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Bid-ask spreads drop 25% on average in many markets

Bid-ask spreads drop 25% on average in many markets

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The cost of liquidity as measured by the bid-ask spread in bond trading has fallen by approximately 25% since the start of the year,...
Great Expectations (on rate cuts)

Great Expectations (on rate cuts)

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The latest BofA Global Fund Manager Survey has found that 76% of respondents expect two or more Fed cuts in 2024 versus 8% who...
MarketAxess industry viewpoint

MarketAxess industry viewpoint

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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...
High yield bond issuance relative to liquidity

High yield bond issuance relative to liquidity

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A report by the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has found that primary issuance of European high yield (HY) bonds in 2023...
Volumes drop off as Q1 ends, but liquidity still cheap

Volumes drop off as Q1 ends, but liquidity still cheap

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A broad decline of trading volumes across European & US corporate bond and emerging market debt trading coincided with end of the first quarter...
European investment grade seeing smaller, cheaper trades

European investment grade seeing smaller, cheaper trades

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European investment grade bond traders are seeing a falling bid-ask spread, and a rising trade count since the start of 2024, according to MarketAxess’s...
Issuing at the top of the market

Issuing at the top of the market

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The high levels of bond issuance this year, made at what is widely expected to be peak interest rates, are potentially building up high...
AFME and IA agree on UK consolidated bond tape

AFME and IA agree on UK consolidated bond tape

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The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has reached an agreement with the Investment Association (IA) on a proposal for a future UK...
What is driving down EM trading costs?

What is driving down EM trading costs?

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Analysis of trade size and bid-ask spread data from MarketAxess’s CP+ pricing feed and Trax market data, which tracks activity across markets, indicates that...
Germany’s rates market comfort

Germany’s rates market comfort

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Germany’s government bond market is in rude health, according to the latest analysis of sovereign debt by Andy Hill, director at the International Capital...

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