New issuance drives up secondary selling

New issuance drives up secondary selling

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News that high yield (HY) issuance has fallen in Europe may be of little consolation to investment grade investors, as new data from MarketAxess...
Barnes on Bonds: Secondary Gilt Trip

Barnes on Bonds: Secondary Gilt Trip

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To look at the whipsaw effect of the UK’s 23 September mini-budget on secondary UK bond trading, we have taken data from MarketAxess TraX,...
Emerging markets trading costs threaten to rise

Emerging markets trading costs threaten to rise

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Emerging market bond traders will see trading costs rising as volumes begin to decline. According to MarketAxess data from its CP+ pricing tool and...
China Focus: The secondary effect of defaults

China Focus: The secondary effect of defaults

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The bid-ask spread for bonds in China’ property market has expanded by 300% this year, although even more so for Evergrande which increased by...
Control is the best defence

Control is the best defence

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By Chris Roberts | 29 May 2024 With a growing level of scrutiny coming from European Regulatory bodies about the quality of data reporting, firms...
Trading for Trees: Giving back through trading green bonds

Trading for Trees: Giving back through trading green bonds

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Since its inception, the MarketAxess “Trading for Trees” initiative has helped to plant over 385,000 trees across a range of biodiversity, climate stability and...
The implication of falling US HY Issuance

The implication of falling US HY Issuance

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Anecdotally, we hear that new issuance of high yield bonds in European markets directly impacted secondary market liquidity. Looking at the latest data from...
Same trading costs, different year

Same trading costs, different year

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The new year has seen trading volumes drop back to a similar level as seen in early January 2022, but in European credit, bid-ask...
Trade size disparity in US credit speaks volumes about balance sheet

Trade size disparity in US credit speaks volumes about balance sheet

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Analysis of trading activity in the US corporate bond market shows that investment grade (IG) bonds are seeing greater moves towards larger order sizes...
Splinters of a market

Splinters of a market

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While liquidity in US investment grade (IG) markets has been holding up relatively well, MarketAxess data shows us that the past month has seen...

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