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The human edge in electronic markets

Greenwich Report
June 2026 By: Jesse Forster
Institutional trading desks now operate within a market environment driven by speed, scale and steadily advancing electronic tools.
According to our recent research, which gathered insights from over 500 financial advisors, while digital connections matter for the advisor-client relationship, a personalized touch is necessary.
Buy-side trading desks have spent the last decade learning how to do more with less. At least 15% of them now augment their desks with outsourced trading providers.
Electronic U.S. Treasury volume in May grew 17% from May 2025, with nearly $670 billion in bonds trading via trading venues and direct electronic links between counterparties.
Investment-grade bonds continued their journey toward flow status in May, with the average daily notional volume (ADNV) up 18% and electronic trading volume up 17% year over year.
In 2020, India made a clear pivot away from tightly managing foreign access to its bond market toward a market structure that embraces global demand. The Fully Accessible Route (FAR) was the turning point.
As we noted last year, while the importance and influence of the largest traditional banks in global markets cannot be overstated, the gravitational pull of the “bulge bracket” nonbank liquidity providers (NBLPs) continues to intensify.
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