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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...

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....

Credit under pressure: What gives?

If interest rates go up, economic growth becomes strained and business conditions worsen, stress on the corporate bond and private credit markets will increase....

Beating increased trading costs in the 2-year Treasury

Two-year Treasury volatility has jumped in March, as yields rose rapidly, reflecting weakening confidence in future rate cuts being made by the US Federal...