Trading and distribution

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~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 Ā rate-based securities; leading underwriter of Agency debt with tailored structures and maturities.

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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)Ā 
  • 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

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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, energyĀ 

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