Under pressure
Secondary markets trading has seen a net trend towards tighter bid-ask spreads for trading across all corporate bond segments in US, Europe and emerging...
Portfolio Trading and price discovery in US IG and HY markets
By Jessica Hung and Chisom Amalunweze
In our PT vs RFQ List White Paper, we found that PT provides superior execution outcomes for illiquid bonds,...
Portfolio trading breaks into new markets
Emerging markets are adopting PT to add efficiency to liquidity sourcing, writes Matt Walters of MarketAxess.
Portfolio trading has seen a lot of success and...
What bouncing US credit volumes tell us in June
Looking at corporate bond trading volumes over the past two weeks, data from MarketAxess appeared to show a recovery since levels plummeted in May...
DCM deals substantially up year-on-year
Total deal size volume for debt capital markets, year-to-date is up 32% on 2023, according to data from Dealogic.
The trend in regional deals has...
Insights and Analysis: Citadel Securities challenges primary market conflicts
A year ago, rumours in the bond markets suggested that Citadel Securities might be planning a move into bond issuance, a move which buy-side...
Picturing uncertainty in a traditionally stable market
Trading numbers in secondary corporate bond markets appear to reflect anecdotal reports of volatility bursts, as political false starts impact the reading of major...
This! Is! What! Liquidity! Looks! Like!
In the past quarter, the average daily notional traded for US Treasuries was 99.5% of the total value of securities issued in the same...
Tradeweb and MarketAxess see credit volumes increase over 25% in December
Market operators MarketAxess and Tradeweb have released their December trading levels, with both seeing a monthly increase of 25% in credit trading average daily...
Craig McLeod: Exploring the new frontiers of EM trading
Today’s EM traders need more data, market access and broader liquidity than ever before to meet the investment profiles of their portfolios. Craig McLeod,...
