Vipul Chandna

Head of Business Solutions
Sarasin and Partners

Vipul’s primary responsibility is to provide business solutions by leveraging technology and process know how for the Investment team. The areas he covers include change management and business analysis, vendor relationships for 3rd party investment systems, IT strategy and business process improvement amongst other things. With Vipul’s experience in his all encompassing role, he will be providing insights into what lessons can be learned from equities technology and what you should be looking to apply to your fixed income trading desk today.

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Vipul.

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Embracing The New Fixed Income World

Sunday, January 10th, 2016

14:45 Oxford Style Debate: Is the principal sell side business model in risk of becoming extinct or does it still have a role to play in Fixed Income?

Both regulation and e-trading has changed the buy side perception of the sell side value offering. The traditional principle sell side model has been the market standard for many years, however agency based models are now increasing as the sell side adapt to a new fixed income landscape. This contentious debate will provide both sides of the argument to help you decide on what model is best suited to your trading operations.

Does the principle based model still have a role to play in fixed income or is the agency based model the future?
Does the principle model still offer value or can the buy side find this value through different avenues?
Can a principle model still offer a successful business model for the sell side?
Is a principle model still a reliable source of liquidity or has this been pushed out of the market by new participants?

Exploring Next Generation Fixed Income Trading

Wednesday, February 10th, 2016

11:45 360° Perspective: The equities automation journey- Which transferable lessons can be applied to accelerate your eTrading capabilities?

As you know, the fixed income industry is presently going through exciting change not too dissimilar to the equities evolution 10-15 years ago. In recent times, there have been some correlations and firms have started to utilise equities technology to their fixed income trading desks. This senior level panel brings together three experts who also have a strong background in equities who will share their top tips on technological synergies you should look out for. Attend this panel to find out:

Recognising the key differences between equities and fixed Income- What can you learn from the technology boom in equities and what does this mean for fixed income?

Is the equities evolution a reliable indicator of where fixed income markets are heading, or will fixed income markets behave in a different manner?

Will the e-trading innovation lead to more dark pools in fixed income?

Technology boom- What tools will be essential to improve your fixed income trading capabilities?