Tradeweb Reports April 2025 Total Trading Volume of $57.8 Trillion and Average Daily Volume of $2.7 Trillion

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April 2025 ADV up 38.6% YoY

NEW YORK, May 06, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tradeweb Markets Inc. (Nasdaq: TW), a leading, global operator of electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money markets, today reported total trading volume for the month of April 2025 of $57.8 trillion (tn)1. Average daily volume (ADV) for the month was $2.7tn, an increase of 38.6 percent (%) year-over-year (YoY). Excluding the impact of the ICD acquisition, which closed on August 1, 2024, total ADV for the month of April was up 25.9% YoY.

In April 2025, Tradeweb records included:

  • ADV in U.S. government bonds

  • ADV in fully electronic U.S. high yield credit

  • ADV in municipal bonds

  • ADV in U.S. ETFs

  • ADV in European ETFs

  • ADV in global repurchase agreements

April 2025 Highlights

RATES

  • U.S. government bond ADV was up 41.5% YoY to $290.4 billion (bn). European government bond ADV was up 29.1% YoY to $58.9bn.

    • Record U.S. government bond ADV was led by record activity across the institutional and wholesale client channels. On April 9, Tradeweb facilitated record single-day volume of $472.5bn in U.S. government bonds following the U.S. federal administration’s tariff announcements. Robust European government bond ADV was driven by strong volumes across our institutional client channel. Strong activity in the U.S. and Europe was supported by an increased number of clients trading across a diverse set of trading protocols.

  • Mortgage ADV was up 12.6% YoY to $232.2bn.

    • To-Be-Announced (TBA) activity was primarily driven by heightened volatility and increased trading activity from the originator community. Tradeweb’s specified pool platform reported strong volumes driven by a growing number of clients executing on the platform.

  • Swaps/swaptions ≥ 1-year ADV was up 10.1% YoY to $523.8bn and total rates derivatives ADV was up 22.1% YoY to $971.9bn.

    • Swaps/swaptions ≥ 1-year saw strong risk trading activity YoY driven by significant volatility in global rates markets, due to geopolitical tensions, regulatory uncertainties and shifts in investor sentiment. This was partially offset by an 18% YoY decline in compression activity, which carries a relatively lower fee per million. April compression activity as a percentage of swaps/swaptions ≥ 1-year is trending lower than 1Q25.

CREDIT

  • Fully electronic U.S. credit ADV was up 9.2% YoY to $8.8bn and European credit ADV was up 18.4% YoY to $2.7bn.

    • U.S. credit volumes were driven by increased client adoption of Tradeweb protocols, most notably in Portfolio Trading and request-for-quote (RFQ). Tradeweb captured 16.7% and 8.4% share of fully electronic U.S high grade and U.S. high yield TRACE, respectively, as measured by Tradeweb. We also reported 25.6% total share of U.S. high grade TRACE and 10.8% total share of U.S. high yield TRACE. The first half of April was impacted by heightened volatility, which led to increased one-way flow in the wholesale channel and idiosyncratic client activity. However, activity normalized in U.S. high grade credit as the month progressed, with U.S. high grade credit market share reaching 18.8% in the second half of April. European credit volumes were driven by growth in Portfolio Trading and Tradeweb AllTrade®.

  • Municipal bonds ADV was up 58.5% YoY to $550 million (mm).

    • Municipal bonds saw strong growth across the retail and institutional platforms, reflecting growth relatively in-line with the overall market.

  • Credit derivatives ADV was up 93.5% YoY to $29.6bn.

    • Increased hedge fund and systematic account activity YoY, along with heightened credit volatility, led to increased swap execution facility (SEF) and multilateral trading facility (MTF) credit default swaps activity.