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Tradeweb joins race for credit AI tools
Tradeweb has launched an AI research assistant for institutional credit trading.
The Tradeweb AI Research Assistant (TARA) is a conversational model integrated into the firm’s...
FILS USA 2026: Is execution quality improving?
The answer to whether execution quality is improving, based on discussions at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit, is, 'it depends'. For liquid, standardised instruments...
FILS USA 2026: BondGPT gains agentic capabilities
LTX has introduced agentic AI into BondGPT, its generative AI application for corporate bonds.
Agents on the platform can conduct pre-trade practices such as monitoring...
FILS USA 2026: We are changing the way we build technology
For much of the past decade, the conversation about technology in fixed income trading centred on which vendor to select and how long integration...
FILS USA 2026: Data gets refined
Data has long been described as the new oil. At the Fixed Income Leaders Summit, the conversation had moved on: the question is no...
FILS USA 2026: The biggest obstacle to improving your trading workflow
The trading desk of the future will look very different to its predecessor — and the transformation is already under way. At the Fixed...
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The accelerating boat to China: A faster route for traders
China offers investors a wealth of opportunity, with the caveat that markets are not fully open. Where the authorities are cautious about changes to market...
Eurex sees lit credit future liquidity migrate to dark
The Bloomberg / Eurex credit futures conference in mid-January 2026 had all seats taken and attendees standing in the aisles. That bursting enthusiasm was...
Human battles machine in JGB market
Participants say electronic trading of Japanese government bonds has reached an inflection point, but others counter that the death of voice trading has been...
Credit futures see OI and ADV increase more than sevenfold YoY
The adoption of credit futures as a mainstream credit trading vehicle is broadening across venues and currencies: US$ iBoxx total return based futures traded...
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Trading Intentions Survey: Data and protocol innovation are the battlegrounds for...
The 2026 Trading Intentions Survey has found that data is the most hotly-contested field in supporting corporate bond trading today, while analysis of trading...
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IRD traders see room for improvement in dealer technology use
Close to a third of interest-rate derivatives (IRD) traders are content with the technology use of their dealers, according to a recent Coalition Greenwich...
Exoé signs Sherpa Edge Trading as linked agent in Northern Europe
Sherpa Edge Trading is entering into a linked agent agreement with outsourced trading provider Exoé. This partnership will bring Exoé’s buy-side outsourced multi-asset trading...
Societe Generale hires Anu Iyanda
Societe Generale has appointed Anu Iyanda as an emerging markets credit trader in London.
Iyanda joins from HSBC, where he spent over three years trading...
Tradeweb completes electronic swaption trade
Tradeweb has completed the first fully electronic request-for-market (RFM) swaption package trade on its Swap Execution Facility (TW SEF).
Since the inaugural trade was executed...
Julia Perroni joins Houlihan Lokey’s capital markets business
Global investment bank Houlihan Lokey has named Julia Perroni as a managing director in its capital markets business.
Based out of Paris, Perroni will head...
European Women in Finance: Nichola Hunter, building fixed income businesses
Shanny Basar talks to Nichola Hunter, head of rates at MarketAxess about leading a start-up, becoming an acquisition target and the growth of electronic...
The enduring popularity of ‘Don’t Panic’
The phrase ‘Don’t Panic’ crops up frequently in comic fiction, notably in Douglas Adams’ book ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ and in 1970’s British...
Finbourne, Propellant partner to pursue UK, Europe bond tape provider projects
Finbourne Technology and Propellant Digital have forged a strategic partnership to bid for the bond Consolidated Tape Provider (CTP) projects in the UK and...
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management adopts Bloomberg Rule Builder
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management has adopted Bloomberg Rule Builder (RBLD), a multi-asset, rules-based trade automation tool, to try and enhance the efficiency and...
Can you guess which market has seen the greatest fall in bid-ask spreads, year-to-date?
Two weeks ago, we asked what was crushing the US investment grade (IG) market’s bid-ask spread. However there has been an even greater reduction...
Teamwork makes the dream work: Traders can add alpha
There is room for improvement in the relationships between portfolio managers and traders, and without taking advantage of their potential funds could miss out...
OpenDoor closes for business
OpenDoor, the trading venue for US Treasuries, has ceased trading, effective 13 January 2021.
In a statement posted online, Susan Estes, CEO and president of...
