About a-team Marketing Services
The knowledge platform for the financial technology industry

A-Team Insight Blogs

Refinitiv Partners valantic to Deliver Efficiencies for Fixed Income Traders using Eikon

Subscribe to our newsletter

Refinitiv has enhanced liquidity access on its Eikon desktop terminal with the integration of iQbonds from valantic Trading Solutions. The arrangement will give fixed income traders using Eikon greater access to information that will help them make faster decisions.

iQbonds can be integrated into a trader’s workflow using the Refinitiv Side by Side Integration API. When Eikon Apps from iQbonds is opened, iQbonds displays lists of bonds to trade and a user can click on one bond to get a description.

Alexandre Hardouin, head of fixed income desktop trading at Refinitiv, says: “The partnership with valantic is an important achievement for us because the delivered solutions create added value for the trader. Eikon and iQbonds together offer an integrated pre-trade, trade and post-trade workflow for fixed income traders.”

iQbonds combines market making and pricing capabilities for fixed income products with connections to electronic markets, exchanges and information platforms. The system continuously calculates bond prices and yields, giving traders the ability to quote bonds across electronic markets while simultaneously placing and trading orders. Side by Side Integration API provides users the ability to connect any financial application on their desktop to Eikon, integrating applications into their workflow.

Subscribe to our newsletter

Related content

WEBINAR

Upcoming Webinar: The Vanishing Close: Rethinking Trade Surveillance for Always-On Markets

Date: 2 December 2026 Time: 10:00am ET / 3:00pm London / 4:00pm CET Duration: 50 minutes Global markets are moving steadily towards longer and increasingly continuous trading. Extended-hours initiatives in US equities, the growth of overnight venues and the emergence of new markets and instruments are challenging assumptions that have underpinned trading and surveillance systems...

BLOG

Substantive Research Finds AI Driving Market Data Costs Higher as Investment Research Budgets Stall

Two new studies from Substantive Research reveal contrasting commercial pressures across the financial information industry, with market data vendors seeking substantial premiums for AI-enabled access while investment research providers struggle to translate growing machine consumption into additional revenue. The findings highlight how artificial intelligence is reshaping the economics of financial information, raising questions about pricing...

EVENT

Alternative Data Conference London

Your Gateway to the Alternative Data Ecosystem. Now in its 8th year, the Eagle Alpha Alternative Data Conference, managed by A-Team Group, is the premier content and networking forum for investment firms and hedge funds using alternative data.

GUIDE

AI in Capital Markets Handbook 2026

AI adoption in capital markets has moved into a more disciplined phase. The priority is now controlled deployment: where AI can be used safely, where it can deliver measurable value, and how outputs can be governed, monitored and evidenced. The 2026 edition of the AI in Capital Markets Handbook examines how AI is being applied...