Bid-ask spreads see double-digit tightening in early 2025

Bid-ask spreads see double-digit tightening in early 2025

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Analysis of MarketAxess’s CP+ data, which analyses composite trading costs based on traded bonds, has found that bid-ask-spreads have tightened by double digit percentages...
Competition for debt issuance fierce as activity remains

Competition for debt issuance fierce as activity remains

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Primary debt markets are likely to be a major revenue earner for dealers facing tighter margins in secondary bond markets. Issuance has started strongly...
MarketAxess: bringing transparency to the muni marketplace with AI-powered pricing

MarketAxess: bringing transparency to the muni marketplace with AI-powered pricing

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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...
China government bond issuance reducing transparency of total social finance

China government bond issuance reducing transparency of total social finance

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Understanding state support for the economy in China can be measured across several dynamics, but debt provision to the non-financial private sector, known as...
Is Europe being punished for slower e-trading adoption?

Is Europe being punished for slower e-trading adoption?

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The liquidity shortfall, expected at the end of the year, is traditionally triggered by dealers’ reluctance to make markets when their risk positions are...
DCM deals substantially up year-on-year

DCM deals substantially up year-on-year

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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...
Trade sizes rise in Europe, fall in US

Trade sizes rise in Europe, fall in US

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The end of 2024 indicates is seeing quite different changes to trade sizes in the corporate bond markets of Europe and the US, according...
Moody’s: Short-term refinancing to grow in 2025

Moody’s: Short-term refinancing to grow in 2025

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A report from rating agency Moody’s, has found that the proportion of US non-financial investment-grade corporate bonds needing refinancing within five years has grown...
Visualising aggressive pricing pressure on trading costs

Visualising aggressive pricing pressure on trading costs

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Analysing year-to-date volume and trade number data from MarketAxess’s TraX database for US credit, and correlating it with the weekly average MarketAxess CP+ bid-ask...
The election effect: Issuance in an election year

The election effect: Issuance in an election year

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Looking at Dealogic data for debt issuance over the past four year tenures of US presidents, it is notable how much the macro picture,...

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