MTS S.p.A., founded in 1988 and privatised in 1997, was the first electronic market for government bonds.

MTS S.p.A., a regulated Market, provides wholesale electronic trading of Italian government bonds and other types of fixed income securities. MTS S.p.A. is supervised by the Italian Ministry of the Economy and Finance, Bank of Italy and CONSOB.

MTS S.p.A. is the founding member of the MTS Group of companies, which today spans Europe with average trading volumes of up to €90 billion a day. The majority of shares in the Company are owned by Borsa Italiana (60.37%). Major international financial institutions hold the remaining shares.

The Fourth MTS Conference on Financial Markets
The Organization and Performace of Fixed-Income Markets

As the global fixed-income market continues to develop, MTS goes on to recognise the benefits that result from study, discussion and analysis. To that end, MTS was pleased to host the Fourth Conference on Financial Markets, held in Rome, Italy, from 13th to 14th December, 2007.
The conference was the fourth of a regular series of MTS conferences and focused on research that addressed the organization and performance of Fixed-Income Markets. More information is available here.