In March, BlackRock debuted a new tax-exempt municipal interval fund, IMTC inked partnerships with Franklin Templeton and T. Rowe Price and more.

As technology options grow, firms are looking for ways to streamline and scale workflows.

Fixed income is largely underserved in terms of climate risk analytics and sustainability data, said Larry Lawrence, Head of ICE Climate.

Through the integration, Investortool's clients can calculate analytics based on predictive trade levels, filter the live market based on "what's rich or what's cheap" compared to the predictive price and power automation, said James Morris, senior vice president at Investortools.

Disruption was on the minds of those gathered in Chicago last week for MuniTech, a conference billed as a magnet for the "tech-forward" in public finance.

This collaboration allows users with a DPC Data subscription to access content directly within BondWave's Effi, providing Effi users with more information for all municipal bond positions in their portfolio.

The product is designed to give SOLVE's customers visibility into "next-trade" pricing data for more than 900,000 munis.

Finance officials for the city decided to be the first municipal issuer to use the distributed ledger technology for a $10 million deal, banking on cost savings, better liquidity and more access for retail investors to their bonds. Mayor Tom Koch, CFO Eric Mason and Strategic Asset Manager Rick Coscia say it should be the first of many deals for the industry.

Broker-dealer Millennium will provide clients with real-time pricing and trade execution capabilities by connecting directly to the Investortools Dealer Network, or IDN.

"The industry is built on relationships, and it's powered by technology," said Josh Rosenblum, head of algorithmic trading at Brownstone.