Waters Wavelength Ep. 351: MarketAxess’s Lee and Alexandre
This week, Spencer Lee and Julien Alexandre from MarketAxess join the podcast to discuss AI in fixed income trading.
Wei-Shen Wong, Asia editor, and Anthony Malakian, editor-in-chief of WatersTechnology, record a weekly podcast touching on the biggest stories in financial technology.
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This week’s guests are Spencer Lee, head of products, Americas, and Julien Alexandre, global head of research at MarketAxess.
Click here to listen to Spencer’s last appearance on the podcast.
0:00 – Tony recounts the NFL draft week
8:00 – Spencer and Julien join the podcast
11:30 – How AI is making sense of data coming from different sources
17:30 – Evolution of AI in fixed income
22:00 – Where AI has the most measurable impact
24:30 – How to trade and what to trade
30:00 – Agentic vs algo
33:30 – AI sentiment index
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Wei-Shen Wong: + 852 3411 4758; wei-shen.wong@infopro-digital.com
Anthony Malakian: + 1 646 490 3973; anthony.malakian@infopro-digital.com
Past 10 episodes:
Episode 350: AI but make it about data basics
Episode 349: The other Amsterdam and more Cusip drama
Episode 348: FIA Boca, prediction markets, and the stupidity of Chatham House rules
Episode 346: TS Imagine’s Andrew Morgan
Episode 345: Patrick McGarry’s Ride to Remember
Episode 344: Hot topics for 2026
Episode 343: Broadridge’s Jason Birmingham
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