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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-021629"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MKTX"
cik: "0001278021"
company_name: "MARKETAXESS HOLDINGS INC"
filed_at: "2026-01-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T07:50:20.195886+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MarketAxess elects Douglas Cifu and Kenneth Schiciano to Board, effective March 1, 2026

## Summary
- Douglas A. Cifu, co-founder and former CEO of Virtu Financial, and Kenneth T. Schiciano, Senior Advisor at TA Associates, elected to Board.
- Cifu served as Virtu CEO from 2013 to July 2025; Schiciano has over 30 years of private equity experience at TA Associates.
- Board determined both directors are independent under NASDAQ rules; committee assignments to be announced later.
- Cifu and Schiciano will receive standard non-employee director compensation as described in the 2025 proxy statement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-021629
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MKTX
- cik: 0001278021
- company_name: MARKETAXESS HOLDINGS INC
- filed_at: 2026-01-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1278021/000119312526021629/0001193125-26-021629-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1278021/000119312526021629/mktx-20260122.htm

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