Fixed Income Leaders Europe Connect
13 - 14 March, 2025
Hilton London Syon Park
David Bullen
Director Lorgwood ltdDay 1 | 13th March
8:50 AM Chairperson Welcome
9:10 AM Interview: Macro outlook: How are rate hikes, inflation and widening geo-political tensions impacting global bond markets and how can you adapt execution and investment strategies for success?
- How can the normalisation process after the QE era shape central banks' reliance on data, and what impact will it have on recession avoidance strategies?
- How can the potential for steepening trades and a weaker USD support a revival of emerging market assets and continued inflows into core fixed income?
- How can liquidity management and efficient capital allocation influence the rising use of derivatives for tactical moves, particularly for hedging and curve trades?
- How can evolving regulatory frameworks and increased liquidity focus reshape trading desk communications, especially in less developed emerging market infrastructures?
9:30 AM Panel Discussion: Next generation trading strategies: How can improved interoperability and collaboration among vendors and trading desks unlock new liquidity opportunities?
- How can you enhance liquidity and integrate vendors and trading platforms to unlock new liquidity pools through seamless interoperability?
- How can you leverage data and utilise automated tools and real-time analytics to optimise liquidity aggregation and decision-making?
- How can you streamline operations and replace legacy systems with interoperable solutions to enhance efficiency across trading desks?
- How can you implement AI and machine learning to analyse data and improve liquidity discovery?
- How can you customise workflows and use low-code or no-code platforms to create tailored trading tools that adapt to market changes?
3:50 PM Fireside chat: Emerging tech trends: Which innovative FinTech solutions are set to revolutionise trading strategies and how can you prepare your desk to benefit?
- How can you optimise trade settlements and leverage blockchain and DLT to enhance real-time settlement efficiency and streamline collateral management?
- How can you use AI for predictive trading for better algorithmic trading accuracy and faster execution?
- How can you enhance data integration and utilise APIs to facilitate seamless data flow between systems, improving compliance and operational efficiency?
- How can you scale operations with cloud platforms to boost scalability, speed, and security in fixed income trading?
- How can you mitigate cyber risks and strengthen cybersecurity to protect your desk from fraud and cyberattacks as you adopt new technologies?
Day 2 | 14th March
9:05 AM Chairperson Welcome
12:20 PM Fireside Chat: Bond issuance & primary markets: How can you leverage structured data and analytics and enhance collaboration to optimise participation in bond issuance?
- How can grey market trading drive advancements in the primary bond market and how can participants address disparities and inefficiencies to foster progress in bond issuance?
- How can better communication and collaboration optimise participation in bond issuance to streamline workflows and increase efficiency?
- How can structured data and analytics improve the efficiency of primary market workflows and utilise structured data to reduce the burden on sales teams and address inefficiencies in order flow management?
- How can buy-side firms leverage new tools to participate more effectively in bond issuance, streamline processes, focus more on the secondary market, and reduce time spent on manual tasks?
- How can blockchain and new auction systems transform bond issuance processes for faster settlements and more flexible bidding?
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