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Executive Summary

Corporate bond trading in the U.S. held up well in March despite the market carnage in equities and Treasuries. Volumes were only 3% above the same month last year, and only slightly lower than the month before.

Methodology

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.