Merrin said his venue is going to be the only dark pool venue for corporate bonds that has a critical mass of asset managers signed up to post their liquidity. 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 .
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 .