MarketAxess

  • The Buy Side’s Hunt for Bond Liquidity

    Aggregation tools that pull in direct pricing streams and RFQs into an execution management system (EMS) or order management system (OMS) are becoming a critical part of creating a composite view of the fixed-income market.

    By Ivy Schmerken August 12, 2020 Insights

  • Buy Side Juggles Efficiency and Workflow in Search for Corporate Bond Liquidity

    Corporate bond investors are seeking operational efficiencies on their fixed income trading desks to lower costs. As the search for liquidity across a fragmented credit trading marketplace remains a priority,-side firms are grappling with two distinct workflows – voice-based and electronic – in the $8 trillion corporate bond market.

    By Ivy Schmerken August 1, 2018 Insights

  • Next Steps in Bond Trading: All-to-All Matching Catching on?

    Corporate bond trading platforms are in the news again. Platforms that have launched innovative all-to-all trading protocols are attracting buy-side firms to their venues. FlexTrade’s Ivy Schmerken investigates.

    By Ivy Schmerken April 4, 2017 Insights