Barnes-on-Bonds

Reviewing 2022: European credit trading costs have doubled

There have been an enormous number of factors shaking up bond trading this year. From fixed income fundamentals like rapidly rising interest rates from...

Analysis: E-trading platforms see gains and losses in corporate bond market battle

Morgan Stanley analysis of the monthly reports from market operators Tradeweb and MarketAxess, has shown wins and losses in market share for both platforms. Looking...

All I want for Christmas, is trading analytics

Traders would do well to run close analysis over their European trading activity this month, as data from MarketAxess Trax, which tracks trading across...

Liberty Street Economics asks: How Is the corporate bond market functioning as rates rise?

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s market structure and macro analysts, Liberty Street economics, has examined how corporate bond market functioning has withstood...

Invesco’s 2023 Fixed income outlook: ‘A promising year after a painful selloff’

Invesco has published its outlook for fixed income markets in 2023, noting that valuations now look more attractive, and yields are higher than they...

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...

Absorbing Gilt

The year after next, the UK is set to issue £305 billion gilts to support the government’s spending programme. The high level of issuance...

Unlocking Liquidity for the U.S. Treasury Markets

Unlocking Liquidity for the U.S. Treasury Markets By MarketAxess | 22 November 2022 Advocating for all-to-all trading has always been the MarketAxess way, but lately, it...