Private Credit
Nvidia's platforms, Bank of America's $250bn and an SEC letter lifting data-centre bonds out of ABS disclosure move credit risk onto collateral nobody prices publicly — a week in which venue, wealth and muni data all grew harder to see.
Wealth Management
LPL's model platform passed $100 billion the same week Edward Jones grew advisory assets 29% on a shrinking roster, making retail bond allocation a gatekeeping decision. The week ran that way throughout: fewer published numbers, concentrated in fewer hands.
Venues & Exchanges
ICE is paying $6bn for MarketAxess just as venue fee capture erodes and the public data on who trades what goes dark — a week in which the price of measurement kept rising.