It has said that 120 US companies have signed up to the corporate bond trading dark pool , that it expects to launch at the end of September , double the amount it targeted . Liquidnet 's core business focuses on anonymously trading asset managers looking to trade big blocks of stocks , which it is looking to sell in the bond market as post - crisis rules have forced bond traders to migrate from trading OTC .
Liquidnet has said that 120 US firms have signed up to the corporate bond trading dark pool, that it plans to launch at the end of September, double the amount it targeted. Liquidnet's core business focuses on anonymously connecting fund managers looking to trade big blocks of stocks, which it is looking to mimic in the bond market as post-crisis rules have forced bond trading to migrate from trading OTC.