Trading and distribution

~170B

In par amount traded annually*

$750M–1B

Average overnight inventory*

Trading and Distribution

With major trading desks strategically located across the US, Europe, Asia and Australia, we specialize in a diverse range of hybrid and preferred securities:

  • Hybrid and Preferred Securities | Deep issuer and structural insight, relative value perspective, and execution capabilities across preferred stock and hybrid capital instruments, helping clients efficiently navigate yield, capital structure, and duration considerations.
  • Secondary CTL and Privates | Secondary market liquidity, pricing insight, and execution across corporate term loans and private credit assets, enabling efficient participation in private and illiquid credit markets.
  • Corporate bonds | Trading and distribution across investment-grade sectors.
  • Emerging Markets | Access to diverse emerging market securities, leveraging local expertise to navigate risks and uncover growth opportunities.
  • Illiquids | Expertise in sourcing, pricing and executing transactions in distressed debt, private credit and other illiquid assets.
  • Mortgages | Expertise in agency and non-agency RMBS, with dedicated CMBS trading across the credit spectrum.
  • Municipals | Institutional investment-grade blocks, separately managed accounts, and short-duration securities, including lower investment grade and high-yield/distressed.
  • Structured products | Distribution of market-linked securities
  • Rates/Agencies | Active in interest  rate-based securities; leading underwriter of Agency debt with tailored structures and maturities.

Inventory

Access diverse, specialized investment products for institutions, insurance companies, banks, money managers, mutual funds and pension funds. We focus on the proprietary trading and distribution of:

  • Agency origination capabilities (averaging $6B annually)
  • Asset-backed securities (subordinate and senior) 
  • Collateralized mortgage obligations
  • Commercial mortgage-backed securities
  • Convertible bonds
  • Corporate bonds
  • Credit tenant lease financing, loan structuring and private placements
  • High yield securities
  • Mortgage-backed securities
  • Municipal bonds (taxable and tax-exempt)
  • Preferred stocks
  • Tender option bonds (TOBs)
  • Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPs)
  • US government and agency securities
  • Secondary CTL & Privates

Credit specialization

Benefit from a tenured team of industry-leading credit specialists focused on macro-municipal trends and investment grade credit:

  • Airlines / airports
  • Continuing care retirement communities (CCRC)
  • Distressed / bankrupt securities, including workout and restructuring
  • Distressed local governments
  • General governments
  • Health care
  • Higher education and miscellaneous nonprofit entities
  • Housing financing (single and multi-family)
  • Industrial development corporate-backed
  • Land development financing
  • Prepaid gas
  • Puerto Rico and other US territories
  • Special tax-backed and lease-backed securities
  • Tobacco
  • Toll roads
  • Transportation and transit agencies
  • Utilities, power, energy