This is the Bondcast interview with Chris Egan of MarketAxess, to discuss the barriers to engagement in block trading today for dealers, and how the electronification of the process can enable greater participation from traditional market makers, what impact that will have upon the liquidity provision capabilities, and the benefit that buy-side traders can expect to see in tighter bid-ask spreads for larger sized blocks of bonds.

Hard currency EM bond trading is characterised by fragmented markets, multiple time zones, noisy data and growing trade volumes. Traders need timely insights on counterparties to execute pre-trade decisions effectively while enhancing efficiency and ensuring best execution. Anju Sima, Head of UK, Netherlands & Nordic Sales, at MarketAxess tells Dan Barnes, CEO Europe at Markets Media, how traders are leveraging their toolkit to optimise hard currency trading.