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: Market structure under microscope
There are a host of regulatory proposals out there that stand to have a material and practical impact on how fixed income markets operate,...
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: 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...
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: 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: 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: Exciting evolutions for trading protocols
Reaching out into the market to find the other side of a trade is contingent upon the right approach, be that a particular trading...
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: Where ESG fits in fixed income
Environmental, social and governance is expanding its reach in fixed income markets, though there remain concerns about standardization and data quality.
Speakers on the Friday...
