Fixed Income Leaders USA 2024
June 12 - 14, 2024
Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport
Marie Vrakking
Independent Expert IndependentMain Day 1 - June 13th
2:30 PM 360 Perspective: Portfolio strategies: How are portfolio strategies being shaped by current market drivers such as policy changes, geopolitical shifts and bond market volatility over the next 12 months?
- How can you keep generating returns in the inherent macro uncertainty and what does it mean for outright duration or credit risk?
- How are high inflation and tighter monetary policy shaping 2024 investments and how can you create a resilient portfolio?
- What are the potential opportunities to re-enter bond market in 2024 and which fixed income products will come out as the winners?
- How can you best position portfolios that are focused on high conviction thematic such as national security, climate resilience, innovation, and sustainability?
- What are the opportunities to diversify your strategies and what are the additional risks to face?
3:10 PM Fireside Chat: ESG: How can you effectively incorporate ESG criteria into your investment decision making to extract value for your portfolio and best serve ESG conscious investors?
- How are firms overcoming the challenges posed by lack of standardization of ESG metrics and ratings to make informed decisions and how has collaboration with ratings agencies progressed?
- What are some potential benefits of incorporating ESG considerations into fixed income investing and what strategies are we seeing begin to emerge?
- How can you best evaluate companies to avoid pitfalls of immature data and risks of greenwashing?
- What are the best evaluation tools on offer for broker and counterparty selection?
4:30 PM 360 Perspective: Emerging Markets: How can you best assess the latest in liquidity, electronification and opportunities for emerging markets in 2024?
- What are the high-growth countries and regions and how can you pinpoint opportunities for your portfolio?
- How has the reopening of China played into emerging market drivers?
- Are we close to the end of the tightening cycle across EM markets and what does this mean for alpha generating opportunities?
- How will the further development of all-to-all trading choices for these markets accelerate investment opportunities?
Main Day 2 - June 14th
2:30 PM DE&I Fireside Chat: Launching new DE&I initiatives: How can you meaningfully progress DE&I across fixed income markets to diversify skillsets, attract new talent and boost performance?
- What initiatives have we seen make an impact and how are organizations measuring the success of their initiatives?
- How has hybrid working changed the way we implement DE&I initiatives and how has it changed the make-up of the wider industry?
- How are firms looking at intersectionality – across social diversity, race, age etc - and navigating generational shifts?
- How do you manage DE&I burnout and keep your workforce engaged?
- How do you attract and retain diverse talent and how do you overcome the current challenges of finding new talent?
Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Marie.
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