MarketAxess industry viewpoint
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By Gio Accurso, Grant Lowensohn and Jessica Hung, MarketAxess
Highlights and objectives
The MarketAxess Research team investigates any key...
The Tenth Annual Trading Intentions Survey
Key parts of bond market electronification are still up for contention, with stiff competition across pre-trade, primary and secondary market services.
In 2024 The DESK...
Research Profile: Neptune
In the 2024 Trading Intentions Survey, 53% of respondents reported being users of Neptune’s electronic axe distribution platform, with 24% counting themselves ‘major users’,...
Industry viewpoint: Optimising the data pipeline for buy-side trading desks
Buy-side bond traders can enhance execution through a flexible data offering.
The DESK spoke with Mark Heckert, ICE’s Chief Operating Officer of Fixed Income and...
Balancing short and long term liquidity provision
Best execution on a trade-by-trade basis is too simplistic a measure of liquidity provision; The DESK looks at best practice for longer term liquidity...
Research Profile: DirectBooks
The electronification of primary bond markets is a priority for buy-side firms this year, and DirectBooks, originally formed by a consortium of nine global...
Buy side hails positive development of STP for bond issuance
Risk warning lights flashing on buy-side trading desks could be assuaged thanks to industry collaboration on primary markets.
It seems incongruous that the 50-year old...
Cboe Credit Index Futures: The expanding liquidity picture
As buy-side firms look to increase their exposure to credit futures, market operators find ways to support access.
The DESK spoke with David Litchfield, director...
Industry viewpoint: Automation – the road ahead
The DESK talks with Steve Toland, co-Founder of TransFICC about developments in fixed income workflow automation, what factors are driving this and why this...
Industry viewpoint: AiEX opens new chapter for trading in APAC
Laurent Ischi, Head of APAC Automation, Tradeweb
When it comes to the increased adoption of electronic trading in interest rate swaps and other derivatives products,...
