Buy-side Perspectives Issue 14 Special edition | Page 16

FIXED INCOME
DAY 2
GLOBAL SUMMIT AGENDA
Fixed income buy side only closed-door session
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Maximising the opportunity with trading technologies.
Managing counterparties in the evolving market.
Buy-side empowered, objectives of the day and what the buy side as a community should prioritise to shape a better fixed income market by 2020?
Best execution, data and best execution analysis/TCA for fixed income
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Aggregating data to make better informed decisions.
What the buy side hope to achieve from their TCA and analytic tools.
The art of measuring performance.
Sponsor educational workshops
(Algomi, Axe Trading, Bloomberg, ITG, Liquidnet)
Due diligence, global regulations and final preparations for Brexit
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Need-to-know changing goal posts in the FCA Handbook, MiFID II/III, CSDR, AIFMD, UCITS, EMIR and US regulations.
- A regulators perspective on the MiFID II fixed income liquidity definitions and transparency regime.
- Preparations for CSDR.
With less than 2 months to Brexit – are there any adjustments expected in how the buy side will trade on both sides of the English Channel? Calibrations to ESMA’s
rules and the FCA’s new position. Derivatives clearing.
The IBOR Global Benchmark Transition
Low touch trading and automation
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Order routing and auto execution implementation experiences and results in fixed income.
How can big data and machine learning benefit the trading desk?
Is EMS the solution to overcoming legacy OMS limitations?
The liquidity landscape, high touch and block trading in the new market structure
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Various relationships and protocols for block trading: (Smarter IoIs - Use of risk - Block venues - Periodic auctions - RFQ)
The impact on small/mid cap and emerging markets trading.
High touch and block trading in the new market structure
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The trading evolution
- Evaluating the broker’s inventory in real-time, trading history and underlying counterparties. What can be left to the brokers discretion?
- Various types of relationships and protocols for block trading.
- Price making and all-to-all trading.
Trading emerging markets.
A head trader’s perspective - organising the trading desk and managing staff careers
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Architecting the trader’s role top down – bottom up to meet the organisational objectives.
Distribution of roles and maximising the use of your talent pool:
- Career progression and coaching in an age of automation.
- Optimising the use of talent to avoid burn-outs and contingency planning.
- Work life balance to retain and motivate experienced people.
The impact of diversity and gender inclusion to achieve common objectives at the trading desk.
Networking drinks sponsored by Bloomberg
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