Fixed Income Seminar: Life as a bond Trader and Risk Manager

Session 2:  a 75 minute overview of the day in the life of a Fixed income trader and trading risk management

1. Risk Management.  What functions to traders do versus middle office vs risk management?
2. How to determine the make-up of their trading portfolio (sector? Individual bonds? maturity preference? risk characteristics)
3. How/is liquidity a concern and managed
4. Do traders need to worry about counterparty risk management, or are all dealers safe counterparties?
5. valuation — how do traders value bonds, and do their values match middle office and risk management’s calculations? 
6. war stories that begot learnings 
7. Skills to be a successful traders and trading risk manager.