Tag: MarketAxess
Credit: January sees largest average daily notional for US corporate bonds
January 2024 saw the largest single volume day and largest average daily notional volume (ADNV) month ever for US corporate bonds.
$75 billion of investment...
Emerging markets trading costs threaten to rise
Emerging market bond traders will see trading costs rising as volumes begin to decline. According to MarketAxess data from its CP+ pricing tool and...
Bloomberg tops ESMA’s bond venue report for ISIN count in Q4...
The European and Securities Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its report on the highest volume traded for individual bonds, tracked by International Securities Identification...
Bond market venues tussle over market share amid volumes surge
Fixed income trading venues have reaped the rewards of rising trading volumes, but a highly competitive landscape is having an impact on market share.
Market...
Tighter spreads, bigger trades
Credit markets have largely seen tightening bid-ask spreads since the start of the year on both sides of the Atlantic – some segments more...
The big issue
Corporate bond issuance has boomed at the start of 2024, at a point when rates are peaking. They may not be that high in...
MarketAxess claims X-Pro boosts trader efficiency by 20%
MarketAxess has presented its new X-Pro trading interface as delivering a significant efficiency boost to bond traders.
Speaking with analysts on the firm’s Q4 2023...
What is behind the falling cost of IG liquidity?
The bid-ask spreads in credit trading across the Europe and US have fallen dramatically in the first three weeks of 2024, relative to the...
Systematic, hydromatic; can credit get as fast as greased lightning?
Some investment firms have claimed they can fully systematise credit trading by 2025, The DESK investigates.
Investment managers and banks are rapidly adopting systematic approaches...
Forging new paths in fintech
MarketAxess’s head of business development for post-trade, Camille McKelvey discusses her personal journey, and the path to leadership for women in capital markets.
Camille McKelvey is...
