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Kristian Karppi, Managing Director of K&K Global Consulting
It is more important now than ever
for industry participants to meet and
discuss how we should shape and
move the industry forward. In an age of
digitalisation where each professional is
expected to produce more within shorter
time frames, it becomes increasingly
harder to disseminate what is useful
among the mass inflow of digital
information.
Don’t miss our article on the FX Global
Code (page 26) as well as our interview
with EFAMA on their perspective of buy
side need-to-know regulations (page
34). We also have some great prominent
buy side profile interviews from
Schroders (page 16), Royal London Asset
Management (page 30), Liontrust (page
22) and Comgest (page 42) plus we speak
exclusively to Matthew Cousens (page 36)
who recently joined Barclays
Face to face discussions like the Alpha Trader
as Head of Equity Sales,
Forum (ATF) are proven to be the most effective
EMEA.
medium for a more multifaceted interchange
We would like to thank
of ideas and a continuous discussion to resolve
the buy side and sponsors
trading desk challenges.
who made the recent
In this jam packed edition, we summarise and upcoming ATFs possible and who
some of the top-level themes of the
contributed with their ideas to this
recent ATF discussions (Equities page 8,
edition of the Buy-side Perspectives.
Cross Asset Derivatives 14, Fixed Income
10 and Foreign Exchange 12), however
We welcome and look forward to see
only the ATF debate and research
you at the 7 th annual Alpha Trader Forum
participants are given privileged access to Global Summit on 6 th – 7 th February 2019.
the details as a recognition and thanks for If you haven’t registered yet, it is time to
do so now!
their individual contribution and time.
Winter 2018
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