S&P Global head of fixed income James retires as Segwick promoted
Carl James announced his retirement in November 2026 after more than three decades in the industry.
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ETS Connect Plus and TS Imagine partner on European post-trade fixed income data
Specifically, TS Imagine clients will be able to use UK and EU bond data across trading, risk and AI workflows.
Trumid goes live with List Optimiser to enhance credit trading protocol selection
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.
LSEG bolsters fixed income offering with $3.5 billion Octus acquisition
Expected to complete in H1 2027, the transaction will bring Octus’ public and private credit data, intelligence and workflows into LSEG.
Do the bond consolidated tapes have a free rider problem?
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.
Institutions face steep data cost rises as vendors overhaul pricing to account for AI, Substantive Research report reveals
Twelve major data vendors are preparing new pricing structures for 2027; “The frustration is when clients are effectively forced into those models because legacy products are being replaced, leaving them with higher costs whether they want the new functionality or not,” Ninety One’s Jane Fenton tells The TRADE.
Traders’ tech stacks: ‘Not an information overload problem, an information consumption problem’
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.
Balyasny Asset Management brings Google Gemini into AI research platforms
The integration will allow BAM’s analysts to carry out high-volume document ingestion and complex multimodal financial analysis.
MarketAxess pricing and trade data integrated into Arcesium platforms
MarketAxess’ CP+ and TraX data will feed Arcesium’s Aquata and Opterra platforms, strengthening a relationship that goes back to 2024.
FactSet to expand market data offering through BCC Group acquisition
The transaction integrates bccg’s ONE Platform into FactSet’s Real-Time Solution suite, and will help shape “how enterprise data solutions get built over the next decade,” FactSet global head of market data and trading tells The TRADE.