Trax is a leading provider of capital market data, trade matching and regulatory reporting services to the global securities market. In 2014, Trax processed 1.1 billion transactions on behalf of its user community, including 14.6 million fixed income transactions. Trax estimates that it processes approximately 65% of all fixed income transactions in Europe as part of its post-trade service offering.
Trax is planning on registering as an Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) and also working in close collaboration with the industry to develop unique tools for Systematic Internaliser (SI) determination. Trax is currently an Approved Reporting Mechanism (ARM) under MiFID I and will continue its ARM regulatory status to comply with MIFID II.
Trax is based in London and was originally established in 1985. Acquired by MarketAxess in 2013, Trax is a trading name of Xtrakter Ltd. and is a wholly owned subsidiary of MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.
For more information, please visit www.traxmarkets.com.
Fixed income trading focus : Systematic internalisers : Geoffroy Vander Linden
The impact of regulation : Viewpoint : Post-trade reporting : Jason Waight
Viewpoint : The impact of regulation : Miranda Morad : MarketAxess
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