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In 2024, nonbank liquidity providers (NBLP) generated $25.6 billion via market making in equities, fixed income, currencies, and commodities—22% higher than the year before.
April set many new records in the corporate bond market, including an average daily notional volume (ADNV) of $60 billion, a single day record of $92 billion (April 30) and an electronic ADNV of $4.7 billion for high yield bonds.
Global markets trading revenue of the Coalition Index Banks has increased 8.9% in 2024 vs. 2023. This growth was driven by a surge in equities products, securitization, credit, and emerging markets (EM) macro.
The European corporate bond market experienced impressive growth in 2024, with daily trading volumes growing 18% to reach €12.1 billion per day in 2024 ($13 billion).