Tag: Kevin McPartland
Investors favour ATSs to act on FOMC data
Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings are one of the largest drivers of US rates trading activity, according to Coalition Greenwich research, and are...
IG activity props up US credit trading growth
Average daily notional volumes (ADNV) in US corporate bonds were up 13% year-on-year (YoY) and up 5% month-on-month (MoM) in May, reaching US$60 billion.
Investment...
US rates e-trading jolts up in May
Average daily notional volumes (ADNV) in US rates trading was up 14% year-on-year (YOY) in May, reaching US$1.26 billion. Month-on-month (MoM), ADNV was up...
Bloomberg boosts European portfolio trading credit services
Bloomberg has expanded its spread-to-benchmark quoting and trading for credit portfolio trades, supporting euro- and sterling-denominated trades.
Spread-to-benchmark quoting allows market participants to evaluate and...
US rates volatility falls, volumes drop 20%
Average daily notional volumes (ADNV) were down 20% year-on-year (YoY) in US rates trading, falling to US$1.069 billion. Volatility dropped by 32% YoY to...
Muni e-trading hits surprise Q1 record
E-trading in municipal bonds was up 2 percentage points year-on-year (YoY) in Q1 2025, representing 20.6% of the market – beating the previous record...
Large US credit trades “holy grail” for e-trading growth
US credit average daily notional volumes edged up in February, reaching US$62 billion – up 13% year-on-year (YoY) but only marginally increasing from the...
E-trading stagnates in US rates
E-trading is stuck in US rates, remaining at 54% of the market month-on-month (MoM) and falling two percentage points year-on-year (YoY).
Dealer-to-client e-trading was also...
Volumes up, volatility down in US rates
Average daily notional volumes (ADNV) rose by more than a fifth (22%) in US rates last month, reaching US$1.2 trillion.
At the same time, CME...
Volumes boom, e-trading stalls in US credit
Activity in US credit accelerated in January, with average daily notional volumes (ADNV) up 22% year-on-year (YoY) to US$61 billion.
At the same time, average...










