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Portfolio trading vs RFQ: understanding transaction costs in US investment-grade bonds
The MarketAxess research team explores how such factors as order size, liquidity profiles and associated costs determine whether a portfolio trade or an RFQ list trade is the optimal choice
CP+ unveiled: accurate, real-time pricing for global credit and rates markets
Bond markets lack transparency, making it difficult for investors to value bonds and compare prices. This can lead to overpaying or missed opportunities. CP+, a real-time pricing tool for bonds, addressees these challenges by offering data on more than…
Buy side unconvinced of corporate bond streaming benefits
Managers see limited utility of streamed prices in the once OTC-only asset class
Better tech brings threat of two-speed trading in fixed income
Smaller asset managers may get left behind as automation allows the big players to prosper
Fixed income ‘big 3’ tap Finbourne for EU consolidated tape bid
Bloomberg, Tradeweb and MarketAxess select tech partner to jumpstart cash bond tape ambitions
Treasury traders remain wary about adopting algos
Yet proponents insist US government bond market is ‘ready for disruption’
People: LME chair quits, Goldman and BlackRock lay-offs, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Duffie: SEC plan heralds all-to-all Treasuries trading
Former Fed adviser welcomes long-advocated Treasuries clearing mandate
Firms question viability of UK consolidated tape model
UK government plan for a competitive framework for the consolidated tape raises concerns
Transparent pricing data shapes the evolution of indexation in fixed income
In this audiocast, MarketAxess' Kat Sweeney, head of index and ETF Solutions, and John Keller, ETF and index product manager, share their views on the evolution of credit market structure and how MarketAxess is using its unique vantage point to inject…
Leveraging liquidity scores and pricing data in portfolio trading
In this podcast, Zoi Fletcher, associate commercial editor, Risk.net, talks to Matt Walters, head of product, portfolio trading at MarketAxess, about how data analytics is improving outcomes in portfolio trading, the optimal situations in which it should…
Top venues mull offering joint EU consolidated tape
Market participants worry venue-led CT is designed to protect high-cost data services
EU firms call for single consolidated tape provider
Some say new rules could create data fragmentation and raise connectivity costs
People moves: Credit Suisse senior shake-up, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Citi-led consortium plans multibank CLO trading platform
‘Project Octopus’ aims to fend off independent platforms eyeing a push into CLOs
CDS trading remains stubbornly human
Buy-siders sceptical of benefits of algo execution for credit derivatives
People moves: new CRO at LCH, changes at Natixis investment bank, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Botched copy: Esma delivers cut and paste pastiche of Trace
Mifid transparency mishmash misses key aspects of US system it emulates, say dealers
Accelerating fixed income’s risk‑on rise
Jason Waight at MarketAxess reveals how advances in data and technology are enabling faster, more agile risk-on trading strategies in today’s fixed income markets
Bonds go back to the future as electronic volumes grow
Surge in bond ETFs and portfolio trades accompanies investor return to platforms
The evolution of pricing bonds and the data journey
Jason Waight, head of regulatory affairs, Europe at MarketAxess, considers why access to flexible data is key to using new trading protocols in fixed income