Portfolio trading

When not to use portfolio trading

Portfolio trading cannot please all of the people all of the time. The success of portfolio trading (PT) as a protocol has taken bond markets...

Analysis: Electronic trading across US and European bond markets

Electronic trading of US credit erupted in May 2024, according to analysis of the US credit market by Coalition Greenwich. It found that investment...

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...

Bigger / smaller: What sizes are optimal for electronic trading?

Credit trading has been transformed by evolving electronic execution, which has allowed buy-side desks to express investment ideas in to the market using more...

MarketAxess industry viewpoint

Comparing portfolio trading and list RFQ TCA By Gio Accurso, Grant Lowensohn and Jessica Hung, MarketAxess Highlights and objectives The MarketAxess Research team investigates any key...

Port in a storm: Asian international bond markets resilient amid volatility

Volatile interest rates, a fractious geopolitical landscape, and rumbles in the Chinese property sector. Despite these headwinds, the international bond markets in Asia were...

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....

FILS USA: How can high yield be traded efficiently in a risk off environment?

Banks are stepping back from taking risk in high yield trading. Trading in a risk-off environment in normal circumstances can be challenging as spreads...