Liquidnet, which helps investors to execute large trades anonymously, says its recent efforts to improve liquidity in corporate bond markets are beginning to pay off.
The firm's fixed income arm recorded $1.2 billion of corporate bond trades in the first quarter of 2017, up 27% on the first quarter of 2016, according to a statement on Wednesday. It now boasts more than 600 "active" traders, up on 350 at the same time in 2016.
