Buy-side Perspectives Issue 13 | Page 5

BTC BUY-SIDE TRADING COMMUNITY K&K GLOBAL CONSULTING Business intelligence for the Buy side BTC ! Welcome to the Anita Karppi, Managing Director of K&K Global Consulting Welcome to the 13 th summer edition of the Buy-side Perspectives! We have had a busy H1 with our Alpha Trader Forum roadshow that took place in May and June in Paris, Frankfurt, Stockholm and London across equities (page 9), fixed income (page 11) and FX (page 13) and it was great to see old faces and new. We are pleased to introduce the Buy-side Trading Community (BTC), our new umbrella brand which encompasses all of K&KGC’s consultancy services. Membership is open to both buy-side firms and non-buy side firms but buy-side participation in the Alpha Trader Forum (ATF) and our Buy-side Perspectives re search will remain free of charge. We are very excited to drive this initiative as we are the only buy-side trading community in the world and our aim and objective from day 1 is to evolve and shape buy-side trading globally. More coming soon! Summer 2018 Don’t miss this edition’s buy-side interviews with Richard Nelson on his 30 year career spanning the UK, Asia and Australia (page 20), Neil Bond on achieving the optimum work/life balance (page 26) as well as Daniel Chambers’ story on why he’s raising money by taking part in Tough Mudder for the third year for his chosen charity (page 24). It was also great to catch up with Christophe Roupie (page 14) who is a long-time advocate of the ATFs, who worked at Axa Investment Management for 10 years before joining MarketAxess. We are also delighted to host our inaugural Alpha Trader Forum for Cross Asset Derivatives for the buy-side trading community in London on the 9 th October which will become the new derivatives meeting place for the buy side behind closed doors under the Chatham house rule. More information on page 2. Wishing you all a relaxing summer and we look forward to seeing you in H2! www.buysideintel.com 5