THETRADETECH DAILY THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF TRADETECH 2018
Main Day 1: Wednesday 25th April 2018
07.45 Refreshments and Registration 08.30 Welcome Remarks from Diane Mekie, Conference Director, TradeTech Europe 2018 | Opening Bell: Alain Courbebaisse, CTO, Euronext 08.40 Chair’ s Opening Remarks – Niki Beattie, CEO, Market Structure Partners
08.45 BUY SIDE INTERVIEW: The buy side business model of the future – what are the practical implications of changes to market dynamics and how can your business thrive in a post-MiFID II world?
09.05 KEYNOTE DISCUSSION PANEL: What impact has MiFID II had on market structure and how will this alter trading behaviour in 2018?
09.45 FIRE SIDE CHAT: Revolutionising your business with machine learning- where does automation makes sense and how can deep learning put you ahead of the competition?
Navigating the Post-MiFID II Trading Landscape
Moderator: Richard Parsons, CEO, Instinet Europe
Simon Steward, Head, European Equity Trading, Capital Group Richard Semark, CEO, UBS MFT, Head, European Client Trading and Execution, UBS Tom Stenhouse, Head of Product, Equities, London Stock Exchange Group
Exploring Machine Learning
Sean Kennedy, Head of Investment Operations- EMEA, Vanguard
Mehmet Kinak, Global Head of Systematic Trading and Market Structure, T. Rowe Price
Mark Hemsley, President, Europe, CBOE Europe Sam Baig, EMEA Head of Electronic Trading, Citi Group
Sanoke Viswanathan, Chief Administrative Officer, Corporate Investment Bank, J. P. Morgan
10.05 Morning Refreshment Break and Networking 10:00-11:00- Private Buy Side Only Boardroom- Unique Liquidity and How to Find It | Hosted By Credit Suisse Invitation only 10.45 KEYNOTE: From the information age to the age of capital | Seth Merrin, CEO and Founder, Liquidnet
Implementing the Systematic Internaliser( SI) Regime
11.05 KEYNOTE DISCUSSION PANEL: How is the current SI regime impacting access to market and liquidity?
Just before the discussion panel and 5 minutes before the end, we will take a live vote on whether given the changes to SI regulations, are you trading with SIs or not. You will see a visualised result of whether the panel swayed the audience’ s opinion!
11.45 KEYNOTE DISCUSSION PANEL: How is the shift to large in scale impacting liquidity and what influence will this have on trading strategies?
12.25 5 minute transition to streams
STREAM A: Technology Enhancements for Best Execution Analysis Chaired By Niki Beattie, CEO, Market Structure Partners
12.30 PANEL DISCUSSION: How can you optimise your algo wheel to gain the competitive edge? Duncan Higgins, Managing Director, Head, Electronic Sales, ITG Jonathan Finney, Director of European Business Development, Citadel Securities
13.15 Lunch and Networking
STREAM A: Technology Enhancements for Best Execution Analysis
14.15 Chairperson’ s opening remarks- Julia Streets, CEO, Streets Consulting
14.20 PANEL DISCUSSION: From TCA to Best Execution Analysis( BXA) – how can you make the shift in light of MiFID II requirements? Huw Gronow, Head, Dealing, Newton Investment Management Mark Ford, Head of Product, LiquidMetrix Michael Mollemans, Head of Sales Trading, Asia Pacific, Pavilion Global Markets Michael Richter, Director of Transaction Cost Analysis, IHS Markit Chris Jackson, Head of EQS, EMEA, Liquidnet
14.55 PANEL DISCUSSION: Using technology to make your team more efficient – how do current O / EMS developments drive better trading decisions? Moderator: Tom Van Riper, Managing Director & COO, Cubist Systematic Strategies Matthew York, Fixed Income Product Owner, FlexTrade Ed Oliver, Head, Finance, Dataminr Alun Cutler, Director, Product Management EMEA, Charles River Development John Adam, SVP, Director, Portfolio Management & Trading Solutions, FactSet Chris Hollands, Head, European Sales, TS
15.35 PANEL DISCUSSION: Data analysis on steroids- what do you need to do to muscle out the competition and add value with your data? Moderator: Rebecca Healey, Head of Market Structure and Strategy, Liquidnet Charles-Albert Lehalle, Senior Research Advisor, Capital Fund Management Yann Couellan, Head of Fixed Income Execution, BNP Paribas Asset Management Robin Mess, Co-Founder & CEO, big xyt Hadrien Camus, Customer Engineer, Google
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STREAM B: Implementing Compliant Trading Processes and Governance Chaired By Marcus Hooper, Private Consultant
IN CONVERSATION: What have been the failures and successes of building a best execution policy and how can you establish successful trading processes around it? David Miller, Head, EMEA Trading, Invesco Phil Fry, VP Product Strategy, Verint ___________________________________________________
13.00 How to increase harmonisation and standardisation of data practices to improve reporting and measurement under MiFID II Francis Gross, Senior Advisor, ECB
STREAM B: Implementing Compliant Trading Processes and Governance
Chairperson’ s opening remarks- Marcus Hooper, Private Consultant
PANEL DISCUSSION: How to remain agile in an ever changing regulatory landscape? Dr. Sabine Dittrich, Head, Global Regulatory Intelligence, UBS Asset Management Mark Veevers, Vice President, Manager of Portfolio Management and Trading Solutions, FactSet Anthony Amicangioli, Founder & CEO, HPR( Hyannis Port Research)
PANEL DISCUSSION: How to consolidate data to make smarter and compliant trading decisions John Marsland, COO, Investments, Schroders Huw Gronow, Head, Dealing, Newton Investment Management Edouard Alligand, CEO, QuasarDB
15.50 FIRE SIDE CHAT: How to leverage AI to drive operational efficiencies and automation on your desk Kenneth McLeish, Global Head, Equities Trading Technology, JP Morgan AM
Moderator: Rebecca Healey, Head of Market Structure and Strategy, Liquidnet
Joelle Tarrant, Head of Market Structure, HSBC Chris Marsh, Head, AES Europe, Credit Suisse Rob Boardman, CEO, ITG Europe
Christoph Hock, Head, Multi-Asset Trading, Union Investment
STREAM C: Optimising Investment and Trading Strategies Chaired By Ari Burstein, President, Capital Markets Strategies
OXFORD STYLE DEBATE: To achieve superior performance and ensure true value-add, your desk needs to trade more passively than actively- FOR OR AGAINST For: Eirik Hauge, Head of Trading and Quantitative Strategies, DNB Asset Management Against: Antish Manna, Head of Execution Research, Man GLG
STREAM C: Optimising Investment and Trading Strategies- ETF Developments
Chairperson’ s opening remarks- Ari Burstein, President, Capital Markets Strategies
PANEL DISCUSSION: ETFs- What’ s the driver for more passive trading and what are the opportunities for your desk? Steve Sachs, Head, Capital Markets, Goldman Sachs Asset Management Henry Reece, Head, Sales, SIG Oliver Kilian, Director – ETF Advisory & Trading, UniCredit
PANEL DISCUSSION: What are the ETF developments that are making the biggest impact in the market when cost monitoring is high and liquidity is limited? Cyrille Combes, Head, Trading, Lyxor Asset Management Keshava Shastry, Head of Capital Markets, Deutsche Asset Management Rick van Leeuwen, Head, Institutional Trading, IMC Ben Sturgeon, Director, Equity Product Management, Tradeweb Jürgen Blumberg, Head of Capital Markets EMEA, Invesco PowerShares
PANEL DISCUSSION: How can you leverage your current equity technology and workflow to execute cross asset? Matthew McLoughlin, Head of Trading, Liontrust Richard Bentley, Chief Product Officer, Ullink Joe Kassel, Global Head of Dealing & Exposure Management, AMP Capital Greg Cook, CEO, Neovest Matthew Reid, Product Director, SimCorp
Christiaan Scholtes, Head of EMEA Markets, Virtu Financial
Thomas Bourgeois, Co-Head of Electronic and Head of Execution Product Strategy, Exane BNP Paribas
Kjelle Blom, COO, Optiver
Neil Joseph, European Head of Equity Trading, JP Morgan AM
STREAM D: Buy Side Only Working Groups( limited to 20)
Working group 1: What are the transformational technologies for early tech adopters in best execution analysis Kenneth McLeish, Global Head, Equities Trading Technology, JP Morgan AM
STREAM D: Buy Side Only Working Groups( limited to 20 max)
Working group 2: How do you access retail liquidity when trading U. K. Equities? 14:20-15:20 Hosted By Joe Everitt, Managing Director, Stifel and Ian Salmon, Director, IgniteG2M Limited with Simon Mackenzie, Senior Dealer and Dealing Desk Manager, Raymond James Investment Services Ltd and Tom Fawcett, Senior Equity Trader, IG
Ralston Roberts, Co-head, Electronic Trading, EMEA, Goldman Sachs
Remco Lenterman, Global Head of Business Development, Citadel Securities
Tom Springbett, Manager, Trading Venues Policy, Financial Conduct Authority( FCA)
Mark Pumfrey, CEO, EMEA, Liquidnet
Small Interactive Boardrooms And Workshops( limited to 15)
SYNERGY WORKSHOP: The Realities of Our New MiFID II World: What Got You Here Won’ t Necessarily Get You There Hosted By: Mark McNerney, Head of Sales for EMEA, Visible Alpha
Small Interactive Boardrooms And Workshops( limited to 15 max)
Exclusive Buy Side Head Trader Think Tank – invitation only 14:20-15:20 Open to 20 Global Heads of Trading from Europe’ s top 20 asset managers. Chatham House rules. Hosted By: Matt Howell, Head, Derivatives & Multi-Asset Trading, T. Rowe Price
15:20- End of Stream D 15:20-16:20 Head Trader Think Tank private reception Sponsored by Jane Street
Think Tank / Reception attendees include: Paul Battams, Director, Trading and Liquidity Strategies, BlackRock Eric Boess, Global Head, Trading, Allianz Global Investors Graham Sorrell, Head of Equity, Currency and Derivatives Trading EMEA, SSGA Matt Howell, Head, Derivatives & Multi-Asset Trading, T. Rowe Price Ed Wicks, Head of Trading EMEA, LGIM Adam Conn, Head, Trading, Baillie Gifford Fabien Brügger, Head, Multi-Assets Trading, Banque Cantonale Vaudoise Philip Bille, Head, Buyside Dealing Desk, Degroof Petercam Antish Manna, Head of Execution Research, Man GLG Mehmet Kinak, Global Head of Systematic Trading and Market Structure, T. Rowe Price
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