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Originally published by Capital Markets FinTech Forum | Oct 5, 2026
Gareth Coltman discusses how MarketAxess is using AI, machine learning, and automation to improve liquidity discovery, counterparty selection and execution, while exploring the opportunities and challenges of agentic AI in institutional trading.
As private banks face growing pressure to scale efficiently, automation, AI and data-driven execution are moving from competitive advantage to business necessity. Erik Tham, Head of Product Management, Global Private Banking and Andre Cherbonnier, Head of Client Sales, Singapore, shares how MarketAxess’ suite of solutions for private banks and wealth managers are helping desks scale more efficiently while delivering a better client experience.
Trading activity on MarketAxess highlights the Malaysian ringgit (MYR) as one of the fastest-growing emerging market local currency bond markets on the platform in 2026, with participation accelerating across a broad range of offshore investors.
Drawing on insights from our Global Fixed Income & FinTech Institutional Leaders Summit in June, Roheet Shah, Head of Dealer Sales, APAC & Head of Hong Kong, and Cathy Cai, China Business Lead, explores how a shifting macro landscape marked by elevated yields, fragmented liquidity and data-driven policymaking is reshaping fixed income markets. As financial institutions turn the focus to building resilience where integrating data, execution, and AI into workflows are becoming essential sources of edge.
Electronic trading in Brazil is up, since MarketAxess become an accredited platform supporting a new regulatory initiative aimed at making the secondary market for Brazilian sovereign debt more liquid and observable.
Explore how integrating SIX pricing into Axess IQ streamlines CHF bond trading, combining trusted benchmarks, broader liquidity insights and efficient, controlled execution workflows.
Originally published on GlobalCapital | February 6, 2026
Dan Burke, Global Head of Emerging Markets at MarketAxess spoke to GlobalCapital about developments in the EM bond market and how the electronic bond trading platform his company operates is evolving.
Originally published on The DESK | December 11, 2025
Bond markets in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region have seen primary and secondary activity surging in 2025, reflecting individual country’s sovereign strengths, regional corporate expansion, and greater international investor appetite, positioning the region as a growing hub for global fixed-income investors. Dan Burke, our global head of emerging markets, shares his observations on the e-trading trends of the region.
Originally published on The DESK | November 13, 2025
In late October, Argentine President Javier Milei’s party won in the country’s midterm elections. A political triumph that significantly strengthens his mandate in congress to implement radical economic reforms. For traders, this surprise was measurable in the increased use of block trades. MarketAxess’ data reflects spikes in trading volume, but trade sizes did not, indicating that trading was conducted at speed across large and small orders.
Originally published on The DESK | Sept 18, 2025
Argentina’s bond markets have been notoriously challenging for investors. Twenty years after the country underwent a major debt restructuring, and just five years after it defaulted on a half billion US dollars of debt due to creditors, political uncertainty is again creating both risk and opportunity for long and short position holders. The Argentinian market has seen a rise in trade volumes, with ARGENT being the number one emerging market hard currency ticker globally, according to our data.
Originally published on The DESK | October 16, 2025
Dealers are competing fiercely to support clients in emerging market bonds, jumping between optimal electronic execution methods and developing nascent trading algorithms themselves where data is available. With inflows into EM debt funds rocketing, sell-side traders must navigate individual markets which are tossed and turned by a multitude of macro-economic dynamics.
Asia Credit is trading bigger—and smarter. In this article, Andre Cherbonnier, Head of Sales, Singapore at MarketAxess, explores how technology and data innovations are enabling larger, more efficient trades across the region.
RMB bonds are increasingly viewed as a stable and appealing option for global investors, offering diversification benefits alongside competitive total returns and Sharpe ratios. Cathy Cai, our Senior Sales Relationship Manager, shares her key takeaways at the Bond Connect Anniversary Summit 2025.
Originally published on The DESK | 10 July 2025
Hard Currency EM bond trading is characterised by fragmented markets, multiple time zones, noisy data and growing trade volumes. Traders need timely insights on counterparties to execute pre-trade decisions effectively while enhancing efficiency and ensuring best execution.
Anju Sima, Head of UK, Netherlands & Nordic Sales, at MarketAxess tells Dan Barnes, CEO Europe at Markets Media, how traders are leveraging our toolkit to optimise Hard Currency trading.
Originally published on GlobalCapital | 9 July 2025
For the third consecutive year, MarketAxess has been recognized as the Best Secondary Market Trading Platform for Emerging Markets Bonds at the GlobalCapital Bond Awards. Dan Burke, Global Head of Emerging Markets at MarketAxess, shares insights on evolving EM dynamics, product development, and the future of secondary bond trading in emerging markets.
Originally published on WatersTechnology | 27 June 2025
Riad Chowdhury, Head of Asia-Pacific, and Dan Burke, Global Head of Emerging Markets, sit down with WatersTechnology to discuss e-trends in EM fixed income, and how AI fits into the enhancement of Targeted RFQ.
Originally published on The DESK | 26 June 2025
In February 2025, J.P. Morgan announced it would reclassify Qatar and Kuwait as developed markets, leading to their removal from its Emerging Market Bond Index (EMBI). We talked to The Desk about the changes in trading behaviour we have observed on the platform since the announcement.
SURA Investments, one of Latin America’s largest asset managers and pioneers of e-trading, transformed its trading operations by leveraging the MarketAxess platform. Learn more about this powerful partnership in our latest case study.
Technology is reshaping execution strategies in EM Hard Currency. MarketAxess’s recent client panel in London highlighted the growing importance of electronic solutions like TRFQ and Open Trading® when trading larger sizes.
Maria Calderon, Head of LATAM Sales at MarketAxess, spoke with Asset Servicing Times to discuss what's in store for the asset servicing industry in LATAM in 2025. Original article published by Asset Servicing Times.
Emerging market (EM) bonds have continued to see broad gains over the first half of 2024, despite diverse and persistent macroeconomic headwinds. A positive market development is the continued growth in global fixed income exchange-traded funds (ETFs). According to MarketAxess’ TraX® data, we hav...
この記事を日本語で読む As the global financial landscape evolves, Japan's bond market stands at a pivotal crossroads. Our recent partnership with Coalition Greenwich to launch the whitepaper, "The Evolution of Global Bond Trading in Japan", reveals a market in transition, driven by rising demand for fixed i...
As Japanese investors seek newer, higher-yielding opportunities away from home, electronic trading is playing an increasingly important role in how they navigate the global market challenges today. We explore this in our latest white paper that was published in collaboration with Coalition Greenw...
Setting the scene: Fixed income in ChinaChina’s fixed income market has continued to thrive and flourish despite recent volatility in global fixed income markets. Relative to other Emerging Markets, investors and traders have been benefitting from the People’s Bank of China (PBOC)’s accommodating...
Long a major player in hard currency emerging market trading, MarketAxess continues to expand its unrivalled platform in local markets across Latin America. The firm’s focus on innovation and its unique understanding of client needs is generating record growth across products and trading pr...
Following our fourth consecutive win as “Best Securities Trading Platform” at the Asia Asset Management’s Best of the Best Awards, Riad Chowdhury shares with the publication shares with the publication how, through technology innovation and client partnerships, we’re setti...
“I recently had the privilege of attending the China Bond Market Forum in Beijing, hosted by the International Capital Market Association (ICMA). The forum served as a melting pot for fixed income experts from across the region, and delved into how innovation is pivotal in navigating the challeng...
From an investment perspective, there are different metrics to look at. Amidst the market volatility in Asia-Pacific (APAC), bond traders and investors are increasingly relying on metrics and enhanced liquidity to manage risks. Riad Chowdhury, Head of Asia-Pacific at MarketAxess, emphasises ...
The impact of Federal Reserve's decisions on Asia-Pacific local currency bonds reflects in interest rates. The transmission of Fed policies to local currency bonds in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region unfolds through two primary channels: global interest rates and currency valuations, according to t...
As we navigate the early days of 2024, it's helpful to take stock of the year gone by—a year that was replete with global events and policy decisions that have left an indelible mark on the Asia-Pacific bond markets. Let’s delve into the economic undercurrents of 2023 and cast an eye ...
In a rapidly changing and interconnected world, transparency in financial markets is more crucial than ever. We recently hosted a discussion titled “Transparency in APAC fixed income markets” in collaboration with the Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA) t...
Institutional firms investing in Asia’s fixed income markets face the unique challenge of dealing with a wide range of countries and investor segments. They also are challenged with the availability and transparency of data. During times of heightened market volatility amid an uncertain ec...
Portfolio Trading: The next big thing for Asian bond markets? Maybe. The answer is a little more nuanced. Asia has seen an acceleration in adoption of electronic trading in the bond market in recent years, but in a dynamic region with volatility and uncertainty often higher than developed marke...
The multifaceted nature of emerging markets means that successful trading platforms need to deliver cutting-edge technology and a deep understanding of different clients’ needs and workflows. MarketAxess excels on both fronts. Combining world-class data and analytics, unique execution proto...
We were recently awarded ‘Best Trading and Execution Solution' at the Asian Private Banker Technology Awards 2023, and behind this great achievement is a tale of technological innovation, unwavering dedication, and customer-centricity. To understand more about our success, Erik Tham, Head ...
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Increased demand for Latin American debt securities by both local and international investors, coupled with new technology solutions, has continued to drive the adoption of e-trading in Brazil, Mexico and other major Latin American markets. Access a complimentary copy of this new research report ...
The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) released its latest edition of the Asian International Bond Markets report, and MarketAxess is proud to be a contributor for the third consecutive year. This report leverages our TraX data to provide global market stakeholders with an updated ov...
Identifying the potentialTham opens the conversation by zooming straight in on the private banking and wealth management community, explaining why the firm tailored its proprietary Axess IQ solution for traders and relationship managers (RMs). “The most taxing problem I faced when I worked at the...
Riad Chowdhury, Head of Asia-Pacific (RC) Erik Tham, Head of Global Private Banking Product (ET) MarketAxess has been named Best Trading and Execution Platform at the Technology Awards for the 2nd consecutive year. What do you think makes MarketAxess an increasingly indispensable tool for fixed ...
With the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic receding and inflation becoming a key concern for global financial markets, central banks in emerging countries from Brazil to South Korea to South Africa began raising interest rates in 2021. Going into 2022, the adjustments made across many EM government...
Asian local fixed income markets in the third quarter halted a brief slowdown that had begun towards the end of the first-half, as concerns eased over US inflation and early withdrawal of pandemic-related support policies, prompting investors to return to the region.Data gathered by our platform ...
As with most other emerging markets, Latin America has seen debts returning to the radar among investors this year. This is partly due to the U.S.’s near-zero benchmark interest rates that has sent them searching for yield premium, and also because of an abundance of liquidity as a result o...
With a record $49 billion traded in H1’2021, Mexico is the largest emerging market traded on the MarketAxess electronic bond trading platform. Owing to the connectivity of an extensive network of global investors, onshore clients, and dealers; the local community in Mexico can request bond ...
Early 2021 saw global investors flocking to Asian local fixed income markets in search of more attractive yield and other diversification benefits. This trend has continued well into the second quarter, with foreigners’ purchases of Asian bonds surging to a two-year high in June. Yet by the...
After a brief hiatus in 2020, investors have been returning to Emerging Local markets, and more specifically - Asian fixed income markets in a significant way, as the region gradually recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. This is partly due to the yield premium Asian bonds offer over their peers i...
Today’s emerging market (EM) traders are different to just a few years ago, with an increasing need for information, access and liquidity across a broader spectrum of emerging markets to meet the investment profile of portfolios. Electronic trading has created liquidity and information opp...
