Commentary: Inside the fixed income ETF primary market
By Alex Evangeli
The ecosystem that powers fixed income ETF trading is more complex than the simplicity of trading the product suggests. Behind the...
Emerging market bond liquidity erodes as trade counts fall sharply
Emerging market bond volumes have fallen every quarter of 2026 and trade counts are down by more than a quarter, according to MarketAxess data...
BofA’s Sonali Theisen: Digital Assets Boost Fixed Income Efficiency
Digital assets have the potential to fundamentally reshape institutional markets via 24/7 trading, near-instant settlement, lower capital costs, and programmable infrastructure. As this evolution...
Credit Commentary: Credit calm masks a trillion-dollar AI issuance wave
Credit calm masks a trillion-dollar AI issuance wave
By Janaka Ariyasena, HY Credit Trader and Portfolio Manager. Ex Seaport Europe and Rubrics Asset Management.
Credit markets...
Bloomberg and DirectBooks collaborate on primary market workflows
Bloomberg and DirectBooks have announced a collaboration on automated primary bond market workflows is now live.
The collaboration brings together DirectBooks and TSOX, Bloomberg’s fixed...
Why high yield dealer relationships are (potentially) more valuable
It is no surprise that trading costs are higher in high yield (HY) markets, but data from MarketAxess TraX, which measure activity across bond...
CME: Credit futures surge
Credit futures surge as investors seek capital-efficient risk tools
Credit futures are gaining traction among institutional investors as a capital-efficient way to manage corporate credit...
Repo: Fixed income gets a faster engine
The repo market sits at the heart of the global financial system, yet its efficiency rarely makes headlines outside specialist circles. As a mechanism...
Barclays argues lower capital costs on gilts supports UK borrowing
Barclays has published a report making the case for lowering capital costs to hold UK government debt, in order to lower the costs fo...
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...
