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FILS USA 2026: US economic strength underpins macro outlook

The strength of the US economy is a prevailing macro theme, and while there are concerns about growth being derailed, the near-term outlook remains...

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: Macro outlook mostly clear but clouds on horizon

Fixed income investors are navigating a changed landscape compared with years ago; bonds remain a vital portfolio component, though new risks have emerged. That was...

FILS USA 2026: Assessing active management’s advantages

Fixed income investors who default to passive strategies are missing structural return advantages of active management, said Jonathan Murrell, senior portfolio manager at Bank...

FILS USA 2026: Separately managed accounts to evolve into multi-asset wrappers

Separately managed accounts are no longer a niche product for the ultra-wealthy. Across the fixed income market, practitioners are watching the structure evolve from...

Tradeweb takes the lead in May credit e-trading

Tradeweb and MarketAxess have recovered from their April wobble in US credit, with Tradeweb taking its strongest lead to date. Average daily volumes (ADV) at...

FILS USA 2026: Fixed income traders bridge two worlds

Buy-side desks are grappling with siloed liquidity, underperforming systems and the unfinished promise of electronification as markets transform. The fixed income trading desk of 2026...

BlackRock’s Xiao: “Challenge every preconceived notion of what is possible”

Speaking in conversation with a Troy Dixon, co-head of global markets at Tradeweb at the Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit USA 2026, Jenny Xiao, global...

FILS USA 2026: Liquidity in bits

It is helpful for fixed income market participants to have their current range of choices in trading protocols and execution venues, but that optionality...