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: 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...
How portfolio trading can prompt a rethink for credit TCA
Portfolio trading (PT) has grown significantly in corporate bond markets, and it creates some meaningful complications for transaction cost analysis and market data.
Portfolio trades...
Trading Intentions Survey: Data and protocol innovation are the battlegrounds for credit trading
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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Bloomberg ditches auto-copy for RUNZ messages
Bloomberg has stopped users auto-copying RUNZ messages to other recipients, “to enhance sender control over RUNZ pricing distribution,” from 18 March 2026.
A RUNZ formatted...
J.P. Morgan Execute powers the future of e-trading
Close teamwork is seamlessly delivering sophisticated services to the users of J.P. Morgan’s Execute platform.
J.P. Morgan’s Execute platform has 4,000 users globally, and facilitates...
Are bigger trades always better?
Average trade sizes appear to have been increasing in corporate bond markets in recent years. Superficially this might suggest a greater dealer capacity to...
Why humans give the best execution
Understanding best execution requires an understanding that both explicit and implicit costs can have a serious impact on investment goals, and these often reach...
Aligning the pre-trade credit liquidity picture and the execution goal
Pre-trade data and market colour are imperative for buy-side traders looking to achieve best execution in corporate bond markets. Understanding how that applies to...
“A fixed income price is not a fact. A fixed income price is an...
David LaRusso is the head of fixed income trading at Dimensional Fund Advisors, and has just celebrated his 25th anniversary at the firm. The...
