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Investment professionals are carefully watching what will happen to the U.S. London Interbank Overnight Rate (LIBOR). LIBOR, which is a globally accepted, dominant key benchmark interest rate used to set borrowing costs between financial institutions, has faced some criticism in the past, especially around price manipulations. However, with an estimated $350 trillion in outstanding loans and trading contracts hinging on this calculation, it’s no surprise that long-term changes and the looming elimination of the rate is making many in the industry nervous. The fact that its phase-out date is not set in stone – the Federal Reserve on November 30, 2020 announced the phase-out would be extended to June 2023 -- adds even more confusion into the mix.

Regulatory fragmentation is often a starting point for conversations on where ETF trading, as well as broader investment flows, may be heading in Asia. In spite of that and the challenges related to a year dominated by the pandemic, Asian financial markets have continued to thrive, with new initiatives set to help further facilitate liquidity and boost trading volumes in the ETF space.

SHANGHAI, LONDON --Jan. 27, 2021-- Tradeweb Markets Inc. (Nasdaq: TW), a leading, global operator of electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money markets, today announced the appointment of James Sun as Managing Director, Head of Asia.

It seems like most people just want 2020 to end – a global health and economic crisis will get that reaction. The magnitude of lives lost and livelihoods destroyed has been enormous, not to mention the impact it has had on virtually every aspect of society. From education and transportation to housing and mental health – the toll of this crisis has been felt in every aspect of our daily lives.

Pandemic-era volatility has helped portfolio trading in corporate bonds quietly turn a corner in 2020 even as the fixed-income spotlight has fallen on the rise of bond ETFs and bond-market electronification more generally.

NEW YORK – December 3, 2020 – 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 November of $18.7 trillion (tn). Average daily volume (ADV) for the month was $958.7 billion (bn), up 37.2 percent (%) year over year (YoY) and Tradeweb’s second-highest month ever.

Our CEO, Lee Olesky, recently caught up with Matt Wirz at The Wall Street Journal to discuss how market volatility over the past year due to COVID and the recent election has continued to drive increased trading volumes on our platform as the need to trade electronically continues to grow.

NEW YORK – November 18, 2020 – Tradeweb Markets Inc. (Nasdaq: TW), a leading, global operator of electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money markets, today announced it will participate in the Goldman Sachs 2020 U.S. Financial Services Conference on Wednesday, December 9, 2020.

NEW YORK – February 5, 2020 – Tradeweb Markets Inc. (Nasdaq: TW), a leading, global operator of electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money markets, today reported average daily volume (ADV) of $801.9 billion (bn) in aggregate for the month of January 2020, representing an increase of 28.9 percent year over year.

Lee Olesky is optimistic about the future of Tradeweb: the CEO of the trading platform operator that went public in April thinks that the electronification will continue to advance in the coming years.