Webinar

The Evolution of Fixed Income Pricing

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Revisit this insightful panel discussion featuring the leaders of BVAL’s Fixed Income Pricing team. They dissect the evolution of Fixed Income pricing, exploring key trends impacting Municipal, Securitized Products, and Credit Market. 

BVAL has always prioritized three core principles: data timeliness, accuracy, and transparency. The methods to achieve these principles have undergone significant changes over the years. The discussion then tackles the exciting opportunities and challenges of incorporating ML and AI to improve the data feedback loop, while simultaneously enhancing the tools of our evaluators. This ensures our clients have the highest quality data and solutions to navigate the complexities of the fixed income space.

Speakers

Brian Lane

Head of BVAL GSAC Product

Bloomberg

Brian Lane is Head of GSAC Product at Bloomberg with 25 years of experience helping fixed income participants with technology. Specializing in corporate bond analytics to help firms use data more effectively, Brian has had a variety of leadership roles. Prior to joining Bloomberg, Brian spent 10+ years working in fixed income startups. He served as founder and CEO of FixtHub, a fixed income and analytics software company. Previous to his work at FixtHub, he ran product management at Codestreet, which was purchased by Tradeweb in 2016. Brian also spent 10+ years in the corporate bond market as a trader.

Kate LeCompte

Bloomberg

Kate Le Compte is the global head of the Municipal BVAL Cash pricing business, responsible for providing quality pricing on 1MM bonds outstanding. Kate has been with Bloomberg for nearly 10 years in multiple roles. Before taking ownership of the Muni BVAL business in early 2024, Kate managed the Muni BVAL evaluations teams for 3 years. Prior to that, she spent +6 years managing the various parts of the Municipal Global Data group. Kate has spent the entirety of her tenure at Bloomberg focused on building high performing teams, cultivating client relationships, advocating for Bloomberg adoption and increasing the quality of Bloomberg products within the municipal's space. Kate is a MBA graduate of Rutgers University with a specialized focus in Global Business Management and Procurement. Her undergraduate degree in financial services is from East Carolina University.

David Divinagracia

BVAL Application Specialist

Bloomberg

David is a relationship manager in our Risk and Valuations team within Bloomberg's Enterprise Data division. He is responsible for buyside firm relationships primarily in the Northeast US. Prior to joining Bloomberg, David worked on the institutional fixed income sales desk at Cantor Fitzgerald for 11 years where he focused on Securitized Products sales.

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