MarketAxess Unveils Fixed Income's First Opening & Closing Auctions; Designed to Improve Pricing and Liquidity

Core Insights - MarketAxess Holdings Inc. is launching Opening and Closing Auctions, a standardized market-wide auction protocol aimed at enhancing price discovery and providing unique liquidity for trading U.S. credit [1] Company Developments - The new auction protocol is designed to improve the trading environment for fixed income securities [1] - MarketAxess consulted a diverse group of buy-side and sell-side participants during the development of the Opening & Closing Auctions [1]