Credit futures are gaining traction among institutional investors as a capital-efficient way to manage corporate credit exposure alongside ETFs, CDS and total return swaps, driven by margin efficiencies, duration-hedged exposure and improving liquidity.
Speaking to Trader TV, CME’s Ted Carey, CFA, product lead for US Treasury futures and long-term interest rate products, discusses where the exchange is seeing larger trades increasingly being executed through a mix of on-screen liquidity, block trades and ETF-linked tools, with broader buy-side adoption expected through 2026 as product coverage and liquidity expand.
In this episode:
What’s driving the demand for credit futures? How are buy-sides adapting their use of credit risk tools? Diversifying methods for block trading Which buy-side cohort is adoption taking place? What can we expect from the rest of 2026?
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