The Biggest Buy Side Fixed Income Conference

The Fixed Income Leaders Summit unites the most senior buy-side professionals to develop strategies for navigating volatility, regulation, and innovation. Attendees will gain actionable insights into automation, AI, liquidity, and portfolio resilience to stay ahead in an evolving fixed income landscape.

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2026 Speakers Include

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Christian Schulz

David Morris

Head of EMEA Rates Trading
BlackRock

Jenny Xiao

Ricky Goddard

Head of European Credit Trading
Schroders

Steve o’Bott

Alvaro Quiros Rubio

Executive Director, Fixed Income ETF Portfolio Manager
Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Lori Heinel

Karim Awenat

Head of EMEA & APAC Macro Trading
Invesco

Russell Budnick

Maile Robichaud

Managing Director, Head of Fixed Income Trading Americas
State Street Investment Management

Nola Kopfer

Mike Poole

Head of Trading
Jupiter Asset Management

Ryan Raymond

Kevin Flood

Execution Analytics Head of Trading
Royal London

Connor Fitzgerald

Valerie Miles

Director of European Credit Trading
Loomis, Sayles & Co

Connor Fitzgerald

Jon Tricker

Head Trader - Active Credit
Vanguard

Jarred Sherman

Chetna Mistry

Head of London Portfolio Operations and Senior Trader
Western Asset Management



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Agenda At A Glance

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Navigating Macro & Market Resilience

Adapting to persistent inflation, rate volatility, geopolitical fragmentation, and policy uncertainty while stress-testing market structure for the next systemic shock

Automation & Workflow Transformation

Embedding automation across high-touch and complex trades, modernizing post-trade processes and delivering front-to-back workflow efficiency

AI, Data & Smart Trading

Applying AI for real-time decision-making, predictive analytics and responsible innovation — from smart algorithms and explainable models to integrated data science enhancing execution and risk insight

CIO & Portfolio Leadership Priorities

CIO & Portfolio Leadership Priorities
Aligning trading strategies with CIO priorities around resilience, diversification, active ETF expansion, private and public market convergence, liquidity management and evolving risk frameworks

Liquidity Strategy & Market Depth

Redefining liquidity strategy amid transparency reforms, venue fragmentation, ETF driven flows and non bank liquidity expansion while strengthening execution control and stress resilience

Trading Desk Capabilities & Skillsets

Transforming the trading desk into a hybrid human and machine execution hub where automation, AI augmentation, cross asset expertise and execution analytics redefine talent models and organisational design

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The FILS Difference

Connecting

Connecting you to more leaders from more top companies

FILS is where you really find out what the leading buy side companies are doing to ready your fixed income desk and investment strategies for today and tomorrow.

engaging

More engaging and immersive experiences

Take part in small working discussion groups so you can learn from all of the great minds in attendance as well as the speakers.

Focused

Focused on your specific Fixed Income needs

An agenda based on 70+ research interviews with leaders from across the fixed income ecosystem to ensure every challenge and opportunity you face is addressed.


Fixed Income Leaders Summit in Numbers

450+

BUY SIDE
ATTENDEES

1200+

ATTENDEES

100+

BUY SIDE
SPEAKERS

80+

EVENT
SPONSORS
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Uniting All The Key Players in Fixed Income

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