How AI is transforming fixed income trading | Podcast

What will it take for autonomous trading agents to become a reality?

In this episode of the Capital Markets FinTech Forum, Gareth Coltman, Head of Product for EMEA & APAC at MarketAxess, joins Matthew Cheung, CEO of ipushpull, to discuss the growing role of AI, machine learning and automation across the fixed income trading lifecycle.

Drawing on more than a decade of innovation at MarketAxess, Gareth explores how data-driven workflows are improving liquidity discovery, counterparty selection and execution outcomes. He also shares his perspective on the rise of generative and agentic AI, the continued importance of voice trading, and why human oversight remains critical as markets move toward greater automation.

From electronification and execution strategy to governance, risk and regulation, the conversation examines how AI is transforming fixed income trading today and where the market could be heading next.