Tag: MarketAxess
Fund managers report more certainty in EM than in developed markets
The key takeaway from the first plenary session at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit in Amsterdam was clear; in 2026, uncertainty has become a...
FILS EU 2025: Traders need to take control of their future
While the European and UK consolidated tape fiascos are dominating gossip around the Fixed income Leaders Summit in Amsterdam, other big themes are clearly...
European credit trades size up 15% year on year Q3
European credit trades keep getting larger. The notional blended trade size for Investment grade and high yield European credit was €786k in September 2025...
Trumid’s US electronic credit volume in sight of MarketAxess’ and Tradeweb’s
US electronic credit activity accelerated in September as primary-market heavy issuance spilled into secondary trading. On FINRA’s TRACE tape, combined US investment-grade and high-yield...
What’s up EM?
Emerging market volumes have jumped in September, hitting levels not seen since April 2025, when the US trade taxes on imported goods from every...
High yield market makers comfortable with risk
European bond traders are seeing average trade sizes expanding in September while bid ask spreads lower to the bottom end of their range as...
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...
Price volatility in credit
We saw a big drop in average bid-ask spreads (>7%) for US investment grade (IG) last week, possibly a response to the massive levels...
MarketAxess reclaims electronic credit trading crown in quiet market
US electronic credit activity eased sharply in August. On FINRA’s TRACE tape, combined US investment-grade (IG) and high-yield (HY) average daily volume (ADV) came...
Credit futures see OI and ADV increase more than sevenfold YoY
The adoption of credit futures as a mainstream credit trading vehicle is broadening across venues and currencies: US$ iBoxx total return based futures traded...
