Conference Dailys FILS in Philly Today 2019 - Wrap-up

FILS IN
PHILLY
Today
THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF FIXED INCOME LEADERS SUMMIT 2019: WRAP-UP ISSUE
Automation an increasingly dominant
theme for sell-side fixed income participants
S
peakers from Goldman Sachs, Tradeweb and
MarketAxess have detailed how their organisa-
tions are using automation to enhance efficiencies
and outcomes for the fixed income markets.
Various sell-side institutions have highlighted
automation as one of the key drivers of evolution
for the fixed income markets.
Levels of automation are undoubtedly on the
rise across banks, brokers and trading venues
as efficiency becomes one of the key operating
watchwords to deliver better services to their buy-
side clients, and ultimately to the benefit of the
wider markets.
Richard Schiffman, head of OpenTrading at
MarketAxess, said that the firm has experienced a
sustained period of investment in automation and
that the effects of this will soon be felt.
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