FILS in Nashville 2022

FILS USA 2022: Leveraging technology to greater effect

The audience at FILS USA got an in-depth insight into optimising front office technology on Thursday, with a detailed analysis of how desktop interoperability...

FILS USA 2022: Can traders get a single view of a fragmented market?

Scaling up the ability of the trading desk to process orders – either by size of the orders, or the number of tickets the...

FILS USA 2022: Beyond RFQ?

Fixed income trading is well beyond the request for quote (RFQ)-only era, i.e. when the only way for a trader to find the other...

FILS USA 2022: Finding trader 2.0

Getting the next generation of traders to have the right skills and capabilities, without losing the existing market knowledge, requires traders to be multi-faceted,...

FILS USA 2022: Focus on liquidity

As fixed income market participants eye the threat of a further back-up in yields, liquidity sourcing is being reassessed. While technology has greatly advanced the...

FILS USA 2022: Boosting automation and innovation

The attention of buy-side portfolio managers and traders at the FILS conference in Nashville last week was focused on ways to better manage inefficiency...

FILS USA 2022: Credit sees bid-ask spreads widen as volumes seesaw

Every trader attending FILS will be keeping an eye on the markets, as bid-ask spreads continue to tick upwards and volumes remain choppy. Looking at...

FILS USA 2022: The big investment and macro trends

The Federal Reserve loomed large over the FILS conference last week. Any discussions about the difference a trading desk can make had to clearly...

FILS USA 2022: How material will desktop Interoperability be for traders?

The rollout of FDC3 as a standard to support desktop interoperability between different applications has generated considerable interest in the trading community. Dwayne Middleton, global...