Corporate bond trading breaks records (again)

An average of $65 billion traded per day in the U.S. corporate bond market in March, a record surpassing the previous high-water mark set the month before. Perhaps even more impressive was the 108 billion that traded on month end – another new single day record.

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.