Month-end activity in alternative protocols
By Misha Girshfeld, Research Specialist and Grant Lowensohn, Senior Research Analyst at MarketAxess. 25 October, 2022
Highlights
We have seen an average increase of about 11%...
Case Study
Axess IQTM: The eyes and ears of the market
Over the past twelve months, MarketAxess in partnership with Insigneo rolled out a pilot program to put...
Trading for Trees
In 2019 MarketAxess launched their “Trading for Trees” program, under which five trees are planted by One Tree Planted, a partner charitable organization, for...
Comparing Corporate Bond Liquidity Across Regions
By Grant Lowensohn and Hidde Verholt.
Highlights
The US corporate bond market offers a significantly greater number of ISINs with high daily trade counts than other...
The Loan Lowdown: Volatility’s impact on Leveraged Loans
Howard Cohen, Head of Leveraged Loans at MarketAxess.
Since early April, the leveraged loan market has trended in one direction. Risk assets have continued to...
Tangible returns from bond trade automation
Adoption of automated trading continues apace across several bond markets and within different grades of instrument. Gareth Coltman, global head of automation at MarketAxess,...
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,...
White-paper summary: Filling the liquidity gap in bond index construction
Industry viewpoint: State Street Global Advisors SPDR® and MarketAxess
The success of ETFs in supporting bond market liquidity has been marred by a gap in...
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...
Research: ETFs worsen fixed income liquidity in a crisis
An academic paper has argued that fixed income exchange traded funds (ETFs) “improve bond liquidity in general, but worsen it in periods of large...