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FILS in Barcelona: What a T+1 world will look like for fixed income

At FILS 2023, Stephanie Fraser of Baillie Gifford and Katia Felina, head of post-trade product at Bloomberg, discussed the future in both Europe and...

FILS USA: Entry point for private credit liquidity providers “never been better”

Private credit has expanded rapidly in recent years, with the IMF recently reporting that the size of the market topped $2 trillion globally, of...

FILS USA: The most valuable fixed income asset is ‘People’

Much of the talk at last week's Fixed Income Leaders Summit in Boston centred around the mechanics of buying and selling bonds: data and...

FILS USA: The significance of portfolio trading breaking 10% volume

Record sized portfolio trades (PT) were reportedly responsible for pushing PT volumes up to around 10% of US credit market average daily volume in...

FILS USA: Adopt an EMS or face the consequences, panellist warns

Considering how trading desks can optimise new technology, panellists at this year’s Fixed Income Leaders Summit discussed how to prioritise automation efforts, what approach...

FILS in Barcelona: Generative AI is not going to take our jobs – yet

In a discussion on the potential future impact of AI on financial markets, particularly fixed income, Venky Vemparala of FlexTrade and Plamen Mitkov of...

FILS USA: Policy, predictions and reasons for optimism

While outlooks are often gloomy, speakers at this year’s Fixed Income Leaders Summit were optimistic about the future of the industry. That said, the...

FILS in Barcelona: How will trading technology bridge the adoption gap?

On 9 October 2023 the UK’s rules on the trading venue perimeter – drawing a line between desktop technology and regulated trading venues –...

FILS in Barcelona: Breaking up the monoculture

Diversity is not always visible, but its impact is. This was the key takeaway from the panel discussing ‘Launching new Diversity, equity and inclusion...