Jason Quinn, Chief Product Officer & Global Head of Sales, Trumid
Automation is shifting from an efficiency play to a real strategic advantage, and we believe it will be one of the defining themes of 2026. Traders are increasingly looking for tools that simplify complex workflows and help them execute with greater speed and precision.
What’s encouraging is how quickly the market is leaning in. We’re seeing higher velocity of trading and growing electronic engagement as clients confidently adopt tech-enabled liquidity solutions.
E-credit portfolio trading, particularly in high yield, also reached new highs this year, signaling a market ready for deeper automation. Participants are moving from experimenting to truly scaling their use of automated tools.
As we look ahead, I expect systematic strategies and algorithmic trading to play a larger role in daily activity, while digitisation continues to reshape how liquidity is sourced, priced, and executed.
The real question is where automation goes next. Can we imagine a world of ‘unattended’ trading, where systems are entrusted to work orders across multiple credit protocols? Intelligent automation moves us closer to that future by augmenting human decision-making and expanding access to liquidity opportunities.
With more trading flowing through digital, data-rich channels, we remain constructive on market activity and innovation in the year ahead.
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