Emerging market bonds issuance and returns grow
This week we examine the very directional movements of emerging markets (EM) assets under management (AUM), due to investment flows and growing issuance. With...
Chart of the week: Get in early
Access to primary bond markets has been a headline topic for buy-side traders over the last four years. As issuance volumes have grown, rising...
European liquidity costs remain high after April shock
Bond markets are beginning to settle on both sides of the Atlantic after the shock of Liberation Day and various amendments to tariff policies...
European credit – get it while it’s hot!
Bid ask spreads in European investment grade (IG) credit trading have fallen substantially over the past month, based on data from MarketAxess’s CP+ composite...
DLT – What is the value in primary markets?
A recent study prepared on behalf of the Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA) by Boston Consulting Group, Cravath, Swaine, and Moore LLP, and Clifford...
Germany’s rates market comfort
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...
Credit trades’ double-figure yearly growth proves liquidity dividend
The gradual growth in trade sizes for European corporate bond trades is made clear in the latest MarketAxess TraX data comparison for data from...
MarketAxess: bringing transparency to the muni marketplace with AI-powered pricing
Julien Alexandre, Global Head of Research and Daniel Kelly, Head of Municipal Securities at MarketAxess
CP+, our AI-powered algorithmic pricing engine for the global credit...
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...
Illiquidity creeps up in US credit… will e-trading save the day?
Looking at data on US credit markets, taken from MarketAxess Trax, which tracks trading across multiple markets and counterparties, investment grade trading volumes have been...
