As Goldman Looks To Increase Bond Trading Algos, “Hiring Spree” On FI Trading Desks

Despite news Goldman Sachs is expanding their algorithmic bond trading, humans are nonetheless in demand on fixed-income trading desks, a recent Greenwich study observed. Part of the demand is being driven by the expectation for volatility. As the US Federal Reserve mulls plans to ever so gradually reduce the size of its more than $4 trillion balance sheet, bond trading desks are staffing up in anticipation of disparate price action.

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Sell side bending over backward to staff up on bond trading desks amid algorithmic bond trading launch

There is one “clear sign” competition for talent is stiff among corporate...