Hairy Days As New Bond Shops Struggle to Dent $8 Trillion Market
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Matthew Leising and Tracy Alloway of Bloomberg Business report on the current state of the corporate bond marketplace, recently launched trading platforms, including Tradeweb, aimed at improving liquidity, and the focus on gaining marketshare by providing investors with the trading tools they are looking for. Tradeweb President Billy Hult is quoted on the firm's U.S. credit trading offering including streaming prices, list trading and electronic auctions in addition to the growth in the number of trades and average trade size. In the article, Hult also discusses Tradeweb's vision and expectations for the marketplace, and highlights the firm's focus on supporting the marketplace as it moves to an e-trading environment.