The widening gap
between buy-side leaders
and followers
Kristian Karppi, Managing Director of K&K Global Consulting
The great news is that the buy-
side heads of trading are no longer
interested in debating the ever-tedious
implementation and calibration
challenges around MiFID II with their buy-
side peers. A major part of the industry
was occupied for years with overcoming
the regulatory changes which in theory
would alleviate the unlevel playing field
between market participants.
Many buy-side head traders are still
inundated with reflecting on the
aftermath while some leading head
traders have landed on their feet and
are starting to widen the gap between
their buy-side peers surpassing their
capabilities. The Alpha Trader Forum is
the de facto meeting point for buy-side
thought leaders and our meetings in
London, Stockholm, Paris and Frankfurt
held in May showcased that this is no
longer the time to harbour over the past
Summer 2019
but to get back to business and take the
trading desk to the next level.
Do you use the latest and greatest range
of equities trading algorithms? Have
you assessed the most current bond
automation vendors lately? Are your
traders set-up to trade FX with trading
algorithms? Do you trade Futures using
trading algorithms? As we know, the
world of trading and its associated
technologies are continuously evolving
and therefore attendance to our next
Alpha Trader Forum meetings in the
Autumn is the perfect arena for you and
your peers to engage, dissect and learn
from each other, the best practices in buy-
side trading.
As always, thank you to all of the buy side
and sponsors who have supported us
over the last ten years! Looking forward to
seeing you in the autumn.
www.buysideintel.com
BUY-SIDE
TRADING
COMMUNITY
by K&K GLOBAL CONSULTING
Business intelligence for the Buy side
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