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     122  0 Kommentare MarketAxess Announces Monthly Volume Statistics for April 2020

    Company Reports Record Monthly Average Daily Trading Volume for U.S High Grade

    NEW YORK, May 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: MKTX), the operator of a leading electronic trading platform for fixed-income securities, and the provider of market data and post-trade services for the global fixed-income markets, today announced monthly trading volume for April 2020 of $599.2 billion consisting of $246.1 billion in credit volume and $353.1 billion in rates volume.

    Highlights for the month of April 2020 are as follows:

    • Record U.S High Grade average daily trading volume of $6.6 billion;
    • Open Trading average daily volume of $3.7 billion representing 31.8% of total credit average daily volume; and
    • Record day on April 30, 2020 of overall credit trading volume of $24.6 billion, with U.S. High Grade and emerging markets setting daily records.

    Reported MarketAxess volume in all product categories includes only fully electronic trading volume. MarketAxess trading volumes, TRACE reported volumes and Trax processed volumes are available on the Company’s website at investor.marketaxess.com/volume.cfm 

    Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

    This press release may contain forward-looking statements, including statements about the outlook and prospects for Company and industry growth, as well as statements about the Company’s future financial and operating performance. These and other statements that relate to future results and events are based on MarketAxess’ current expectations. The Company’s actual results in future periods may differ materially from those currently expected or desired because of a number of risks and uncertainties, including: risks relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the possible effects of the economic conditions worldwide resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic; global economic, political and market factors; the volatility of financial services markets generally; the level of trading volume transacted on the MarketAxess platform; the absolute level and direction of interest rates and the corresponding volatility in the corporate fixed-income market; the level and intensity of competition in the fixed-income electronic trading industry and the pricing pressures that may result; the variability of our growth rate; the rapidly evolving nature of the electronic financial services industry; our ability to introduce new fee plans and our clients’ response; our exposure to risks resulting from non-performance by counterparties to transactions executed between our clients in which we act as an intermediary in matched principal trades; our dependence on our broker-dealer clients; the loss of any of our significant institutional investor clients; our ability to develop new products and offerings and the market’s acceptance of those products; the effect of rapid market or technological changes on us and the users of our technology; our ability to successfully maintain the integrity of our trading platform and our response to system failures, capacity constraints and business interruptions; our vulnerability to cyber security risks; our ability to protect our intellectual property rights or technology and defend against intellectual property infringement or other claims; our ability to enter into strategic alliances and to acquire other businesses and successfully integrate them with our business; our ability to comply with new and existing laws, rules and regulations both domestically and internationally; our ability to maintain effective compliance and risk management methods; the strain of growth initiatives on management and other resources; our future capital needs and our ability to obtain capital when needed; limitations on our operating flexibility contained in our credit agreement; and other factors. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. More information about these and other factors affecting MarketAxess’ business and prospects is contained in MarketAxess’ periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and can be accessed at www.marketaxess.com.

    About MarketAxess

    MarketAxess operates a leading, institutional electronic trading platform delivering expanded liquidity opportunities, improved execution quality and significant cost savings across global fixed-income markets. A global network of over 1,700 firms, including the world’s leading asset managers and institutional broker-dealers, leverages MarketAxess’ patented trading technology to efficiently trade bonds. MarketAxess’ award-winning Open Trading marketplace is regarded as the preferred all-to-all trading solution in the global credit markets, creating a unique liquidity pool for a broad range of credit market participants. Drawing on its deep data and analytical resources, MarketAxess provides automated trading solutions, market data products and a range of pre- and post-trade services.

    MarketAxess is headquartered in New York and has offices in London, Amsterdam, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, São Paulo, Hong Kong and Singapore. For more information, please visit www.marketaxess.com.

    Investor Relations Contact:

    David Cresci
    MarketAxess Holdings Inc.
    +1-212-813-6027

    Media Relations Contacts:

    Kyle White
    MarketAxess Holdings Inc.
    +1-212-813-6355

    William McBride
    RF | Binder
    +1-917-239-6726

    MarketAxess Holdings Inc.
    Monthly Volume Statistics

     
     
      Average Daily Volume   Total Trading Volume
      Apr-20   Apr-19   % Change   Apr-20   Apr-19   % Change
                           
       
      ($ in millions)
                           
    U.S High-Grade 1                      
    Fixed Rate $ 6,289   $ 3,792   65.8%   $ 132,067   $ 79,635   65.8%
    Floating Rate   328     242   35.4%     6,883     5,077   35.6%
    Total U.S. High-Grade   6,617     4,034   64.0%     138,950     84,712   64.0%
    Other Credit 1                      
    U.S. High-Yield   1,653     839   97.0%     34,706     17,624   96.9%
    Emerging Markets   2,192     1,984   10.5%     46,040     41,660   10.5%
    Eurobonds   1,259     1,065   18.2%     25,176     21,292   18.2%
    Other Credit Products   59     38   55.3%     1,246     806   54.6%
    Total Other Credit   5,163     3,926   31.5%     107,168     81,382   31.7%
    Total Credit   11,780     7,960   48.0%     246,118     166,094   48.2%
    Rates                      
    U.S. Government Bonds 2   16,626     -   n/a     349,140     -   n/a
    Agencies and Other Government Bonds 1   189     195   -3.1%     3,949     4,072   -3.0%
    Total Rates   16,815     195   NM     353,089     4,072   NM
                           
                           
    Number of U.S. Trading Days 3   21     21                
    Number of U.K. Trading Days 4   20     20                
                           
    NOTES:                      
    1 Consistent with FINRA TRACE reporting standards, both sides of trades are included in the Company's reported volumes when the Company executes trades on a matched principal basis between two counterparties.
    2 U.S. Government Bonds represent U.S. Treasury volume traded through LiquidityEdge LLC, which was acquired by the Company on November 1, 2019. Consistent with industry standards, U.S. Government Bond trades are single-counted.
    3 The number of U.S. trading days is based on the SIFMA holiday recommendation calendar.
    4 The number of U.K. trading days is based on the U.K. Bank holiday schedule.

     



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