Vendors push voice data across the trade lifecycle

Through partnerships and acquisitions, communications vendors are integrating voice data into different parts of the trade lifecycle to offer more sophisticated analytics and easier user interfaces. Electronification has supplanted voice trading in some fixed-income markets, particularly in instruments like US Treasuries, though progress is uneven. Tim Carmody, Chief Technology Officer, IPC, discusses how, rather than fading away, voice-based communications are adapting to new technology.