In 2018, from an asset management firm or long-only institutional investor perspective, the time to await change in the fixed income market has passed; not only has significant change occurred, but it continues to change at a rapid pace. Specifically, the electronification of both buyside and sellside bonds and swaps trading processes and workflows has combined with unprecedented levels of structural change to the global marketplaces for both types of instruments in the post-financial crisis period. This means that portfolio managers and execution trading desks are now increasingly challenged to adopt next-generation e-trading capabilities across a range of fixed income instruments.
