Welcome to
MiFID II
Anita Karppi, Managing Director of K&K Global Consulting
Welcome to Issue 12 and what a busy
year it has been so far!
We have been working hard with the
#buyside trading community this year
and delighted to share some of our
findings so far in a post MiFID II world
with you in this issue.
MiFID II arrived on January 3rd and
there was a feeling of relief amongst
the buy side to have met the deadline.
Despite the worst decline in history of
the Dow Jones in the US of almost 1600
points, the buy-side traders attended in
vengeance the 6 th Annual Alpha Trader
Forum Global Summit in London on the
6 th and 7 th February to debate, discuss,
reflect and network with their peers
over the two days covering equities,
fixed income and foreign exchange.
This historically important meeting was
attended by the buy-side traders of asset
management and hedge fund firms from
the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Germany, USA,
Denmark, Belgium and France. See page
9 onwards for key findings from this
private, exclusive event.
In return, K&KGC assisted our buy-side
community further by raising the initial
Spring 2018
findings and remaining concerns from
MiFID II, for equities and fixed income
trading, to the European Fund and
Asset Management Association
(EFAMA) at their headquarters in
Brussels on the 20th February. For more
information see page 24.
K&KGC was also honoured to know that
our Alpha Trader Forum Global Summit
was named a finalist in the European
Association awards 2018 in Brussels for
the Alpha Trader Forum Global Summit.
The judges’ comments were as follows
“Good practise, I love the personalised
folders idea” and “Excellent conference
well done” – thank you to the buy side
and our sponsors for your ongoing
support with this kick off to the year!
We hope you enjoy reading this jam-
packed issue! Don’t miss our three
exclusive buyside interviews and
profiles with Mark Denny on page 14,
Gianluca Minieri on page 20 and John
Sanderson on page 26.
Happy reading!
Best regards,
Anita
www.buysideintel.com
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