Trading Intentions Survey: Data and protocol innovation are the battlegrounds for credit trading
The 2026 Trading Intentions Survey has found that data is the most hotly-contested field in supporting corporate bond trading today, while analysis of trading...
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Data shows electronic trading has delivered resilience to US markets
The latest data from MarketAxess’s TraX data tool, which follows activity across multiple marketplaces, and its CP+ pricing tool, show that US markets, particularly...
MTS: Clarity, not just transparency, on bond trading costs
How bond trading platforms are redefining cost efficiency in European fixed income
The cost of trading bonds has long been an opaque and contested arena....
Roundtable debate: Can the market electronify block trades?
The efficiency of electronic trading has trade-offs for blocks based on information disclosure, leakage and trust.
Electronifying execution of larger bond orders is the ‘holy...
Competition in US Treasury clearing could sustain vicious exchange battle
The bitter competition between FMX and the CME, for trading of US Treasuries and Treasury futures, could enter an accelerated phase as new clearing...
Tradeweb and MarketAxess beat TRACE growth in November
US electronic credit activity firmed in November. On FINRA’s TRACE tape, combined US investment-grade and high-yield average daily volume (ADV) rose to US$57.8 billion,...
Milei’s victory saw Argentinian debt traders reach for rapid risk transfer
In late October 2025, Argentine President Javier Milei’s party, La Libertad Avanza, scored a decisive win, in the country’s midterm elections, a political triumph...
Argentina’s battle for control
Argentina’s bond markets have been notoriously challenging for investors. Twenty years after the country underwent a major debt restructuring, and just five years after...
What Mexico’s vol risk means for trading LatAm bonds
In Latin American (LatAm) markets, economic volatility may transfer into market volatility – most notably in Mexico.
In order to manage risk and seize opportunities...
Traders welcome India’s bond e-trading evolution as regulator shows teeth
The Indian bond market provides a conundrum for investment traders, who fight to gain access to liquidity and pricing information on behalf of their...
