Voice trading has always been the go-to method of trading bonds in choppy markets, to be assured of firm prices. Speaking at the FIX Global conference in London, Carl James, global head of fixed income trading at Pictet Asset Management gives the buy-side traders’ perspective on how this is changing…
Videos
Find our monthly shows across equities and fixed income below.
Optimising the buy-side workflow for primary markets
The trader/portfolio manager workflow is crucial to effective issuance management. We see how it is handled within the IHS Markit platform, with Herb Werth on Trader TV, in our second video of the Primary Market series.
Bonds: Improve alpha capture via internal crossing
By crossing one fund’s ‘buy’ order with another’s ‘sell’ order, bond traders can save their investors considerable cost, however the mechanics and rules governing the process are complex. Cathy Gibson, head of dealing at Royal London Asset Management, James Wallin, senior VP at AllianceBernstein and Dan Hinxman, global head of…
Government Bonds: Autoexecution vs Autotrading
Autoexecution of government bond trades can reduce risk and cost for investors, but is only available in a few markets. Traders need to take account of liquidity and investment goals to assess when auto-ex, auto-pricing and non-competitive trades best serve investment goals. In January’s show, David Scilly, head of fixed…
Corporate bonds: How to automate trading for better returns
Automation of corporate bond trading is small but growing, with investment grade instruments – particularly in the US – leading the way.
Challenges and Innovations in Primary Markets with IHS Markit
Managing the bond issuance process manually is often inefficient and creates operational risk for buy-side traders.
Trader TV Bonds: December 2018
In December’s show we discuss how Europe’s political landscape might impact investment and trading decisions
Trader TV Equities: December 2018
A shadow of disruptive events hangs over the stock markets in 2019. Gianluca Minieri, CEO of Amundi Intermediation UK & Ireland, explains the skills and tools that a buy-side trading desk needs to handle these risks, and Tim McCourt, Global Head of Equity Index and Alternative Investment Products at CME…
Trader TV Bonds: Defining ‘best execution’
How do investors know if their traders are doing a good job? A white paper has been published by the Investment Association (IA), to explain exactly that. Carl James, global head of fixed income trading at Pictet Asset Management, and head of the IA’s fixed income trading committee, and Ross…
Leadership insights from FILS Amsterdam 2018
Trader TV captured the most surprising and interesting takeaways from: Paul Reynolds, head of fixed income at TradingScreen;Frank Cerveny, head of markets at MTS;Mike Thorpe, managing director, Tradeweb;Giuseppe Nuti, managing director and global head of the central risk book and data analysis at UBS;Lee Bartholomew, head of derivatives Product R&D…
Trader TV Bonds: October 2018
Roelof van der Struik, manager for Treasury Trading & Commodities at PGGM says the repo market is broken; he tells us how the Dutch pension fund manager is using electronic platforms to correct the broken repo market. At the same time (from 06.36), the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR) promises…
Trader TV Bonds: September 2018
Giuseppe Nuti, managing director and global head of the central risk book and data analysis at UBS explains how an AI system can work even on sparse bond market data, while Jim Switzer, global head of fixed income trading at AllianceBernstein, reveals his firms plans for AI on the buy-side…