AIQ Markets

By Kevin Rutter, CEO, AIQ Markets. As any bond trader will tell you, when stress occurs in investment grade, it’s time to take notice. The New York Fed recently flagged a sharp increase in high-grade trading dysfunction during July. The CDMI Index, a weekly composite measure that represents the health and functioning of primary and secondary corporate bond markets across volume, liquidity, and default-adjusted spreads reached a three year high.

By Kevin Rutter, CEO, AIQ Markets MCP, the Model Context Protocol, has rapidly become part of the enterprise AI conversation in 2026. Financial data providers are adding support, software vendors are launching servers, and the standard now features in nearly every AI strategy deck in the industry. But away from the noise, how significant is this technology to the evolution of financial markets? The Good The enthusiasm for MCP is understandable.

By Kevin Rutter, CEO, AIQ Markets. AI is rapidly becoming part of the buy-side technology stack. But before a portfolio manager can act on a recommendation or a trader can execute an idea generated by AI, firms must answer a more fundamental question: can they trust it? As buy-side firms move from experimentation toward production deployment, the focus has shifted from what AI can do to how it can be governed within existing regulatory structures.