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Danske Bank Joins BondVision As 25th Dealer

Date 19/08/2003

BondVision today announced Danske Bank as the 25th Dealer to join the platform, further advancing its position in the Dealer-to-Client market. The increasing number of Dealers continues to enhance the depth and quality of prices available to BondVision clients.

Danske Bank, a leading financial institution in Scandinavia, is the first Nordic Dealer on the system, and signals the strategy of BondVision and the MTS Group to expand into the Nordic markets and to introduce the trading of non-euro denominated securities.

Steen Blaafalk, Executive Vice President of Danske Bank said: "We are pleased to join BondVision and we are confident to further contribute to the expansion of the platform in Scandinavia. BondVision represents a strategic and cost effective e-trading tool for our clients, improving their trading and post-trading activity."

Lorenzo Pelizzola, Market Director of BondVision said: "The joining of Danske Bank reinforces our commitment to offer BondVision clients with the widest pool of liquidity providers across Europe, complementing our continuing drive to address the needs of the buy side community, not only in accessing depth and liquidity, but in trading efficiently and transparently. By providing ever-improving functionalities, additional products and Dealers, we have seen our client base grow by 110% in the past year.

BondVision offers investors the unique opportunity to access the exceptional concentration of bond market liquidity on MTS, the leading electronic market for European fixed income. In addition to offering the widest pool of fixed income products, BondVision supports FIX and allows for full Straight-Through-Processing (STP). Clients access and trade on BondVision free of charge.