Bloomberg surveyed 499 financial professionals who work on the sell-side at the end of July 2020. Nearly all who completed the anonymous online survey were Bloomberg customers. The survey's regional representation had 32% coming from the U.S. and Canada; 31% from Europe, the Middle East and Africa; 24% from the Asia-Pacific region; and 14% from Latin America. Most of the participants worked for investment banks (43%) or commercial banks (30%). The vast majority of respondents were either traders (39%) or worked in sales roles (38%).