THETRADETECH DAILY agenda
Main day one - 27 April
THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF TRADETECH 2021
08.40 CET Pre-recorded Opening Remarks : Market Outlook : Covid , Brexit & GameStop : How will the events of 2020 influence and shape the equity trading landscape in the years to come ? Mark Beeston , Managing Partner and Founder , Illuminate Financial Management
Navigating the New Market Structure and Regulatory Landscape
09.00 Opening Keynote Buy Side Panel : Navigating equity markets post Brexit and COVID-19 : What are the implications on market structure , access to liquidity and your trading desk ? Paul Battams , Head of Equity Trading , EMEA , BlackRock Graham Sorrell , Head of Equity , Currency & Derivatives Trading , EMEA , State Street Global Advisors Jeremy Ellis , Head of Equity Trading , Europe , T . Rowe Price Moderator : Dan Monckton , Head of Program & Electronic Trading , EMEA , Credit Suisse
09.30 Regulatory Keynote ‘ In Conversation ’: How are financial markets recovering following a turbulent year and what are the upcoming priorities in the regulatory programme ? o How can equity markets support the Covid-19 economic recovery ? o How will the Capital Markets Union and Brexit impact the evolution of the European market landscape ? o GameStop lessons learnt : How are regulators responding to the rise in retail participation and concerns around financial turbulence ? o MiFID II review & the consolidated tape : what are the priorities to support well-functioning markets ? Carsten Ostermann , Head of Unit , ESMA Tilman Lueder , Head , Unit , Securities Markets , European Commission Natasha Cazenave , Managing Director , AMF Hans Wolters , Senior Policy Advisor , AFM Moderator : Pablo Portugal , Managing Director , AFME
10.00 Buy-side Interview : Evaluating equity market structure post Brexit : What impact will the new market reforms have on platforms and dark pools , and how will this affect your order flow and access to liquidity ? Interviewer : Richard Parsons , CEO , Instinet Europe Interviewee : Lynn Challenger , Global Head of Trading and Order Generation , UBS Asset Management
10.30 Market Structure Panel : The future of the execution landscape : What role will exchanges play in 2021 and how will continued market structure evolution and consolidation impact market resiliency and the buy side-dealing desk ? Dermot Dunphy , Deputy Head of Equities Dealing Desk , M & G Dr Hans Reinhardt , Managing Director , Head of Business Development EMEA , Citadel Securities Scott Bradley , Head of Sales and Business Development , London Stock Exchange Group Simon Gallagher , Head of Cash & Derivatives , Euronext David Howson , EVP , President , Europe & Asia Pacific , Cboe Global Markets Moderator : Duncan Higgins , Independent Consultant
11.10 : Refreshment Break & Interactive Roundtable : Streaming data and latency as a factor for more effective pre and post trading analytics Bruce Zulu , Director of Technical Support Services , Business Intelligence , Altair
Accelerating Automation to Drive Smarter Trading
11.30 Pre-recorded All-star Panel Discussion : Accelerating systematic trading : How can you automate your trading workflows to minimise slippage , reduce trading costs and free up trader time to focus on complex orders ? Neil Joseph , Head of Equity Trading , Europe , J . P . Morgan Asset Management Frédéric Pons , Deputy Equity Head of Dealing , AMUNDI INTERMEDIATION Joseph Collery , Head of Trading , COMGEST Robert Watts , Head of Equity Business Development , Trading Solutions , FactSet Matthew Cousens , Managing Director , Citi Moderator : Ari Burstein , President , Capital Markets Strategies ** CHATHAM HOUSE RULES **
12.10 Cross-Asset Trading Panel : Building a high performing cross-asset trading desk : How can you align your datasets and trading tools to better streamline your workflows and achieve a holistic view across asset classes and boost execution performance ? Kirstie MacGillivray , Head of Multi-asset Dealing , Aegon Asset Management Brad Levy , President & Chief Commercial Officer , Symphony Pontus Eriksson , Head of Strategy , FIS Moderator : Spencer Mindlin , Capital Markets Analyst , Aite Group
Navigating the Latest Liquidity Trends
12.40 Fire-side chat : What are the latest offerings from full-service brokers and non-bank market makers and how can you interact and source different types of liquidity in volatile market regimes ? Jigar Patel , Global Head of Business Development , XTX Markets Ralston Roberts , CEO , Instinet
13.05 Panel Discussion : Accessing liquidity in a post Brexit world : How can you navigate the new equities market structure post Brexit and what are the opportunities and challenges in sourcing liquidity in this new environment ? Gregg Dalley , Global Head of Trading , Schroders Tom Stevenson , Head of Equity Trading , EMEA , Fidelity International Rob Boardman CEO Virtu Execution Services , EMEA , Virtu Financial Tony Shaw , Executive Director London Office , The Swiss Stock Exchange Moderator : Michael Mollemans , Research Principal , Chartis Research
13.35 : Lunch & Virtual Networking
13.35-14.35 Buy-Side Workshop : Outsourced dealing : Evaluating the latest opportunities and challenges of outsourcing your trading and execution services Join this interactive buy-side only workshop led by Amundi and a buy side client , to explore the latest research and trends in the outsourced trading phenomenon . Covid-19 has accelerated the outsourcing trend , with more asset managers assessing whether this solution will help to reduce cost and deliver better results for end investors , but there are many considerations to take into account .
This one hour workshop will provide you with the latest thinking behind outsourced trading , key takeaways include : o How to determine whether outsourcing your trading activity is the right decision for your firm ? o What advantages can outsourcing deliver ? o How can you overcome concerns around the loss of data collection and understanding of market dynamics ? Host : Gianluca Minieri , Deputy Global Head , Trading & CEO , UK & Ireland , Amundi Feargal Deery , Fixed Income Portfolio Manager , Fineco Asset Management * Open to 20 buy side Head of Trading *
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