REGULATORYSTORY 519· JULY 30, 2026

Intercontinental Exchange to buy MarketAxess for $6 billion in all-cash bond market deal

Electronic bond trading, where buyers and sellers of debt securities match orders through a digital platform rather than bilateral phone calls between broker desks, is consolidating at the top. Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE) has…

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