The solution combines Trumid’s pricing, analytics and optimisation capabilities, and follows growing demand for support in leveraging either portfolio trading or request for quote capabilities.
New hire has worked across the buy- and sell-side for more than 20 years and previously served in various credit-based roles at firms including CIC Market Solutions, Edmond de Rothschild and Tradition.
New hire joins the firm in the same position; previous experience includes positions at Soloda Investment Advisors and Morgan Stanley.
Expected to complete in H1 2027, the transaction will bring Octus’ public and private credit data, intelligence and workflows into LSEG.
The transaction is expected to complete in H1 2027, and expands Tradeweb’s offering across the bond lifecycle, as well as bolstering the firm’s future growth outlook in US credit and its multi-asset class platform.
With the UK bond consolidated tape bedding in and Europe’s nearing launch, industry leaders speaking at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit this week have warned firms banking on a free ride that they risk being left “blind” to the market.
Speaking at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit on Wednesday, asset managers urged caution, stressing that “AI is effectively a tool while automation is an objective” and that the industry must balance AI adoption with robust governance and human judgement in the face of unpredictable outputs.
Liquidity provision has been on the up in fixed income markets, however, as more options to access liquidity open up, choice also comes with challenge, agreed Fidelity’s Lars Salmon and BlackRock’s Nisha Pindoria Brown speaking at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit on Wednesday.
The TRADE catches up with Hiroyuki Higuchi, head of fixed income and currency at MUFG Asset Management, following his keynote speech 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.
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.