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06 - 08 September, 2016

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Carl James, Global Head of Fixed Income Trading at Pictet Asset Management

Carl James


Global Head of Fixed Income Trading
Pictet Asset Management
Carl James is an influential buy-side dealer with 30 years’ experience in global multi-asset execution. He has operated successfully at various Global Asset management companies, including in Global Head of Dealing roles. He has overseen the management of more than £1 trillion of assets. Most recently, Carl has taken over as the Head of Fixed Income Trading at Pictet Asset Management.

Carl’s experience stands out for its breadth – embracing every aspect of execution, and for its depth – including advising on regulation, risk, process and developing and implementing groundbreaking technology. Highly respected by both buy and sell-side, his opinions are sought by people at the highest level. He demonstrates the kind of vision and incisive, strategic thinking that have seen him inform change and progression for organisations and for the industry as a whole.

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Fixed Income Leaders Summit Day 1- Wednesday September 7th 2016

Thursday, March 9th, 2017

08:40 Chairperson’s Opening Remarks


08:55 Buy Side Leaders Panel: Adjusting to lower returns, looser monetary policy and tighter regulation- How are buy side heads of fixed income adapting to the resulting investor behaviour and market structure?

  • With global QE policies narrowing spreads, how is the buy side adapting their fixed income strategies to make up for the lower yields?

  • Assessing the impact of tighter regulations on the fixed income market place and the knock on affect on the buy side- what can regulators do to help harness liquidity?

  • Which fixed income products seen the have highest investor interest and yield - what does this mean for the types of products you should expect to invest in and trade?

  • What types of changes are required to the current market structure to reach an ideal fixed income market model for the buy side to be able to operate efficiently?

15:50 In Conversation Panel: Assessing the increasing interest and usage of electronic trading solutions - Which tools have had the greatest uptake on the buy side?

  • How much fixed income trading is currently still taking place through traditional voice/chat trading versus electronic methods on the buy side?

  • What progress has been made by the buy side in selecting key fixed income platform initiatives?

  • How much uptake has there been on the buy side with different types of technology tools?

  • How can you effectively filter which technologies will truly support your trading desk?

  • What have been the main drivers on the buy side when selecting a trading platform and technology provider?

16:50 Chairperson’s Closing Remarks