Industry insights for FILS EU 2025
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FILS US 2026: Buy-side traders say AI’s promise is tempered by fiduciary responsibility
Leading fixed income desks are embracing artificial intelligence and automation, but panellists at a recent industry summit warned that client obligations must remain the governing constraint as trading desks seek to scale.
The question of...
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FILS USA 2026: Assessing active management’s advantages
Fixed income investors who default to passive strategies are missing structural return advantages of active management, said Jonathan Murrell, senior portfolio manager at Bank of America Private Bank.
Speaking Wednesday morning at Fixed Income Leaders...
FILS USA 2026: US economic strength underpins macro outlook
The strength of the US economy is a prevailing macro theme, and while there are concerns about growth being derailed, the near-term outlook remains benign.
The big picture was discussed Wednesday morning in a macro...
FILS USA 2026: Separately managed accounts to evolve into multi-asset wrappers
Separately managed accounts are no longer a niche product for the ultra-wealthy. Across the fixed income market, practitioners are watching the structure evolve from a high-touch institutional offering into the default wrapper for tax-aware...
FILS USA 2026: Macro outlook mostly clear but clouds on horizon
Fixed income investors are navigating a changed landscape compared with years ago; bonds remain a vital portfolio component, though new risks have emerged.
That was a high-level takeaway of the CIO Outlook Interview, which took...
BlackRock’s Xiao: “Challenge every preconceived notion of what is possible”
Speaking in conversation with a Troy Dixon, co-head of global markets at Tradeweb at the Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit USA 2026, Jenny Xiao, global head of rates trading at BlackRock, who also oversees the...
FILS USA 2026: Liquidity in bits
It is helpful for fixed income market participants to have their current range of choices in trading protocols and execution venues, but that optionality comes with a downside: liquidity fragmentation.
Maile Robichaud, head of fixed...
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Bloomberg: Bringing efficiency to structured credit trading
Fixed income trading desks are under growing pressure to scale workflows that were never designed for today’s volumes. The DESK spoke with Derek Kleinbauer, Global Head of Fixed Income and […]
Trumid: Design as differentiator
How Trumid is building the interface for the next generation Jason Quinn, chief product officer and global head of sales at Trumid, speaks to Dan Barnes about why user interface […]
MarketAxess: A better match
Spencer Lee of MarketAxess on the evolution of automation, liquidity provision and the case for a single trading cockpit. Creating more effective ways for traders to match orders takes technology, […]
Eurex: How global credit will work in futures
Eurex Credit Index Futures have moved from product innovation to much broader institutional adoption. This growth reflects a wider evolution in credit markets: clients are increasingly looking for transparent, standardised, […]
This page is dedicated to reports from The Fixed Income Leaders Summit, Amsterdam, 14-16 October, 2025. Sessions on the 14th October, the Buyside Evaluation day, will be held under Chatham House Rules and as such will not be reported.
While every attempt is made to record delegates accurately and obtain quote approval prior to publishing if there are any inaccuracies please contact Dan Barnes.
