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.
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.
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.
Natasha Cocksedge catches up with Fabrice Pellous, head of global high yield at Aviva Investors ahead of the Fixed Income Leaders Summit 2026, to discuss how strong trading expertise, relationships and technology are key factors when it comes to turning high yield investment views into efficient trades, particularly in volatile markets.
MarketAxess’ CP+ and TraX data will feed Arcesium’s Aquata and Opterra platforms, strengthening a relationship that goes back to 2024.
New hire will head up the firm’s G10 rates (ex-Japan) offering and brings more than three decades of industry experience to his new role.
“The ability to combine market-on-close execution with rule-based automation is a significant step forward for the JGB markets,” said Yudhveer Chaudhry, head of EM, FX, commodities and digital assets at BlackRock.
Move sees the firm promote from within as it bolsters its fixed income trading capabilities.
Awards for exchanges, sell-side firms, technology vendors and more will be presented on 5 November at The Savoy in London, and on 19 November at Chelsea Piers in New York.