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Is the buy-side becoming an active price maker?  With the buy-side holding more and more fixed income securities, they are now positioned to help improve market liquidity and increase secondary turnover. However, just holding the assets is not enough – the buy-side need the appropriate technology, reach and skillset to move into a world of price formation and liquidity provision.  Gareth Coltman, Head of European Product Management at MarketAxess, explains how the buy-side is adapting to evolving fixed income market structure. MarketAxess is a global leader for fixed income electronic trading, connecting a network of over 1,000 institutional investor and broker-dealer firms.  Founded in 2000, MarketAxess was launched at a time of significant technological innovation, a legacy the firm has continued. With the development of its all-to-all Open Trading™ functionality, MarketAxess is helping to shape the future of the credit markets. Open Trading allows participants to trade Eurobonds, emerging market, US high-grade and high-yield bonds with all other participants on the platform. 

Gianluca Minieri, Head of Global Trading at Pioneer Investment Management talks to us about his biggest challenges for 2015.

Nathalie Masset, Head of European Debt Markets at Euronext talks to us about how she thinks the Fixed Income market will evolve in 2015.

The Meeting Place for European Leaders in Fixed Income Trading The Fixed Income Leaders Summit returned in 2015 with a bang, delivering on its promise to provide a market leading buy side focused event. With 407 attendees, and nearly half of those representing leading asset managers, hedge funds and currency managers, it truly represented the largest buy side gathering of senior fixed income decision makers in Europe.

A 360 degree perspective on Synergies between Equity and Fixed Income - Transparency Synergies and what is transferable to Fixed Income.

With a variety of regulatory changes shaking up both the US and European fixed income market, the industry is seeking methods and knowledge on how best to ensure these regulations have a limited impact on their business and which new technologies to invest in and platforms to partner with. Compare now the Top Trends in US with the Top Trends in Europe...

In the Equities or Foreign Exchange (“FX”) markets, evaluating a potential trade does not require much calculation, and so the pure speed of moving data from one application to another has been one of the prime limiting factors on winning those trades. But the world of Fixed Income is different. Find out how the upward trend of Electronic Trading is effecting the Fixed Income industry and what impact it could have on your firm.

With a variety of regulatory changes shaking up the US fixed income market, the industry is seeking methods and knowledge on how best to ensure these regulations have a limited impact on their business and which new technologies to invest in and platforms to partner with.