5 October 2023
By Igor Tesinsky
The Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit, held in Barcelona on October 3-4, 2023, marked a critical moment as it gathered over 1,000 participants from the fixed income ecosystem. The Summit was recognized as Europe’s premier buy-side fixed-income event of the year and a dynamic platform for industry leaders, experts, and innovators.
Attendees could immerse in more than 50 solution-focused sessions curated and led by 70 buy-side heads of fixed income trading and portfolio management.
These sessions provided attendees with invaluable practical insights, equipping them with the knowledge to adapt their execution and investment strategies in a rapidly evolving financial landscape.
Amidst the event’s highly interactive sessions and networking breaks, participants could connect with peers from leading buy-side firms and exchange ideas essential to shaping the future of fixed income markets, such as artificial intelligence in portfolio management.
Distinguished speakers presented at the summit, including keynote speaker Stefan Hofrichter, Chief Economist at Allianz Global Investors, and Carsten Just, Intellibonds’ advisor – Former Head of Fixed Income Trading at Nordea. Their insights, delivered through Oxford-style debates and small-group discussions, stimulated active participation and knowledge exchange among attendees.
One notable highlight was the ‘The Dragon Den’ style session, where innovative start-ups showcased their offerings in a bid to win the best emerging technology trophy. Intellibonds proudly secured the runner-up position, a testament to the company’s commitment to delivering ai-augmented assistant solutions in portfolio management to enhance investment decision processes, offer predictive credit risk analytics, and provide forward-looking trade ideas.
Igor Tesinsky, Founder and CEO of Intellibonds Ltd, presented the company’s esteemed products, emphasizing the role of artificial intelligence in empowering bond investors, further discussing Intellibond’s journey towards fully-fledged assistant products for fixed income investment professionals.
The professional audience was impressed by Intellibonds Credit Assist, designed to transform analysts’ research workflows by streamlining predictive credit risk analytics, relative value assessment, and fixed income investment recommendations. “The Dragon Den” viewed Intellibonds’ Portfolio Assist as a powerful tool allowing for smart AI-augmented portfolio construction, rebalancing and monitoring, all tailored to improve investment outcomes for clients
The Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit of 2023 emerged as a resounding success, offering significant insights into exploring traditional and emerging AI-powered trading technologies while also ensuring the cost-effectiveness and user-friendliness of such products. Intellibonds believes in leveraging the latest predictive credit risk analytics, and artificial intelligence in portfolio management and risk analytics to drive greater workflow efficiency and boost performance. Stay tuned for our new product features combining analytical and generative AI due to be unveiled during the 2024 Fixed Income Leaders Summit in Paris.