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| Global swaps produced record revenues as a vigorous debate on the timing and direction of Central Bank rate moves and market share gains drove record results across U.S., European, APAC and emerging market swaps |
| And we have a really strong and good relationship with BPCI |
| We entered 2024 with strong momentum across our businesses |
| And then, equally as importantly, particularly towards the back half of the year when the environment really became much more favorable and we were seeing very strong revenues in line with kind of what you're seeing for January, you saw us also be able to accelerate some of those investments |
| We were able to deliver margin expansion in that environment |
| Diving into the fourth quarter, client activity and risk appetite continued to grow, which drove strong double-digit revenue growth |
| Specifically on Slide 4, record revenues of $370 million were up 26.3% year-over-year on a reported basis and 24.6% on a constant currency basis and adjusted EBITDA margins expanded by 15 basis points on a reported basis and 122 basis points on a constant currency basis relative to the fourth quarter of 2022 |
| You obviously saw the really strong volumes we've put up in January |
| Record revenues across rates were driven by a double-digit revenue growth across global government bonds, swaps and mortgages |
| Similarly, the record revenues across credit were led by strong U.S |
| and European corporate credit in muni trading, including record quarterly market share and electronic U.S |
| Money markets also had a record, fueled by growth in our retail certificate of deposit franchise and continued organic growth in institutional repos |
| Finally, market data revenues were driven by our LSEG contract and our proprietary data products, which continue to enjoy robust growth |
| I think that formula has worked very well for us |
| Record volumes across most asset classes translated into 12.6% and 12.2% revenue growth on a reported and constant currency basis, respectively |
| The scale generated by our strong top line results drove approximately 49 basis points of adjusted EBITDA margin expansion and 19% adjusted earnings growth |
| EM, again, I mentioned the focus that we'll have around rates in EM is a huge priority for us as a company, and we feel really good about the marketplaces need and desire to support competition there |
| And so that's a really good environment for us |
| In the fourth quarter, our market share is now over 20% on an overall basis, record institutional volumes in January |
| If you think about our government bond franchise for a second in terms of the leadership position that we have, obviously, record market share, Chris versus Bloomberg on the long-dated part of the government bond market |
| We think that's like a great end result |
| We believe our investments have not only positioned us well for the future, but also helped make 2023 another banner year for Tradeweb |
| 2023 continued the streak of robust revenue growth that we have worked hard to deliver for multiple years now |
| On that note, we reported strong January volumes yesterday which translated into revenue growth in January in excess of 20% year-over-year |
| We think that's good |
| We believe we can replicate the success we've had across IG with a particular focus on increasing our penetration with ETF market makers and leveraging our Aladdin collaboration to grow our all-to-all network post integration |
| As I embark on my 24th year at Tradeweb and my second year as CEO, we continue to see ample opportunity to grow our One Tradeweb mantra and build better markets for the future |
| We are not relinquishing that role, and we feel really strongly about the position that we have today |
| Our cross-selling initiatives continue to pay dividends with the recent Yieldbroker acquisition, which we believe will unlock more opportunities |
| And we feel like really strongly that the way that we've developed the portfolio trading protocols has created the right balance in the market and has allowed us to play this significant leadership role |
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| The 2 quarters with negative year-over-year revenue growth were due to extreme factors |
| Market dislocation related to COVID in the third quarter of 2020 caused revenues to fall 2% year-over-year and excess market volatility prompting clients to take risk off the table in the fourth quarter of 2022 led to a 4% drop in revenues |
| We had an environment in the first part of the year where the revenue environment was more challenging for a lot of macro reasons |
| But more importantly, on the rate side, I think there's a prevailing view that as rates get cut, that's bad for rate volumes |
| And other trading revenues were down 6% |
| For long-tenor swaps, fees per million were down 29% primarily due to an 8% decline in duration year-over-year and an increase in compression trades |
| Overall, our blended fees per million decreased 15% year-over-year, primarily due to a shift away from cash rates and a decrease in cash credit and cash equities fee per million |
| Just given the start to the year that you've seen, it seems difficult to get the numbers to work out to lower margin expansion that you saw in 2023, even towards the higher end of the expense guidance range |
| For cash equities, average fees per million decreased by 6% due to a reduction in U.S |
| And our progress in high yield has been slower or a little bit more uneven |
| Unfavorable movements in FX resulted in a $500,000 loss in the fourth quarter of '23 versus a $2.6 million gain in the fourth quarter of '22, a delta of over $3.1 million between the fourth quarter of '23 and '22 |
| Our central limit order book ADV was down 1% year-over-year, given tougher cloud market conditions though the team remains focused on onboarding more liquidity providers over the coming quarters as they deliver on a holistic strategy across our wholesale protocols |
| And as we kind of talked about in the prepared remarks, clients have definitely been doing more trading on the short end and duration in our businesses has been decreasing, particularly in swaps |
| Professional fees decreased 18%, mainly due to a decrease in legal fees |
| As always, it comes down to execution |
| And adjusted general and administrative costs increased due to a pickup in marketing and philanthropy and unfavorable movements in FX |
| Clients put new risk on and then collapse old risk as the market environment changes |
| For cash credit, average fees per million decreased 4% due to a mix shift away from munis, partially offset by an increase in European credit fee per million |
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