Low volatility hits Q2 MarketAxess earnings
Bond market operator, MarketAxess, reported revenues of US$176.3 million in the second quarter of 2021, down 4.6% against Q2 2020.
June sees European bond volume bounce back
European volumes in sovereign bonds traded in the secondary market continued to bounce back to its near 18-month peak, according to MarketAxess data, with a total volume ...
Technology: Can the EMS become a desktop trading venue?
Direct streaming of dealer prices could allow traders to bypass third party venues, if their desktop systems can be used to execute direct streams from dealers.
Tangible returns from bond trade automation
Adoption of automated trading continues apace across several bond markets and within different grades of instrument. Gareth Coltman, global head of automation at ...
Fixed income e-trading in review with Burton-Taylor
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Sub-2bps bid-ask spreads in US IG are below pre-crisis levels
The US investment grade (IG) credit market is seeing very tight bid-ask spreads in 2021, according to the Composite Plus (CP+) data supplied by MarketAxess. It has found ...
MarketAxess: The Open Trading inquiry orderbook
The Open Trading inquiry orderbook - An untapped source of liquidity insight By David Krein, Chisom Amalunweze | 27 May 2021 Highlights Inquiries available for Open ...
Camille McKelvey: Time to turn things on their heads
Shanny Basar spoke to Camille McKelvey, Head of Post Trade STP Business Development at MarketAxess, about languages, diversity in the workplace and career paths.
Chart of the week: Trading into Europe
Following our analysis of when to trade into US markets, we examine spreads for European rates markets across the day. For overseas traders working European markets the ...
Chart of the week: Get in early
Access to primary bond markets has been a headline topic for buy-side traders over the last four years. As issuance volumes have grown, rising to nearly US$2 trillion in ...
The DESK’s Trading Intentions Survey 2021 : MarketAxess
Consistently rated as the most effective platform for finding liquidity in the corporate bond market, MarketAxess has frequently been ahead of the market in terms of its ...
April saw European bond volume dip
Data from MarketAxess has indicated that trading across bond markets in Europe dipped in April, with European sovereign trading volumes dropping after a period of ...
Chart of the week: When trading into the US, when should I trade?
Timing is everything in the markets, but not every market shares the same timing. It is common for trading desks to employ a trader to work in overseas markets by ...
MarketAxess rides all-to-all and volume growth to record revenues in Q1
Bond market operator MarketAxess has reported Q1 2021 revenues of US$195.5 million, up 16% on the previous year and a company record. While Q1 volume outstripped the ...
Trading : Intertwining electronic trading of credit and rates
Electronic market operators are bringing together credit and rates trading platforms in an effort to deliver more efficient execution for traders. The interplay between ...
