Pre-Trade data strategy: Optimizing protocol selection in European Credit
By Chris Egan & Aria Pattinson-Spiers: A decision that clients often face is which trading route to take—a high touch or low touch approach....
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...
Does this year start with the smallest trades ever?
Trading activity in European bond markets at the start of 2024 has had the highest trade count of the past three years by some...
Electronification of US credit delivers resilience
The electronification of the US corporate bond markets has demonstrated that its improved efficiency has strengthened depth of liquidity provision, rather than made it...
Enhanced execution through automation
Andrew Cameron, Automation Solutions at MarketAxess, discusses the benefits of automation in trading.
Automation technologies have revolutionised so many aspects of our lives that it’s...
European debt is standing up for primary markets
Global debt capital market (DCM) deal count year-to-date is down 5% year on year, according to Dealogic data. However, the local market pictures present...
Will primary market tools fragment new issuance instead of standardising it?
Research by The DESK has found that buy-side traders have adopted a range of primary market tools to help them increase their efficiency at...
Axess All Prints: Real-time trade-level transparency for EU & UK markets
MarketAxess reveals how it has enhanced its original EU & UK trade tape, Axess All, to deliver a new level of transparency for clients and...
Analysing the split between US and EU investment grade trade sizes
Recent reports that high yield (HY) trades are increasing in size and investment grade (IG) are shrinking, have ignored the year-on-year growth of European...
The UK’s inflation-linked notes getting snapped up
Data from Parameta, the TP ICAP company data and analytics provider, shows the five-year breakeven inflation rate for the UK, which represents a measure...














