MarketAxess operates a leading electronic trading platform that enables investment industry professionals to efficiently trade corporate bonds and other types of fixed-income instruments.   MarketAxess' patented trading technology allows institutional investor clients to request competitive, executable bids or offers from multiple broker-dealers simultaneously, and to execute trades with the broker-dealer of their choice.  Approximately 800 institutional investors are active users of the MarketAxess trading platform, accessing the global liquidity provided by MarketAxess’ 80 broker-dealer clients in U.S. high-grade corporate bonds, European bonds, high yield and emerging markets bonds, agency bonds and credit default swaps.  MarketAxess also offers a number of trading-related products and services, including: market data to assist clients with trading decisions; connectivity solutions that facilitate straight-through processing; technology services to optimize trading environments; and execution services for exchange-traded fund managers and other clients.  

Shown below are total volume, total trades, number of issues traded and percentage of total trading volume by industry sector. The information is derived from trading reported to FINRA's Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE) and is updated and available daily via our BondTicker™ Service.