Fixed income traders are turning to more trade-specific and AI-supported pre-trade analytics to better inform protocol election and execution strategies, says Grant Adams, director of US credit at Tradeweb.
Speaking to Trader TV, Adams discusses where he and his firm are seeing shifting trends in voice trading, request for quote (RFQ), and portfolio trading while buy-side firms try to navigate choppy markets. He also looks at developments in transaction cost analysis for supporting trader-portfolio manager collaboration, the demand for alternative liquidity providers, and where they are seeing a shift to multi-asset trading.
In this episode:
📌 Shifting trends in protocol use
📌 How is pre-trade and AI being used to inform trading strategies?
📌 Trader- PM collaboration on the desk
📌 The challenges of measuring fixed income TCA
📌 Where can we expect growth and new developments in 2026?
[This post was first published on Trader TV]
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