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FILS US 2023: Technology tipping point was years ago, says BlackRock research chief – now we just need to scale

FILS US 2023: Technology tipping point was years ago, says BlackRock research chief –...

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Stefano Pasquali, head of liquidity and trading research at BlackRock, told Coalition Greenwich’s Bob Fink that when it comes to technology, the focus now is on scaling up to empower automation and build more...
FILS USA 2023: High net worth clients are ‘wildly bearish’ but still at risk

FILS USA 2023: High net worth clients are ‘wildly bearish’ but still at risk

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Despite having a risk-off mentality, global high net worth clients are still heavily into holding cash and tech stocks, and could do with diversifying their portfolios, according to Thomas Kennedy, managing director, chief investment...
FILS USA 2023: Fed has lost investors’ confidence in guidance

FILS USA 2023: Fed has lost investors’ confidence in guidance

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The Federal Reserve’s constant mistakes on forward guidance have lost the confidence of some buy-side firms in its ability to predict outlooks. Speaking at the Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit in Nashville, Art DeGaetano, founder...
FILS USA 2023: ‘Rising Stars’ discuss present, future skillsets in finance

FILS USA 2023: ‘Rising Stars’ discuss present, future skillsets in finance

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It is about bridging the gap between the front office and technologists. Themes of the Fixed Income Leaders Summit in Nashville included technology’s impact on market structure; the importance of data; the potential of...
FILS USA 2023: More progress needed to advance gender equality

FILS USA 2023: More progress needed to advance gender equality

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Speakers at FILS US DEI brunch discuss ways to advance equity in the industry. Women continue to advance their representation, pay, and seniority in the financial industry, but progress is too slow. “We’re getting...
EXCLUSIVE: Citadel Securities confirms plans to enter corporate bond market

EXCLUSIVE: Citadel Securities confirms plans to enter corporate bond market

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Citadel Securities has announced plans to enter the corporate bond market this year, The DESK can reveal, in a surprise play for one of the few areas of the market that it does not...
FILS USA 2023: Finding efficiency in fixed income trading

FILS USA 2023: Finding efficiency in fixed income trading

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Market operators seek to expand reach of surprisingly resilient automation. Fixed income trading has become much more efficient over the years, driven by new technologies and electronic processes, and further advances lie ahead. That is...
FILS USA 2023: Traders test the water with new execution methods

FILS USA 2023: Traders test the water with new execution methods

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The ability to use new trading protocols can be highly dependent upon the funds that a desk trades for and the types of instruments that it manages. Sell-side firms have been keen to support...
FILS US 2023: Traders need tech solutions that plug directly into their workflow

FILS US 2023: Traders need tech solutions that plug directly into their workflow

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The View on Liquidity panel at FILS US 2023 had some stern words on the urgent need to integrate better protocols directly into workflows – with technology crucial to accessing better liquidity faster and...
FILS US 2023: Trading protocols urgently need to evolve, says All-Star Panel

FILS US 2023: Trading protocols urgently need to evolve, says All-Star Panel

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Panelists speaking on the All-star Protocol Predictions Panel in Nashville this week agreed that, love it or hate it, the request for quote (RFQ) is here to stay - but urgently needs to evolve....
FILS USA 2023: Market volatility has tested e-trading and instrument selection

FILS USA 2023: Market volatility has tested e-trading and instrument selection

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Having had a challenging and volatile first half of the year from a liquidity perspective, not least because of a crisis in US and European banking, the Fixed Income Leaders Summit in Nashville heard...
FILS USA 2023: Macro effect on trading; BlackRock says higher rates ‘not fleeting’

FILS USA 2023: Macro effect on trading; BlackRock says higher rates ‘not fleeting’

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The macro environment is having a major effect on the attractiveness of certain instruments, noted Sonali Pier, managing director and portfolio manager at PIMCO, but also on trading. Speaking at the plenary session of the...
Exclusive: Bloomberg and S&P Global Market Intelligence collaborate on bond issuance

Exclusive: Bloomberg and S&P Global Market Intelligence collaborate on bond issuance

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Bloomberg and S&P Global Market Intelligence have launched an integrated solution to streamline the syndicated primary bond market lifecycle. Bond market issuance has historically been a manual process which adds risk and friction for...
ChatGPT: What are traders asking in Nashville?

ChatGPT: What are traders asking in Nashville?

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Artificial intelligence (AI) will be a major topic of conversation at the Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit (FILS) in Nashville this year, with its potential to support data aggregation and unstructured information offering real facility...
Research: TCA use in bond markets

Research: TCA use in bond markets

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New research of 36 buy-side firms has found that 81% of respondents find fixed income TCA effective for assessing broker performance, 77% for regulatory and 70% for client reporting, followed by internal assessment measures....
Worsening credit conditions battle improving trading capabilities

Worsening credit conditions battle improving trading capabilities

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Both defaults and rerating of bonds are more likely in a high rate environment, and for trading desks this means finding efficient ways to handle the risks created for portfolio manager in both circumstances. In...

Industry insights for FILS USA 2023

This page is dedicated to reports from The Fixed Income Leaders Summit, Nashville, 22-24 June, 2022. More content will follow from Wednesday 29th June onwards. Sessions on the 22nd 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.