AFME is pleased to announce their first Bond Innovation and Evolution event, taking place in February 2024. This event, held in London, will bring together senior level stakeholders across bond markets in the UK and Europe.The forum is designed to attract a diverse and influential audience including investors, issuers, liquidity providers, as well as market infrastructure and technology providers. This event offers a great opportunity for networking with today’s industry leads and key stakeholders across the bond market.The focus of our event is to highlight and discuss the latest and upcoming changes, challenges and solutions across a broad range of topics that will shape the bond markets of the future.As the bond market is undergoing significant changes, our event aims to provide insight and discussion on these developments. We will have thought provoking panel discussions, headline keynote speeches and networking opportunities to help attendees embrace all that an evolving market landscape has to offer.Bank Members and buy-side institutional investors can attend for free. All registrations are subject to approval. Vendors and advisors have the opportunity to purchase a delegate package. Register your interest with Cheryl Chickowski at [email protected]Become a Partner:We are excited to present a unique event in London that is exclusively focused on the bond markets. This event allows sponsors to connect with a highly engaged audience in a specialized setting. The only fixed income forum focused on building relationships. Sponsorship opportunities include thought leadership, brand awareness, exhibiting and hospitality. To discuss, please contact Cheryl Chickowski on +44 (0)7824 874 391 or at [email protected]
Tradeweb Markets Inc. (Nasdaq: TW) is a leading, global operator of electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money markets. Founded in 1996, Tradeweb provides access to markets, data and analytics, electronic trading, straight-through-processing and reporting for more than 40 products to clients in the institutional, wholesale and retail markets. Advanced technologies developed by Tradeweb enhance price discovery, order execution and trade workflows while allowing for greater scale and helping to reduce risks in client trading operations. Tradeweb serves more than 2,500 clients in more than 65 countries. On average, Tradeweb facilitated more than $1.2 trillion in notional value traded per day over the past four fiscal quarters. For more information, please go to httpshttps://www.tradeweb.com/
Euroclear is one of the world’s largest providers of domestic and cross-border settlement and related services for bond, equity, ETF and mutual fund transactions. Euroclear is a proven, resilient capital market infrastructure committed to delivering risk-mitigation, automation and efficiency at scale for its global client franchise. The Euroclear group includes Euroclear Bank – which is rated AA by Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poor’s – as well as Euroclear Belgium, Euroclear Finland, Euroclear France, Euroclear Nederland, Euroclear Sweden, Euroclear UK & International and the fund platform MFEX. The Euroclear group settled the equivalent of EUR 1,066 trillion in securities transactions in 2022, representing 304 million domestic and cross-border transactions, and held EUR 35.6 trillion in assets for clients by end of 2022. https://www.euroclear.com
Launched in 2016, TransFICC provides technology that enhances access and automation in Fixed Income. TransFICC builds high performance and robust technology to address the issues of fragmentation, complex workflows, data throughput and regulation. Services include ‘One API for eTrading’, Data Centres, Consolidated Tape and ‘eTrading’, which deliver workflow efficiency, low latency, scalable and secure connectivity for banks and the buy-side. For further information please visit https://www.transficc.com
As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural products and metals. The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex® platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing. www.cmegroup.com
With almost 6,000 lawyers across 44 countries, CMS combines deep local market understanding with a global overview. Its International Capital Markets practice comprises over 100 lawyers across 23 jurisdictions advising leading investment banks, clearing banks, and asset and investment managers, as well as institutional and corporate clients, trustees and pension schemes.
MTS is a leading operator of regulated electronic fixed income platforms for European rates, credit and money markets supporting daily transaction volumes of more than €180 billion. For over 35 years, MTS has supported the European fixed income market through regulated electronic markets in Europe and beyond, bringing traders together to unlock liquidity, maximise trading opportunities, and optimise post-trade processes. As a one-stop shop, MTS’ cutting-edge trading solutions and market data meet the ever-changing requirements of market participants across the buy- and sell-side, and support a wide range of instruments, order types, and access methods. MTS is part of the Euronext Group, the leading pan-European market infrastructure provider, and our clients benefit from synergies with Euronext’s diverse product offering and geographical coverage.
The European Venues & Intermediaries Association (EVIA) promotes and enhances the value and competitiveness of Wholesale Market Venues, Platforms and Arranging Intermediaries by providing members with co-ordination and a common voice to foster and promote liquid, transparent and fair markets. It maintains a clear focus and direction, building a credible reputation upon 50 years of history, by acting as a focal point for the industry and providing clear direction to their members when communicating with central banks, governments, policy makers, and regulators. EVIA was previously known as the Wholesale Markets Brokers’ Association (WMBA) whose name reflected the Interdealer Broker industry and its origins began with the Foreign Exchange and Deposit Brokers' Association (FEDBA) established over 50 years ago. Its members cover global markets and facilitate the overwhelming majority of transaction volumes in the Over-The-Counter (OTC) markets.
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) is the global representative of the alternative investment industry, with around 2,100 corporate members in over 60 countries. AIMA’s fund manager members collectively manage more than US$2.5 trillion in hedge fund and private credit assets. AIMA draws upon the expertise and diversity of its membership to provide leadership in industry initiatives such as advocacy, policy and regulatory engagement, educational programmes and sound practice guides. AIMA works to raise media and public awareness of the value of the industry. AIMA set up the Alternative Credit Council (ACC) to help firms focused in the private credit and direct lending space. The ACC currently represents over 250 members that manage US$800 billion of private credit assets globally. AIMA is committed to developing skills and education standards and is a co-founder of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designation (CAIA) – the first and only specialised educational standard for alternative investment specialists. AIMA is governed by its Council (Board of Directors).
The European Principal Traders Association (FIA EPTA) represents Europe’s leading Principal Trading Firms. Our members are independent market makers and providers of liquidity and risk transfer for markets and end-investors across Europe, providing liquidity in all centrally cleared asset classes including shares, bonds, derivatives and ETFs. FIA EPTA works constructively with policymakers, regulators and other market stakeholders to ensure efficient, resilient and trusted financial markets in Europe. More information about FIA EPTA and independent market makers is available on: https://www.fia.org/epta and https://www.wearemarketmakers.com
Best Execution – where the buyside and sellside meet Best Execution’s quarterly magazine, daily online news and regular e-mail newsletters examine the impact of regulation, new market participants and new technologies on all asset classes (equities, fixed income, derivatives and FX) from pre-trade to post-trade and beyond. One of the consequences of regulation has been the changing dynamic of buyside-sellside interactions and Best Execution is now broadening its remit with Broker Review to examine the true cost of services provided by brokers to their clients. This will not only cover execution and research, but also scrutinise the shift towards sustainability with the increasing importance of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in investment strategy. Best Execution acts as a bridge between the buyside and the sellside, shining a light on their changing relationship and examining the evolution of the global securities markets, but never forgetting that it is not just technology, but people who are needed to hone that competitive edge. For further information please visit https://www.bestexecution.net
CMDportal is a collaborative market data portal that runs the largest debt instrument database in the world and provides access to a fixed income audience of over 36,000 users. Our mission is to promote transparency and agreement on the size and composition of debt markets and changes therein globally.
Talking about bonds starts at the DESK The DESK provides buy-side traders and their counterparts with precise detail on the macro-drivers, events and plans that are shaping liquidity and price discovery in fixed income markets. The DESK’s quarterly magazine, daily news, weekly newsletters and social media feeds give us a constant flow of information to the market, blending a mix of exclusive stories, in-depth trader profiles and technical analysis of trading across the cash and derivatives’ fixed income markets. The DESK is trusted by bond traders to be the best information on market structure, data and trade execution. Using a unique model of feedback via monthly off-the-record briefings and quarterly quantitative research, we help buy-side traders to navigate the evolving fixed income markets and sell-side traders to better support their clients. Our readers predominantly come from the developed financial market centres of Europe and North America, but our combination of print and digital gives The DESK a global reach. https://www.fi-desk.com
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Deputy Governor for Markets and Banking, Bank of England
Director of Infrastructure & Exchanges, Supervision, Policy & Competition - Markets, Financial Conduct Authority
Head of Multi-Asset Trading, Union Investment
Editorial Director, Markets Media Europe
Head of Fixed Income Dealing, M&G Investments
Managing Director, Head of Strategy and Product Expansion, Euroclear
Team Lead Derivatives and Market Intelligence, Funding and Investor Relations, European Stability Mechanism
Director, Global Head of Cross Asset Market Structure, Markets EMEA, Barclays
Co-Head of International Developed Markets, Tradeweb
Managing Director, Head of Capital Markets Membership and Events, AFME
Managing Director, Head of Markets DLT, J.P. Morgan
Founder, TransFICC
Managing Director, Fixed Income, AFME
Managing Director, Head of Government & Regulatory Policy, EMEA, Citadel