| The world’s largest sovereign investor wants to curtail the big banks’ hold over bond trading. The $860 billion Norwegian sovereign-wealth fund is backing the European Union’s campaign to bring transparency to the bond market and make debt trade more like stocks.
The fund says the current setup -- where investors call a bank to get a price -- is dysfunctional and should be fixed by forcing the banks to publish their prices. The fund will make reform of Europe’s debt markets one of its priorities, according to Oeyvind Schanke, its chief investment officer for asset strategies. It’s easy to see why...............................................Full Article: Source
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