Tangible returns from bond trade automation
Adoption of automated trading continues apace across several bond markets and within different grades of instrument. Gareth Coltman, global head of automation at MarketAxess,...
Meet the consolidated tape contenders
Europe’s development of a consolidated tape for trading data now has clear front runners and benefits.
Three firms have confirmed they will compete to be...
MarketAxess rides all-to-all and volume growth to record revenues in Q1
Bond market operator MarketAxess has reported Q1 2021 revenues of US$195.5 million, up 16% on the previous year and a company record. While Q1...
The credit trading processes you really should have automated by now…
Automation has historically been highly challenging in corporate bond markets for several reasons, but traders say some parts of the workflow ‘ought’ to be...
Why Europe’s electronic credit trading is accelerating
The level of electronic trading in European corporate bond markets has overtaken the US, according to analysis from firms including Propellant and Coalition Greenwich....
November’s bumper month for fixed income e-trading
Electronic trading platforms have reported a bumper November for fixed income trading, with CME reporting interest rate average daily volume (ADV) up by 42%;...
Tradeweb reports ADV in June up 35% year-on-year
Tradeweb has reported that its total trading volume for June 2021 reached US$23.1 trillion. Average daily volume (ADV) for the month was US$1.05 trillion,...
FILS USA: The three fierce battles for credit e-trading market share
Electronic trading in US fixed income is hotly contested between Bloomberg, MarketAxess, Tradeweb and Trumid all competing for market share of trading cash bonds...
IRS electronification: 20 years in the making
With the 20th anniversary of Tradeweb’s interest rate swaps (IRS) marketplace around the corner, the firm’s head of US institutional Rates, Bhas Nalabothula, looks...
Coalition Greenwich: US Treasury e-trading volumes hit record in February
US Treasury volumes saw an average daily notional value (ADNV) of US$918 billion in February 2024, Coalition Greenwich’s March Data Spotlight has reported, up...