Nick Robinson

Former Fixed Income Head of Trading
Schroders

Nick Robinson is an influential buy side Fixed Income trader with over 29 years trading experience. Nick is an expert on Fixed Income electronic trading, TCA, Platform selection, regulation and has extensive experience of trading in all Fixed Income products. He has been a founder member or early participant in many Fixed Income market key trading innovations and initiatives such as Project Neptune. Nick headed the Fixed Income trading team at Schroders from September 1999 to June 2016 having joined Schroders as a Fixed Income trader in 1993. Prior to joining Schroders Nick was a Fixed Income Fund Manager at Natwest Stockbrokers. Nick is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment.

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Day 1- Wednesday 9th November 2016

Thursday, November 10th, 2016

14:00 360° Perspective: The changing role of IDBs- How are they reshaping themselves to offer an alternative liquidity service to the buy side?

How will IDBs provide increased and alternative access to liquidity for buy side firms?
How has the IDB market evolved over the last 18 months and how are they now offering additional liquidity to the buy side?
Is the traditional role of an IDB over- What is the transformational process that the IDB’s are going through?
How will IDB’s work with both buy and sell side firms and offer value on both sides of the market?
The transformation from the traditional IDB role to trading platforms- How have they transitioned into a suitable platform for the buy side?

Day 2- Thursday 10th November 2016

Saturday, December 10th, 2016

09:30 360° Perspective: Trader Evolution- How are the traditional skillsets of buy side and sell side traders and PMs evolving on the back of a market structure overhaul?

Empowering your trading and investment functions- How can you set up internal processes to improve workflow efficiency across trading and portfolio management?
Traders vs PMs- Should your dealers just be focused solely on execution, or should they also work in an advisory role to provide expertise on certain trades?
How is automation changing the dialogue between portfolio managers and traders?
Skillsets of the future- What are the requirements of both traders and portfolio managers to successfully thrive in liquidity deprived markets?

11:55 360° Perspective: The future of TCA in fixed income- How far are we from seeing more trade data depth to enable the enrichment of existing offerings?

Should there be a single methodology for fixed income TCA?
What are the key demands of fixed income TCA?
What are the implementation policies and costs to make bespoke TCA for fixed income?
How can you use TCA to find market liquidity where others will not?
How can you use your TCA to take advantage of new ways of trading?