How Systematic Trading Strategies are Reshaping Fixed Income
As fixed income markets have evolved over the last five years, many firms have increasingly deployed systematic trading strategies. Systematic strategies use algorithms and data-driven models to make bond trading decisions, aiming for consistent alpha and reduced human bias.
With advances in market electronification and data availability, this approach has become more viable across global fixed income sectors. Institutional interest is rising as asset managers adopt these methods to find uncorrelated returns in increasingly transparent markets.
Join our special guest Kevin McPartland of Crisil Coalition Greenwich on June 18, 2025 at 10am EDT for an interview with Numerix’s Chief Marketing Officer, James Jockle, where they will discuss why and how systematic trading has grown in the fixed income markets and where it’s headed.
Hear Kevin’s perspectives on:
- Drivers behind the increase in systematic trading
- New areas of growth and future opportunities
- Separately Managed Accounts (SMA) and their impact
- Retail trading and ETFs
- The roles of market data, technology, and AI
Featured Speakers
Kevin McPartland
Kevin McPartland is the head of market structure and technology research. He has nearly 20 years of capital markets industry experience with deep expertise in market structure, regulation and technology impacting the fixed-income, FX and equity markets.
Prior to joining the Firm, Kevin was with BlackRock, where he was a Director in the Electronic Trading and Market Structure group. Prior to Blackrock, he was a Principal at TABB Group, where he founded and led the firm's fixed-income research practice. Kevin also spent time at J.P.Morgan, UBS and Deutsche Bank in varying capacities.
Kevin has presented at a wide range of industry conferences, is quoted regularly in the financial media and has provided live and taped commentary on various TV and radio outlets. In addition, he provided testimony discussing the Dodd-Frank Act in 2011 to the U.S. Senate’s Banking Committee and three times to the U.S. Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), mostly recently in 2015.
Kevin earned a BS in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and is currently a member of the advisory board for the M.S. in Quantitative Finance and Risk Analytics program.
As Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President of Global Marketing & Corporate Communications, James leads the company’s global marketing and corporate communications efforts, spanning a diverse set of solutions and audiences. He oversees integrated marketing communications to clients in the largest global financial markets and to the Numerix partner network through the company's branding, electronic marketing, research, events, public relations, advertising and relationship marketing.
Since joining Numerix in 2008, James has launched the organization’s award-winning thought leadership program, bringing to light challenges and insights from Numerix market experts. He also hosts the Numerix Video Blog, tackling the challenges pressing the derivatives markets—from regulatory issues to trading strategies.
Prior to joining Numerix, James served as Managing Director of Global Marketing and Communications for Fitch Ratings. During his tenure at Fitch, he built the firm’s public relations program, oversaw investor relations and led marketing and communications plans for several acquisitions. Prior to Fitch, James was a member of the communications team at Moody's Investors Service.
