Analysis of 50 decision makers attending the FIX EMEA conference in London on 6 March 2025 found that the decline of Europe and the UK’s capital markets was the single greatest concern across all demographics for equity market participants, but a near non-issue in fixed income markets where addressable liquidity saw more concern across different groups of market participants.
For equity market experts, between 20-25% of buy-side, sell-side, proprietary trading and tech vendor respondents cited the decline of Europe and UK vs the US and the rest of the world as keeping them up at night, making it the most consistent concern across all groups. This was even greater for consultants at nearly 33%.