Thomas Jaques

As fixed income markets transform and the way you trade on a daily basis changes, many industry experts not only suggest that changes in technology and market structure is required, but also a change in mindset. With your roles and the way you plan and execute trades changing, new innovative ways of thinking and working also need to be adopted to help both the buy and sell side progress and harness change. Attend this industry leading panel where they will discuss:

• Is a behavioural change needed to help unlock new liquidity and push innovation further across the market?
• Old vs young – How is the style of trading differing for a new generation of traders with increased eTrading in fixed income?
• Juniorisation of the sell side- What is the impact on the quality of advice, quality of research and quality of service as experienced staff are let go from the sell side and how can these concerns be addressed?
• Raising the bar of trading- What skillsets are key in modern markets for your trading and investment teams to prosper?
• Debate- Will fixed income trading behaviour become more equity like in future?

• 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?