MarketAxess: New trading protocols are expanding, not cannibalising, liquidity
MarketAxess has reported its second highest level of quarterly revenue and credit trading volume, as well as a record total trading volume in Q1...
Building a Better Credit RFQ
By Iseult E.A. Conlin, CFA, Managing Director, U.S. Cash Credit, Tradeweb.
Tradeweb Credit is breaking records in 2021, especially in electronic RFQ. Whether it’s total volumes,...
TP ICAP launches MATCHBOOK ReBalance, announces Q3 results
TP ICAP, the interdealer broker and market infrastructure provider, has launched MATCHBOOK ReBalance, a new electronic trading solution that aims to reduce residual risks...
Viewpoint: A deep, broad stream of data
Deutsche Börse is quenching the thirst of innovators with a flow of data from source, reaching across assets and markets.
Anya van den Berg, vice...
September ADV: E-trading platforms see volumes soar
Fixed income platforms saw their average daily volume (ADV) in September reach record highs with MarketAxess witnessing a 52% increase compared to September last...
Key trends in fixed income trading
By Matt Murphy, T. Rowe Price & Venky Vemparala, FlexTrade
As fixed income trading desks cope with multiple trading protocols, venues, and vast data sets...
Controversy as buy side forces U-turn on US liquidity rule
By Jonathan Weitzmann.
The liquidity risk management financial rule (Rule 22e-4) was approved on 28 June 2018 by US regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission...
Tourist traps in the credit market
Dipping in and out of credit markets can reduce the value of investments for the non-specialist, but also for more experienced investors.
In their 2014...
Origination: Issuer profile – BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas was the largest bond issuer in Europe in Q2 2025, with €7 billion of debt placed in the market. In total it...
Is the price right?
Transparent assessment of bond prices is a cornerstone of trust between investment managers and end investors. Chris Hall investigates.
Pricing in fixed income markets is...
Bloomberg completes first F-TIIE swap transaction in Mexico
Bloomberg’s Swap Execution Facility (SEF) has completed the first electronically traded TIIE de Fondeo (F-TIIE) swap transaction on BSEF, its swap execution facility.
The transaction...
Research: ETFs worsen fixed income liquidity in a crisis
An academic paper has argued that fixed income exchange traded funds (ETFs) “improve bond liquidity in general, but worsen it in periods of large...
