This is the Bondcast interview with Chris Egan of MarketAxess, to discuss the barriers to engagement in block trading today for dealers, and how the electronification of the process can enable greater participation from traditional market makers, what impact that will have upon the liquidity provision capabilities, and the benefit that buy-side traders can expect to see in tighter bid-ask spreads for larger sized blocks of bonds.
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