Industry insights for FILS USA 2024
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Treasury futures fight intensifies between FMX and CME
The US Fixed Income Leaders Summit 2025 showcased the fierce rivalry in the US treasury futures space, between incumbent giant exchange CME and upstart rival FMX, as both exchanged jibes on the conference stage....
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FILS USA: Opportunities remain in EM and ESG
Away from the US corporate and government bond market, this year’s Fixed Income Leaders Summit, emphasised the value of investing in both emerging markets bonds and explained how interest in the social aspects 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 road ahead will not be without its obstacles.
Beginning his presentation...
FILS USA: How all-to-all trading can break through the 17% barrier
Robert Fink, head of buy-side relationships at analyst firm Coalition Greenwich, opened a session at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit in Boston, by noting that all-to-all trading – as anonymous request for quote (RFQ)...
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 analytics, liquidity sourcing, emerging technologies, trading protocols, and more. The...
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 which more than three-quarters is in the US.
Some industry estimates...
FILS USA: The complexities of routing an order
A great session on selecting trading protocols at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit in Boston, allowed traders to consider what really say behind counterparty and protocol choices when setting up a trade.
Alexcia Mazahreh, senior...
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S&P Global Market Intelligence: MarketAxess collaboration to enhance fixed income market transparency and efficiency
Following the announcement of a new data partnership between S&P Global Market Intelligence and MarketAxess, Traders Magazine* sat down with Kat Sweeney, Head of Data & ETF Solutions at MarketAxess, […]
Eurex: Trade it at Eurex
By Davide Masi, Global Product Lead, Credit Derivatives and Leon Von Essen, Product Manager, Credit Derivatives at Eurex Futurization is the next step in the electronification of corporate bond trading […]
TransFICC: The increasing importance of data centres in fixed income
As the fixed income market becomes more electronic, we are seeing an increasing number of firms connecting to data centres around the world. The DESK spoke with Judd Gaddie, co-founder of […]
Cboe: The future of credit is here – why credit index futures are finally taking off
David Litchfield, Director of Cboe Derivatives Sales, Cboe After years of false starts, credit index futures have finally gained traction in institutional portfolios. The Cboe Credit Index Futures ecosystem – […]
Boltzbit: The practical application of AI in investment and trading
Asset managers are already able to leverage large language models to boost investment and trading workflows. The DESK spoke with Yichuan Zhang, chief executive officer and Ivan Mihov, head of […]
This page is dedicated to reports from The Fixed Income Leaders Summit, Boston, 12-14 June, 2024. More content will follow from Monday 17tth June onwards. Sessions on the 12th June, the Buyside Evaluation day, 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.
