Waters Wavelength Ep. 323: MarketAxess’s Chowdhury and Burke (plus some Cusip updates)
This week, Riad Chowdhury, head of Asia-Pacific, and Dan Burke, global head of emerging markets at MarketAxess, join to discuss block trading in fixed income. Plus Reb discusses her recent article about Cusip and updates on the class action lawsuit moving through the courts.
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00:00 – Reb and Tony discuss recent reporting around Cusip and updates on the class action lawsuit
12:30 – Riad Chowdhury, head of Asia-Pacific, and Dan Burke, global head of emerging markets at MarketAxess, join the podcast
14:40 – Block trading in fixed income vs. equities
20:20 – Drivers for larger-sized trades
23:00 – MarketAxess’s Targeted RFQ
31:00 – Challenges for dealers
33:00 – Learnings from the equities world
39:00 – Trends in bid/ask spreads for EM hard-currency debt
44:20 – AI model for Targeted RFQ
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