Fixed income electronic trading platforms
Stuart Campbell, head of global fixed income trading at asset manager Invesco, uses electronic RFQ platforms aggressively but currently avoids crossing platforms or single dealer platforms. “Smaller trades will always be run across electronic platforms because it is efficient to request multiple quotes in a size up to about $10m, for liquid Electronic trading has become an increasingly important part of the fixed income market landscape. It has enabled a pickup of automated trading in the most liquid market segments. Innovative trading venues and protocols - reinforced by changes in the nature of intermediation - have proliferated, and new market participants have emerged.