Corporate bond market on track for another record year

U.S. corporate bond trading in 2025 is on pace to reach a full-year average of over $50 billion per day for the first time ever, supported by record new issuance activity that has surpassed the previous annual record even before December’s numbers hit the tape.

Crisil Coalition Greenwich continuously gathers data and insights from credit market participants, including market makers, primary dealers and trading platforms. The data, once aggregated, normalized and enhanced, is analyzed by our market structure research team who identify the key trends of trading in the credit markets, with a focus on corporate bond electronic trading and trading platform market share.