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MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: MKTX) is the operator of an electronic trading platform for fixed-income securities, and its news flow centers on trading activity, product developments and financial performance. Company updates frequently highlight trading volume statistics, variable transaction fees per million ("FPM") and average daily volume ("ADV") across credit and rates products, giving investors and market participants insight into platform usage and market share trends.
News releases from MarketAxess often cover monthly and quarterly trading volume statistics for U.S. high-grade and high-yield corporate bonds, emerging markets debt, eurobonds, municipal bonds and U.S. government and other government bonds. These updates include details on client-initiated, portfolio trading and dealer-initiated channels, as well as metrics for protocols such as block trading, Mid-X and portfolio trading. The company also reports estimated market share based on external trade reporting sources.
In addition to volume and market share data, MarketAxess issues news about quarterly financial results, services revenue, non-GAAP metrics such as EBITDA and free cash flow, and capital allocation decisions including dividends and share repurchase authorizations. The company has also announced medium-term financial targets and the use of accelerated stock repurchase agreements.
Product and platform news includes announcements such as the launch of Opening and Closing Auctions for U.S. credit on the X-Pro Trading platform and enhancements to workflow tools like Targeted RFQ. Investors following MKTX news can track how these initiatives relate to trading activity in strategic channels and regions, including emerging markets. This news page allows readers to review a chronological record of MarketAxess press releases and related coverage.
MarketAxess (Nasdaq: MKTX) announced William Quan will join as Chief Technology Officer effective immediately. He will lead global Technology, report to Dean Berry, and join the Executive Committee. Mr. Quan will prioritize platform modernization, AI and advanced data integration, and building resilient, scalable engineering capabilities.
This hire leverages his 20+ years of technology, AI, and digital transformation experience across Fleete Group, Amazon Web Services, J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank.
MarketAxess (Nasdaq: MKTX) and DirectBooks agreed to integrate DirectBooks primary issuance data and workflow tools into a MarketAxess interface, giving mutual clients streamlined access to deal announcements, indications of interest, and allocation messages.
The integration aims to increase workflow efficiency, speed, accuracy, and transparency across the corporate bond primary lifecycle and will be available to mutual clients in Q2 2026.
MarketAxess (Nasdaq: MKTX) reported record 2025 results with $846.3 million in total revenues, a 4% increase year-over-year, driven by 10% growth outside U.S. credit and record trading volumes. GAAP diluted EPS was $6.64; diluted EPS ex-notables was $7.39.
The company repurchased 1.98M shares for $360.0M, entered a $300.0M ASR, and provided 2026 guidance: services revenue mid-single-digit growth, expenses $530M–$545M, and capex $65M–$75M.
MarketAxess (Nasdaq: MKTX) reported January 2026 trading volumes and preliminary fee metrics. Total MKTX Credit ADV rose 28% year-over-year to $18.593 billion and Total Trading ADV reached $47.692 billion (+23% YoY). Emerging markets ADV hit $5.468 billion (+50%).
Strategic channels showed strength: block trading ADV +56% to $3.667 billion, portfolio trading ADV +126% to $1.989 billion, dealer-initiated ADV +13% to $1.777 billion. Preliminary FPM: Total Credit $132, Total Rates 5.18.
MarketAxess (Nasdaq: MKTX) said CFO Ilene Fiszel Bieler will speak at the UBS Financial Services Conference on February 9, 2026 in a fireside chat at 1:50 p.m. ET. A live webcast and replay will be available in the company’s events and presentations investor relations section.
MarketAxess (Nasdaq: MKTX) announced the election of Douglas Cifu and Kenneth Schiciano to its Board of Directors, effective March 1, 2026.
Mr. Cifu co‑founded Virtu Financial, served as President from 2008–2013 and as CEO from 2013 through July 2025, and advised Virtu through December 31, 2025. Mr. Schiciano has been a Senior Advisor at TA Associates since July 2022, joined TA in 1989, served as Managing Director from 2000–2022, and has over 30 years of private equity experience in infrastructure, software and fintech.
Company leadership highlighted their fintech, market‑making, private equity and regulatory experience as valuable for MarketAxess’s continued investment in trading protocols and data‑driven solutions.
MarketAxess (Nasdaq: MKTX) will release its Q4 and full-year 2025 financial results on Friday, February 6, 2026 before the market opens. CEO Chris Concannon and CFO Ilene Fiszel Bieler will host a conference call and provide a strategic update on February 6, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. ET. Investors can join by phone (+1-800-715-9871 U.S. or +1-646-307-1963 International) using ID 1832176 or listen to a live audio webcast on the company's Investor Relations website at http://investor.marketaxess.com. The webcast will be archived on the site for 90 days following the announcement.
MarketAxess (Nasdaq: MKTX) reported December 2025 and 4Q25 trading volume and preliminary fees per million (FPM). 4Q25 highlights include: client-initiated block trading ADV +29% YoY, portfolio trading ADV +41% YoY to a record $1.5B, dealer-initiated ADV +32% YoY, and Mid-X U.S. credit volume surpassing $3.0B in December. Estimated U.S. credit portfolio trading market share reached a record 20.6% (vs 16.2% a year earlier).
Fee trends: total credit FPM was $138 in Dec-25 (flat MoM, -7% YoY); total rates FPM rose to 4.79 in Dec-25 (+6% MoM, +16% YoY). All FPM figures are preliminary and may be revised.
MarketAxess (Nasdaq: MKTX) announced it surpassed $1 trillion in Emerging Markets (EM) traded volume in 2025. The platform now operates across 30 local-currency bond markets and >100 hard-currency bond markets, supporting >1,500 institutional clients in 90 global markets.
Key metrics: record trading ADV of ~$5 billion (up 16%), local markets volume up 18%, hard currency markets up 11%, Request for Market in local markets up 34%, Dealer RFQ up 36%, and EM block trading volume via Targeted RFQ up 25%. After the June 2025 launch for Indian Government Bonds, the platform covers 100% of the J.P. Morgan GBI-EM Index.
MarketAxess (NASDAQ: MKTX) announced medium-term targets for 2026–2028: 8%–9% average annual total revenue growth and an average 75–125 bps per year operating margin increase (constant currency). The Board authorized an additional $400 million repurchase, bringing total authorizations to $505 million, and intends an Accelerated Stock Repurchase (ASR) of $300 million with JPMorgan, with ~$240 million of shares delivered at onset and final settlement expected in Q1 2026.
The ASR will be funded with $80 million cash and $220 million of borrowings; trailing‑12‑month net cash from operations was $400 million and free cash flow $385 million.