Corporate Information

Ownership

The MTS Group is majority owned by London Stock Exchange Group plc.

Click here for a list of MTS shareholding firms.

Board of Directors

A rich combination of technological innovation and financial expertise enables the MTS board of directors to guide the strategic direction of the company.

In addition to representatives from Borsa Italiana, the London Stock Exchange and independent members, the MTS board comprises experts from the following firms:

• JP Morgan

• Barclays Capital

• Deutsche Bank

• HSBC 

• Intesa San Paolo

• Royal Bank of Scotland

Company timeline

1988

• MTS S.p.A – the first electronic bond market – launched by the Italian Treasury and Bank of Italy

1992

• MTS markets start trading on proprietary platform

1994

• Introduction of automated feed and STP from trade to settlement

1997

• MTS launches electronic market for repo transactions

• MTS S.p.A is privatised and begins expansion across Europe

1998

• EuroMTS is created as the reference pan-European benchmark bond platform

2001

• BondVision platform for the buy side launched

• MTS S.p.A merges with EuroMTS

2002

• MTS launches Real-Time Data, Snap-Shot Data and Delayed Data

2003

• First MTS index launches – model publicly available

2007

• LSE acquires MTS majority shareholding

2008

• MTS Reference Data launched

• Creation of EuroMTS AAA Government Index

2009

• Jack Jeffery appointed as CEO

2010

• Key upgrades to MTS Cash – MidPrice and Striker - and BondVision functionalities – Single Dealer Pages and MultiLeg

2011

• MTS Credit corporate bond market launches

• MTS launches Gilt market

• MTS expands to Hungary and Czech Republic bringing the country coverage to 17