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 US 2026: Buy-side traders say AI’s promise is tempered by fiduciary responsibility
Leading fixed income desks are embracing artificial intelligence and automation, but panellists at a recent industry summit warned that client obligations must remain the...
US rates e-trading jolts up in May
Average daily notional volumes (ADNV) in US rates trading was up 14% year-on-year (YOY) in May, reaching US$1.26 billion. Month-on-month (MoM), ADNV was up...
Broadridge DLR activity tapers
Average daily volumes (ADV) on Broadridge’s distributed ledger repo platform (DLR) have begun to fall after seven months of continual growth.
ADV was US$362 billion...
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...
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...
