Tradeweb signs deal to acquire Trumid for about $1.97 billion
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Tradeweb announced a definitive agreement to acquire Trumid for about $1.97 billion in a deal that expands its credit trading capabilities into the grey market for bonds before issuance, according to a company statement. The consideration includes about $1.89 billion in cash, subject to customary adjustments under the deal, according to the financial terms announced by Tradeweb. It also includes $82 million in stock, alongside the cash component that accounts for most of the announced acquisition price. The company said adding Trumid would extend its capabilities into pre-issuance bond trading as part of its expansion in credit. Tradeweb expects the deal to boost adjusted earnings per share in the first full year after the acquisition closes, the timeframe the company specified for the expected impact on that metric.
The deal follows growth in Trumid's activity in the third quarter of 2026, when the platform reported average daily volume of about $9.6 billion. That represented an increase of 38% from the same quarter a year earlier, according to Trumid's statement on September and third-quarter trading highlights. Across execution protocols, combined average daily volume for request-for-quote and portfolio trading rose 47% year on year in the third quarter, according to the same statement. Activity in the Swarms protocol and attributed trading grew 36% from the same period a year earlier, alongside increased activity in request-for-quote and portfolio trading. Growth in combined average daily volume for request-for-quote and portfolio trading outpaced growth in the platform's overall average daily volume, while growth in Swarms and attributed trading lagged it.
At Tradeweb, total average daily volume rose 29.0% year on year in September 2026, according to the company's monthly statement on trading volumes across its platforms. Fully electronic U.S. credit average daily volume reached about $11.1 billion in the same month, according to figures the company released for that business. That average rose 29.7% year on year, outpacing growth in Tradeweb's total average daily volume during September. The company described U.S. credit trading volumes that month as record levels, attributing them to continued client adoption of its trading protocols. Tradeweb specifically cited request-for-quote, portfolio trading and AllTrade among the execution protocols whose continued adoption by clients it said drove record U.S. credit volumes.
Tradeweb attributed increased client activity across fixed-income instruments to higher yields, shifting interest-rate expectations and heavy issuance, according to its commentary accompanying September trading results. The company said: "Amid higher yields, shifting interest-rate expectations and heavy issuance, we saw increased client activity across fixed-income instruments." Revenue from Tradeweb's credit business, which the deal strengthens, totaled about $128.4 million in the second quarter of 2026. That figure appeared in the company's filing on its results for the quarter with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which detailed the credit business's performance. That revenue rose 3.3% from the same period a year earlier, according to the filing, ahead of September data showing growth in fully electronic U.S. credit trading volumes.
Tradeweb previously announced a deal in April 2024 to acquire Institutional Cash Distributors, another purchase in the company's acquisition history. That deal was valued at $785 million, according to Tradeweb's statement on its acquisition of the investment technology company. The previous transaction was entirely in cash, unlike the Trumid agreement, which combines cash and stock under the announced financial terms. Institutional Cash Distributors serves corporate treasury departments in short-term investments, according to Tradeweb's description of the acquired company's business. The announced value of the Trumid agreement exceeds that of the earlier transaction, with the expansion differing between servicing corporate treasuries' short-term investments and adding grey-market bond trading capabilities before issuance.
Tradeweb is scheduled to host a call to discuss the acquisition on October 20, 2026, according to the date posted on the company's investor relations website. The call starts at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time to discuss the company's announced agreement to buy Trumid. It will be followed by the third-quarter earnings call on October 29, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, according to the investor relations calendar. Completion of the acquisition remains subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions, according to the terms Tradeweb announced for the deal. The company targets completion in the first half of 2027, the announced closing timeframe ahead of the first full year in which it expects the deal to boost adjusted earnings per share.