Low volatility hits Q2 MarketAxess earnings
Bond market operator, MarketAxess, reported revenues of US$176.3 million in the second quarter of 2021, down 4.6% against Q2 2020.
“Second quarter results were heavily...
ICE sees $35 billion in AUM switched to its indices during H1 2021
Market and infrastructure operator Intercontinental Exchange has reported strong growth in its index business in the first half of 2021. This was driven by...
Tradeweb poaches Dan Cleaves to lead Dealerweb CLOB
Market operator Tradeweb has appointed Dan Cleaves, the former CEO of Brokertec Americas, as a managing director in its Dealerweb wholesale unit.
He said, “The...
June sees European bond volume bounce back
European volumes in sovereign bonds traded in the secondary market continued to bounce back to its near 18-month peak, according to MarketAxess data, with...
CME Group’s international rates ADV up 42% in Q2
Market operator and infrastructure provider CME Group has reported its international average daily volume (ADV) reached 5.1 million contracts in Q2 2021, up 6%...
Tradeweb announces first fully electronic SOFR swap spread trade
Market operator Tradeweb reports it has completed the first fully electronic institutional Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) swap spread trade. BlackRock and JP Morgan...
Tradeweb reports ADV in June up 35% year-on-year
Tradeweb has reported that its total trading volume for June 2021 reached US$23.1 trillion. Average daily volume (ADV) for the month was US$1.05 trillion,...
MarketAxess adds directional and currency functionality to portfolio trading
Bond market operator MarketAxess has added new portfolio trading functionality to its platform, to better integrate with a full suite of trading solutions.
The MarketAxess...
Industry viewpoint: Fabrizio Testa, MTS
Innovation in the age of electronic fixed income trading.
Fabrizio Testa, CEO of MTS
What trends have characterised the bond markets that MTS facilitates over the last year?
The...
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,...
