MarketAxess to Join the S&P SmallCap 600® Index
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 25, 2012--
MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: MKTX), the operator of a leading
electronic trading platform for U.S. and European high-grade corporate
bonds, emerging markets bonds and other fixed income securities, will be
added to the S&P SmallCap 600 Index after close of trading on
Friday,
September 28.
The S&P SmallCap 600 is maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices as a measure
of small companies, reflecting the risk and return characteristics of
the broad small cap universe of firms. The Index consists of 600 stocks
selected according to a range of criteria including corporate structure,
exchange listings, market capitalization, financial viability,
liquidity, sector representation and company type. MarketAxess will be
added to the S&P SmallCap 600 Specialized Finance Sub-Industry index.
This month MarketAxess was also ranked one of Fortune’s Fastest-Growing
Companies for the second consecutive year, rising to #33 from #36 in
2011.
About MarketAxess
MarketAxess operates a leading electronic trading platform that enables
fixed-income market participants to efficiently trade corporate bonds
and other types of fixed-income instruments using MarketAxess' patented
trading technology. Over 1,000 investor and broker-dealer firms are
active users of the MarketAxess trading platform, accessing global
liquidity in U.S. high-grade corporate bonds, European bonds, high yield
and emerging markets bonds, agency bonds, asset-backed and preferred
securities and credit default swaps. MarketAxess also offers a number of
trading-related products and services, including: market data to assist
clients with trading decisions; connectivity solutions that facilitate
straight-through processing; technology services to optimize trading
environments; and execution services for exchange-traded fund managers
and other clients.
MarketAxess maintains its headquarters in New York and has offices in
London, Chicago, Salt Lake City, Hong Kong, Singapore and São Paulo. For
more information, please visit http://www.marketaxess.com.
Source: MarketAxess Holdings Inc.
MarketAxess Holdings Inc.
Investors
Tony DeLise, +1 212
813 6017
tdelise@marketaxess.com
or
Media
Florencia
Panizza, +1 212 813 6029
fpanizza@marketaxess.com