The TRADE catches up with Hiroyuki Higuchi, head of fixed income and currency at MUFG Asset Management, following his panel at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit, to explore how geopolitics is reshaping fixed income strategy, how the desk separates short-term noise from structural shifts, and the risks most likely to drive volatility over the next 12 months.

The move is set to connect portfolio activity, pricing, and execution more efficiently, according to BlackRock.

Experts from the buy- and sell-side speaking at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit (FILS) on Wednesday shared their insights and practical advice on how best to build a global execution framework amid the “new world” of fixed income markets today. 

Panellists speaking at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit in Juan-les-Pins on Tuesday argued that automation should be approached as an ‘assessment management’ business – with human intervention remaining on top.  

The TRADE catches up with Stephanie Creswell, fixed income trader at Vanguard, following her panel at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit, to explore how systematic execution frameworks can improve consistency and reduce slippage, as well as where trader judgement still adds the most value as automation ramps up. 

The solution is designed for multiple asset classes including digital assets and equities and allows investors to gain market themes and asset class exposure without having to trade underlying instruments directly.  

As the volume of data and technology booms across the industry, panellists at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit on Tuesday emphasised that traders are increasingly battling issues with implementation rather than selection when it comes to their technology providers.   

Stratos Group, the Jefferies-owned parent of FXCM, is set to sell all of its assets and operations to the online broker, according to a SEC regulatory filing.

Live from the floor at Europe’s Fixed Income Leaders Summit, The TRADE catches up with Jadd Chamié, lead credit portfolio manager and deputy head of the credit investment division at Nippon Life Global Investors Europe, to explore where AI tools are adding the most value across the investment process, why data quality is such a challenge in OTC fixed income markets, and how governance and agentic AI are likely to shape adoption in the coming years. 

The framework, developed by FIX’s post-trade committee, sets a standard message format for asset managers to request and receive margin requirements from clearing brokers and swap providers.