Access European markets on your terms, with a toolkit that caters to your workflow.
However you like to trade, from voice to algorithmic and RFQ to auto-execution, with a few select dealers or all-to-all, we can make your workflow simpler and more efficient across European markets. And as market conditions change, you need to be able to do it all, quickly. Now, you can.
Use our Portfolio Trading protocol to find execution certainty for customized lists of infrequently traded bonds. This streamlined solution handles up to 1500 line items.
- Perform pre-trade analytics
- Negotiate on individual line items
- Multi-directional
- "All or None” supported
Join the block revolution
There’s a reason why electronic trades are increasing in size. Inviting more dealers results in more responses, even in bigger blocks.
Q2 block volume
13.6bn
Av. size
7.1mm
Av. no. prices
6
Since acquiring Trax in 2013, we’ve focused on creating reliable pricing data together with a full-suite of analytical tools to help European traders gain insight across their entire trade lifecycle.
Axess All
The first intra-day trade tape for European fixed income markets, accessed via BondTicker, displays aggregated volume and pricing for the most actively traded fixed income instruments – sourced daily from over 30,000 bond transactions across multiple platforms and OTC trades.
Composite+™
Our AI-powered predictive pricing engine, built on Trax, Trace and MarketAxess’ proprietary data gives you unbiased two-way and mid-market prices in Euros, GBP, Nordic and other currencies for over 32,000 bonds.
TCA
Analyze your trading activity to measure efficiency as well as ensuring you meet risk and compliance obligations.
Cover the full trade life-cycle in a single place
Start with pre-trade price discovery using Axess All®, Europe’s first intra-day tape, sourced from over 75% of European volume (voice and electronic).
Trade in Euros and local currencies using the protocol of your choice, including Open Trading®, our all-to-all solution with over 1900 active participants around the world.
Complete the life-cycle with our full European regulatory reporting infrastructure. All while you receive support in your own language from our teams on the ground in Europe.
Smart Dealer Select lets you choose the criteria to define your top dealers and eliminate ones who aren’t pricing on your side or are currently axed. Then you’re presented a selection populated by a variety of real-time and historical indicators including actual liquidity. On larger, sensitive inquiries, you’ll benefit from:
- More targeted dealers
- Reduced information leakage
Power and simplicity come together in our suite of automated execution tools. Easy to set up, Auto-X RFQ fits your existing workflow and lets you define and control parameters. With Adaptive Auto-x you can take advantage of Open Trading’s vast liquidity pool while keeping your execution timing flexible.
Do what you do best by phone, then use the “Process Trade” function to submit your agreed trade through our platform. And let technology do what it does best, keeping track of the details, so you don’t have to.
Open Trading
All-to-all trading with our global network of over 1,900 investor and broker dealer firms changes what’s possible.
- Trade anonymously without counterparty restrictions
- Around the clock global trading
- Auto responder for European products lets resting orders execute without intervention
Volume
27% All Euro Credit
Buy-side liquidity
129 firms priced back
Dealer RFQ
+88% YOY
Savings
€0.28
With Axess All—the first intra-day trade tape for Europe—you get aggregated volume and pricing for over 600 EGB ISINs. Combined with liquidity from more than 20 EGB dealers and 40 SAS dealers, your choice of protocol and advanced automation tools, you have the freedom to trade rates exactly the way you want.
