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.

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