Tag: MarketAxess
PT democratisation through better analytics and residual management
By all measures, Portfolio Trading (PT) as a protocol has reached maturity, accounting for 20% to 25% of all US electronic credit trading. We...
US credit volumes drop but trade sizes and costs stay flat
US corporate bond markets have seen volumes drop across investment grade and high yield trading in February 2025, however according to data from MarketAxess...
MarketAxess and DirectBooks offer full-lifecycle management
MarketAxess has partnered with DirectBooks, giving mutual clients access to primary issuance information and workflow tools.
The service is expected to go live in Q2.
The...
Emerging market sovereign traders track bullish metal market
Emerging market (EM) sovereign debt stands apart from other EM asset classes, due to its exceptionally high commodity exposure. For several EM markets, with...
Is Europe’s consolidated tape already shaping trade sizes?
Trade sizes in Europe’s corporate bond markets are aligning across investment grade (IG) and high yield (HY) sectors, while the US markets are still...
E-trading flat as US credit volumes balloon
Electronic trading in US credit showed little movement between 2024 and 2025, hovering just below 50% of investment grade (IG) volumes and remaining at...
European bond trading impacted by 84% of flows to active open-ended funds
European fixed income fund flows remain structurally different from the US, materially affecting trading flows during the day. In 2025, 84% of Europe’s US$422.7bn net inflows went to active open-ended funds. US flows...
Risk-off showing in corporate bond trading costs
The rigid grip on safer assets that investors have taken over the past two weeks has clearly shown in trading costs as bid-ask spreads...
Chowdhury promoted at MarketAxess
Riad Chowdhury has been promoted to head of EMEA and APAC sales at MarketAxess.
Based in Singapore, he will retain his existing responsibilities as head...
How e-trading won bond investors an opportunity in the Venezuelan crisis
The dramatic escalation of Venezuela’s political crisis — culminating in the US military operation that removed Nicolás Maduro from power — has triggered a...
