Industry insights for FILS EU 2024
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FILS 2024: Could large number models help AI transform finance?
The enormous potential of artificial intelligence to change the way investment firms invest and trade in markets was explored at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit in Paris on Friday, with Revant Nayar, principal and...
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FILS 2024: Bond opportunity is in the eye of the beholder
Amid swirling geopolitical uncertainty, are bond portfolios recession-proof? This was the question debated by buyside panellists at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit on Friday.
For three of the largest fixed income managers in the world,...
FILS 2024: Differing views of the macro picture
Do the central banks have our backs? This question was debated by buyside strategists at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit on Friday.
“We believe in a soft landing. It's our base case”, said Desmond Lawrence,...
FILS 2024: Implications of syndicated loan expansion
The importance of including syndicated loans in portfolios was highlighted at this year’s Fixed Income Leaders Summit (FILS) Europe.
The syndicated loan market is growing rapidly, reported Thierry de Vergnes, managing director of bank loans...
FILS 2024: Opportunities in EM – but some dispute over diversification
Despite growing concern over military conflicts, emerging markets, being a broad swathe of geographies offer a range of potential investment opportunities, if you know where to look.
A panel of experts, ran through potential scenarios,...
FILS 2024: UK rejects industry pressure to move up T+1 implementation date
There are still issues to be ironed out before the UK and Europe can follow the US to T+1, according to speakers at this year’s Fixed Income Leaders Summit (FILS) Europe – but some...
FILS 2024: Multifaceted monster or tamed by technology? Views on liquidity
According to the buy-side, liquidity no longer meets the old textbook definition – the ability to buy or sell, at a given price, size and timescale. It’s now a market factor that combines geopolitical...
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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 […]
Eurex: EMIR 3.0, are you ready?
EMIR 3.0 active accounts are set to change the European clearing landscape: are you ready? Matthias Graulich, chief strategy officer and Executive Board Member, Eurex Clearing By the end of 2024, […]
TransFICC: The European bond market – changing by the microsecond
By Judd Gaddie, Co-Founder TransFICC Advantages have always been sought by traders, often resulting in a race to obtain information before competitors. Incorporating new technology has always been a part […]
Cboe Global Markets: Newer, more diverse liquidity in EM markets
A new set of emerging market credit futures is expanding the range of trading and investment support for specialist and multi-asset EM investors. Nick Godec of S&P Dow Jones Indices […]
J.P. Morgan: Finding the best path in e-trading fixed income
Electronic trading may resolve key structural challenges in the market for buy-side traders, including instrument selection, with guidance from key dealers. Chinedum Nzelu, head of macro e-trading at JP Morgan, […]
Jane Street: Ten years of progress
The DESK and Jane Street first met in 2014 at FILS – we speak with Ian Shea, Head of Fixed Income Trading. How has your business changed in the the […]
This page is dedicated to reports from The Fixed Income Leaders Summit, Paris, 2-4 October, 2024. Sessions on the 2nd October, the Buyside Evaluation day, will be hed under Chatham House Rules and as such will not be reported.
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