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A commitment to coverage, network and data, and an aversion to complacency has seen MarketAxess claim the award for Best Secondary Market Trading Platform for Emerging Markets Bonds for the third successive time at this year’s GlobalCapital Bond Awards. We spoke to Dan Burke, the firm’s Global Head of Emerging Markets, about market dynamics, product innovation and the future of secondary bond trading in emerging markets (EM).

A pioneer in sustainable finance, the European Investment Bank (EIB) plays a unique role as both the largest issuer of green bonds and a promoter of best practice in an evolving landscape. As the market is starting to take the new European Green Bond Standard (EuGBS) as a reference, the bank has issued the largest EuGBS-aligned deal to date — a transaction that showcased investor appetite and confidence in the standard’s transformational potential. GlobalCapital spoke to Cyril Rousseau, Director General of the EIB’s Finance Directorate, about the debut deal, the new framework’s significance and the bank’s approach to issuance going forward.