Greater competition between the providers of electronic inter-dealer platforms for fixed income products in Europe looks more likely than consolidation in the near future. The providers of these systems say diversification will continue to sustain these different systems. This is despite the agreement earlier this month between two internet, dealer-to-customer systems, Bondclick and BondVision, to merge, prompted by the high crossover of shareholders shared by the two entities.

BondVision, which is due to launch next month, will now be integrated with the technology built by Bondclick, which went live in February.