As fixed income firms weigh whether to build pricing systems in-house or rely on third-party providers, the article underscores a critical point: pricing is becoming the foundation for scalable, data-driven trading. Tim Stevens, Chief Product Officer at SOLVE, explains how AI-generated predictive pricing can help firms turn live market data into actionable signals, improve trading outcomes, and strengthen internal models with more reliable guardrails.

What to expect in the article:

  • Why pricing is central to the build-versus-buy debate: Buyside firms are using richer data sets, from TRACE prints to dealer runs and customer bids, to determine whether internal systems or vendor solutions best support their workflows.

  • How AI is changing predictive pricing: Tim Stevens highlights how SOLVE uses AI to generate live signals, predict where a bond will trade, and reduce the gap between expected and actual execution levels.

  • How firms are using SOLVE’s pricing data in practice: Clients use SOLVE’s predictive pricing through front-end tools, feeds, and APIs to support trading decisions, enhance internal models, and create guardrails for AI-driven pricing workflows.

Read the full article: https://www.bondbuyer.com/news/pricing-system-plays-a-role-in-the-build-versus-buy-debate

 

 

 

 

About SOLVE

SOLVE is the leading market data platform provider for fixed-income securities, trusted by sophisticated buy-side and sell-side firms worldwide. Founded in 2011, SOLVE leverages its AI-driven technology and deep industry expertise to offer unparalleled transparency into markets, reduce risk, and save hundreds of hours across front-office workflows. With the largest real-time datasets for Securitized Products, Municipal Bonds, Corporate Bonds, Syndicated Bank Loans, Convertible Bonds, CDS, and Private Credit, SOLVE empowers clients to transform the way they bring new securities to market, trade on secondary markets, and value highly illiquid securities. Headquartered in Connecticut, with offices across the globe, SOLVE is the definitive source for market pricing in Fixed Income markets.