Tag: Investment grade (IG)
Electronic credit volumes stay firm in February
US electronic credit activity stayed firm in February. On FINRA’s TRACE, combined US investment-grade and high-yield average daily volume (ADV) reached US$65.3 billion, up...
Trumid tops records in brisk January electronic credit trading
US electronic credit activity rebounded sharply in January. On FINRA’s TRACE tape, the combined US investment-grade (IG) and high-yield (HY) average daily volume (ADV)...
MarketAxess and Tradeweb beat TRACE in December slowdown
US electronic credit activity cooled into year-end. On FINRA’s TRACE tape, combined US investment-grade (IG) and high-yield (HY) average daily volume (ADV) was US$42.6 billion in December, down 20.2%...
Eurex, Cboe end 2025 with record credit futures OI despite December...
In December, CME’s US dollar credit futures traded US$400 million in average daily volume ( ADV) with US$541 million in open interest (OI), Cboe’s iBoxx iShares suite printed US$148 million ADV and...
‘Alternative’ rating agencies’ early Greece upgrades led Moodys and S&P
Greek spreads over German debt have tightened from 270 basis points to 70 basis points since mid 2022. Non-traditional rating agencies like Scope ratings...
Don’t Panic: How French credit has proven market Zen
The resignation of the French Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, on 6 October came after less than a month in office. Being the third prime...
Trumid’s US electronic credit volume in sight of MarketAxess’ and Tradeweb’s
US electronic credit activity accelerated in September as primary-market heavy issuance spilled into secondary trading. On FINRA’s TRACE tape, combined US investment-grade and high-yield...
CME’s credit futures volumes quadruple YoY
Q3 2025 average daily volume (ADV) on CME’s dollar denominated credit futures reached US$292.3m, up 390% from Q3 2024, with average open interest (OI)...
MarketAxess reclaims electronic credit trading crown in quiet market
US electronic credit activity eased sharply in August. On FINRA’s TRACE tape, combined US investment-grade (IG) and high-yield (HY) average daily volume (ADV) came...
Credit futures see OI and ADV increase more than sevenfold YoY
The adoption of credit futures as a mainstream credit trading vehicle is broadening across venues and currencies: US$ iBoxx total return based futures traded...
