The Three Barriers Stopping AI Agents From Executing Trades | David Rickard, LSEG
Capital Markets FinTech ForumShow Notes
AI agents are already moving into financial-market workflows, but when will they actually be trusted to execute trades? In this conversation, David Rickard, Global Head of Fixed Income at LSEG, explains why AI-powered trade execution is closer than many people think, but still faces significant challenges. We explore the three major barriers: the difficulty of processing real-time, low-latency data; governance and trust around automated execution; and the fragmented, deeply entrenched legac...
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