Paris and London.
We are innovators | We saw an opportunity to bring new benefits to financial markets through digital innovation
We are agile | We recognised we could act faster than traditional financial services firms.
We are additive | By providing liquidity, greater diversity and competition
we help to create fairer prices for all.
We are progressive | We only trade our own capital, which means we’re entrepreneurial and forward-looking.

FIA EPTA survey: Half of European market makers provide liquidity in ESG products

by | Mar 17, 2023 | Reports | 0 Comments

Around half of European market-making firms surveyed by FIA European Principal Traders Association (FIA EPTA) are actively providing liquidity in ESG financial...

Sustainable Finance Paper I: “Enabling the Transition”

by | Nov 2, 2022 | Blogs,Reports | 0 Comments

FIA EPTA members are committed to supporting the transition towards a greener and more sustainable financial services sector that supports the common goals of net...

Delivering on sustainability goals requires a move away from traditional investment approaches

by | Aug 11, 2022 | Articles | 0 Comments

Piebe Teeboom, Secretary General of the European Principal Trades Association (FIA EPTA), details the findings of a new report on sustainable finance from the...

Redefining Value in ESG – Download The Report

by | Jun 7, 2022 | Reports | 0 Comments

Growing public appetite for more sustainable investment is being held back by traditional approaches to investment – a new study of global asset managers reveals....

Time To Move Away From Traditional Investment Approaches If We Want To Deliver Sustainability Goals – New Report Of Global Asset Managers

by | Jun 7, 2022 | Press releases | 0 Comments

New report reveals need for a broader concept of ‘value’ – which requires new ways to manage the ‘myriad of data’ and ensure trust in ESG assets. GROWING public...

Research Results on Payment For Order Flow Couldn’t Be Clearer: EU Must Ensure a Level Playing Field to Protect Retail Investors

by | Mar 16, 2022 | Articles | 0 Comments

FIA EPTA has been clear from the start: Payment for Order Flow as it is currently practiced in the EU stifles competition and delivers a bad deal for retail...

Meet Marija Puljić, The Next Gen Market Maker

by | Jan 20, 2022 | Blogs | 0 Comments

Tell us a bit more about yourself and the work you currently do.  My name is Marija Puljić. I’m a Croatian currently living in Amsterdam. I work as a research intern at...

Two-thirds of European market makers plan to expand ESG liquidity provision

by | Dec 16, 2021 | Articles | 0 Comments

Market makers see growing demand from investors in ESG exchange-traded funds.More than half (60%) of European market-making firms surveyed by FIA European Principal...

It’s High Time to Build a Truly Integrated EU Capital Market

by | Dec 16, 2021 | Articles | 0 Comments

Hands up if you want up-and-coming European companies to have sufficient access to the money they need to grow and to drive prosperity across the EU?   It’s a no...