FILS 2021 in London

FILS 2021: Boosting liquidity through market structure

The rise in bilateral streaming and the regulatory push towards central clearing can increase the diversity of trading counterparties and boost liquidity according to...

FILS 2021: Tapping into the ‘data revolution’

Data integration, the acceleration of electronification and the incorporation of environmental, social and governance factors in fixed income were highlighted as the big issues...

FILS 2021: Next steps to automating the bond market

Data analysis, interoperability and flexibility are the top priorities for automating the bond markets, delegates at the 2021 Fixed Income Leaders Summit (FILS) in...

FILS 2021: Dealers outline strategy for direct connectivity

Buy-side traders are seeing their sell-side counterparts offering direct streamed prices as an alternative source for data and direct trading, which dealers see as...

FILS 2021: Overcoming barriers to automation

Implementation costs are among the biggest hurdles for buy-side fixed income desks hoping to increase efficiency workflows. Addressing delegates at the Fixed Leaders Summit in...

FILS 2021: The five big questions at FILS this year

1. When will we see a functional consolidated tape? Market structural discussions at FILS will naturally take in European Commission’s plans for the proposed consolidated...

On the DESK – Amy Flynn on the evolution of xBK

Amy Flynn is a managing director and the head of xBK, the buy-side fiduciary execution desk within BNY Mellon Execution Services. Amy has led the...

FILS 2021: Macros pressures not shaking bond investor confidence

Investors remain optimistic on debt markets despite the possibility of higher inflation, Fed tapering and disruption from structural changes in China according to discussions...

FILS 2021: Portfolio trading up threefold

Portfolio trading in fixed income has grown threefold in two years, data from Flow Traders reveal. Speaking at the 2021 Fixed Income Leaders Summit (FILS)...