MarketAxess Elects Roberto Hoornweg to its Board of Directors
28 January 2025 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: MKTX), the operator of a
leading electronic trading platform for fixed-income securities,
today announced the election of Roberto Hoornweg to its Board of
Directors, effective March 1, 2025. Mr. Hoornweg will serve on the
Board’s Risk Committee and Finance Committee. Mr. Hoornweg brings
extensive global financial markets expertise, fixed-income
knowledge and leadership experience from a number of financial
institutions.
Most recently, Mr. Hoornweg was appointed the Co-Head, Corporate
& Investment Banking at Standard Chartered in April 2024, after
serving as Global Head of Financial Markets since January 2017.
Prior to joining Standard Chartered, Mr. Hoornweg held senior roles
at Brevan Howard Asset Management and UBS Investment Bank in
London.
Prior to UBS, Mr. Hoornweg’s financial markets experience was
honed during his 17-year career at Morgan Stanley where he held
various senior roles in fixed income derivatives, including leading
the global Emerging Markets Fixed Income & FX business, and as
Head of Global Interest Rates, Credit and Currencies.
“We are pleased to welcome Roberto to our Board,” said Chris
Concannon, CEO of MarketAxess. “His wealth of experience in
fixed-income, as well as his deep knowledge of international
markets, will add great value to MarketAxess as we continue to
prioritize our expansion across global markets. On behalf of our
Board and leadership team, we look forward to working with and
learning from him.”
“I am honored to be joining the Board at MarketAxess, a
recognized fintech leader that shares my passion for continuous
improvement and innovation across fixed-income markets globally. I
look forward to helping the firm continue to serve and empower
institutional investors and dealers at a time where the appetite
for technology and efficiency has never been higher,” said Mr.
Hoornweg.
Mr. Hoornweg holds a Bachelor of Science with a major in
Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
About MarketAxess
MarketAxess (Nasdaq: MKTX) operates a leading electronic trading
platform that delivers greater trading efficiency, a diversified
pool of liquidity and significant cost savings to institutional
investors and broker-dealers across the global fixed-income
markets. Over 2,000 firms leverage MarketAxess’ patented technology
to efficiently trade fixed-income securities. MarketAxess’
award-winning Open Trading® marketplace is widely regarded as the
preferred all-to-all trading solution in the global credit markets.
Founded in 2000, MarketAxess connects a robust network of market
participants through an advanced full trading lifecycle solution
that includes automated trading solutions, intelligent data and
index products and a range of post-trade services. Learn more at
www.marketaxess.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward-looking statements,
including statements about the outlook and prospects for Company
and industry growth, as well as statements about the Company’s
future financial and operating performance. These and other
statements that relate to future results and events are based on
MarketAxess’ current expectations. The Company’s actual results in
future periods may differ materially from those currently expected
or desired because of a number of risks and uncertainties,
including: global economic, political and market factors; risks
relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the possible effects
of the economic conditions worldwide resulting from the COVID-19
pandemic; adverse effects as a result of climate change or other
ESG risks that could affect our reputation; the level of trading
volume transacted on the MarketAxess platform; the rapidly evolving
nature of the electronic financial services industry; the level and
intensity of competition in the fixed-income electronic trading
industry and the pricing pressures that may result; reputational or
credibility risks related to our data products and index business;
the variability of our growth rate; our ability to introduce new
fee plans and our clients’ response; our ability to attract clients
or adapt our technology and marketing strategy to new markets;
risks related to our growing international operations; our
dependence on our broker-dealer clients; the loss of any of our
significant institutional investor clients; our exposure to risks
resulting from non-performance by counterparties to transactions
executed between our clients in which we act as an intermediary in
matched principal trades; risks related to self-clearing; risks
related to sanctions levied against states or individuals that
could expose us to operational or regulatory risks; the effect of
rapid market or technological changes on us and the users of our
technology; our dependence on third-party suppliers for key
products and services; our ability to successfully maintain the
integrity of our trading platform and our response to system
failures, capacity constraints and business interruptions; the
occurrence of design defects, errors, failures or delays with our
platforms; our vulnerability to malicious cyber-attacks and
attempted data security breaches; our actual or perceived failure
to comply with privacy and data protection laws; our ability to
protect our intellectual property rights or technology and defend
against intellectual property infringement or other claims; our
ability to enter into strategic alliances and to acquire other
businesses and successfully integrate them with our business; our
dependence on our management team and our ability to attract and
retain talent; limitations on our flexibility because we operate in
a highly regulated industry; the increasing government regulation
of us and our clients; risks related to the divergence of U.K. and
European Union legal and regulatory requirements following the
U.K.’s exit from the European Union; our exposure to costs and
penalties related to our extensive regulation; our risks of
litigation and securities laws liability; our future capital needs
and our ability to obtain capital when needed; limitations on our
operating flexibility contained in our credit agreement; and other
factors. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise. More information about these and other
factors affecting MarketAxess’ business and prospects is contained
in MarketAxess’ periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and can be accessed at www.marketaxess.com.
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