THETRADETECH DA I LY
THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF TRADETECH 2020
NEW DATES TRADETECH 2020:
19 - 21 OCTOBER, 2020 PALAIS DES CONGRÈS DE PARIS
Buy-side only day at InterContinental Paris Le Grand - 19 October
Contents:
IN-DEPTH
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Traders adapt to life at home
Following the removal of live interaction within
teams, systems being stretched and the
ensuing market turbulence, among multiple
other factors, Hayley McDowell finds traders
could be more error prone and risk vulnerable.
18 Leveling up
As a new decade begins, Chris Hall looks at
how the role of the buy- and sell-side trader
has evolved since the flash crash of 2010, and
finds that while the buy-side has levelled up
with brokers, progression has not always been
smooth.
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LATEST NEWS
INTERVIEW
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TradeTech’s Susie Benaim
After postponing TradeTech Europe due
to the coronavirus pandemic, Susie Benaim,
TradeTech Europe content director at WBR,
tells the TRADETech Daily about what delegates
can expect from the event in October.
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
16 Vontobel – Electronic Trading &
Algorithmic Intelligence
It’s impressive what science and technology can
accomplish these days. Taken together, the
open-source software revolution, affordable
hardware and vast amounts of data have
brought to life static equations from science
books, previously accessible only to a numbered
few. This has had a dramatic impact on distinct
fields, ranging from bio-technology to
education. Obviously, finance and trading are no
exceptions.
Editor’s note:
W
ith new dates now confirmed for TradeTech
Europe 2020, The TRADE is delighted to
present this preview version of the TRADETech Daily
newspaper ahead of the event in October. Keeping
you up-to-date with all the going ons in the equities
trading world, our cover story [continued on page 4]
is a deep dive into how buy-side traders, and indeed
the industry, have coped with a new remote working
environment. While it may be miserable for some,
others have seemingly adapted quite quickly to the
challenges they faced early on.
As a start to the year-long celebration of
TradeTech’s 20th anniversary, we look at how the
role of the buy- and sell-side trader has evolved
since 2010 [page 18]. Elsewhere, TradeTech’s very
own Susie Benaim discusses what delegates can
expect to hear from the agenda [page 12] with the
COVID-19 pandemic highly anticipated to dominate
some discussions.
The TRADETech Daily will be back in October with
its first on-the-ground edition, and you can expect
more from the buy-side, as well as special editorial
contributions from familiar faces and industry
veterans. I’m certainly looking forward to the event
- in my new role as editor of The TRADE - keep an
eye out for our recently expanded
editorial team too. We hope you
enjoy this preview edition, and
we look forward to seeing you all
again in October in Paris.
Hayley McDowell
Editor, The TRADE
@hayley_mcdowell
LinkedIn Hayley McDowell
[email protected]
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