Article: Automated TradinG: Market Axess Eyes Least Liquid Sectors of E-Bond Wave.

Market Axess, the soon-to-be-launched Internet platform for trading in fixed-income markets, appears to be following the model of TradeWeb, the successful system for trading U.S. Treasury securities.

Like TradeWeb, Market Axess began operations with a number of heavy-hitter backers-in Market Axess' case, Bear Stearns, Chase Manhattan and J.P. Morgan; the list has since expanded to include ABN Amro, Deutsche Bank Securities and UBS Warburg. Also like TradeWeb, Market Axess will allow institutional users to choose from among a plateful of dealers via one platform, instead of having to contact each dealer individually. Indeed, "single dealer delivery of content and ...

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