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TradeTech Europe Day One, Wednesday 14th May 2025
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07.30 REGISTRATION & NETWORKING BREAKFAST 08.30 Welcome Address: Anna Andrews, Editorial Director, WBR 08.30 Chairperson’ s Opening Remarks: Julia Streets, CEO, Streets Consulting
Reviving European Capital Markets
08.30 EUROPEAN EQUITIES OUTLOOK KEYNOTE PANEL: Examining Europe’ s competitiveness on the global stage: What is the financial services sector wish-list for the new regulatory and political regime that will enable UK and EU capital markets to grow and flourish? London’ s share of IPOs has plunged in recent years. The UK now only accounts for just 5 % of global IPO’ s whilst the US claims around 40 %. But it’ s not all doom and gloom for the UK and EU public markets, with new legislative and regulatory reforms looking to transform Europe’ s competitiveness in the battle for IPOs. In this opening fire-side chat you will hear the candid views of top bosses from a asset managers and stock exchanges on the state of the UK and EU’ s IPO market, and what reforms regulators and governments need to prioritise to support the growth of European capital markets. Muriel Faure, Chair of the AFG ' s Technological Innovations Commission Ayuna Nechaeva, Head of Europe, Primary Markets, London Stock Exchange Delphine d ' Amarzit, CEO, Euronext Paris Moderator: Katie Martin, Markets Columnist, Financial Times
09.00 MARKET STRUCTURE REFORM PANEL: Reviving the stock market: How can policymakers, regulators and market participants work together to build a successful, efficient and integrated public equities market ecosystem? Huw Gronow, Head of Dealing, Newton Investment Management Rupert Fennelly, EU Head of Equities Electronic Trading & Sales, Barclays Simon McQuoid-Mason, Head Equity Product & Quant Research, SIX Swiss Exchange Robert Miller, Head of Market Structure and Liquidity Solutions, KCx Alex Dalley, Head of European Cash Equities, Cboe Europe Moderator: Katie Martin, Markets Columnist, Financial Times
09.45 POLICYMAKER & REGULATOR KEYNOTE INTERVIEW: Defining a fresh policy agenda: How are the latest legislative and regulatory reforms enhancing the efficiency and resiliency of financial markets and improving access to capital for SMEs? Jon Relleen, Director of Infrastructure & Exchanges, Supervision, Policy & Competition – Markets, Financial Conduct Authority Moderator: Katie Martin, Markets Columnist, Financial Times
Addressing the Liquidity Gap
10.05 Liquidity & Trade Transparency Panel: Perception versus reality: Exposing the full liquidity picture- Lit, dark & everything in between Fabien Oreve, Deputy Global Head of Trading & Securities Finance, Candriam Simon Dove, Managing Director, Head of Liquidity, EMEA, Instinet Europe Sam Railton, Managing Director, Business Management, EMEA, Tower Research Capital Europe James Baugh, Managing Director, Head of European Market Structure, TD Cowen Rob Boardman, CEO of Virtu Execution Services, Virtu Moderator: Niki Beattie, Founder and Managing Director, Market Structure Partners
10.50 MORNING REFRESHMEN BREAK:
10.50- 11.50 MORNING MASTERCLASS WITH RBC CAPITAL MARKETS: * By invitation only * Growth of the Closing Auction: How to adapt your strategy at the close to optimise execution outcomes Workshop host: Aaron Cao, Head of European Quantitative Sales Trading, RBC Capital Markets Workshop host: Claire Dalkie, Product Manager, Multi-Asset Trading Analytics, RBC Capital Markets
10.50- 11.50 MORNING MASTERCLASS: * By invitation only * The true cost of building vs. buying market data infrastructure: Navigating strategic decisions for optimal performance and cost efficiency
11.15 LIQUIDITY FRAGMENTATION PANEL: Examining liquidity dynamics: What does the growth of bilateral streaming models, SIs and trading at the close mean for price formation and lit-continuous trading? Mike Poole, Head of Trading, Jupiter Asset Management Vincent Boquillon, Head of Equity Trading, Euronext Anish Puaar, Head of European Equity Market Structure, Optiver Kavel Patel, Electronic Trading, BMO Capital Markets Matt Clarke, Head of EMEA Distribution and Liquidity Management, XTX Markets Moderator: Niki Beattie, Founder and Managing Director, Market Structure Partners
12.00 RETAIL LIQUIDITY PANEL: Increasing retail participation in Europe: How can equity market participants better attract and integrate retail flow into the trading ecosystem to help boost liquidity opportunities in Europe? Jason Conan- Davies, Head of Trading, Nutmeg Emilie Rieupeyroux, Head of Market Strategy, Cash Equity & Data Services, Euronext Wail Azizi, Chief Strategy Officer, Equiduct Emma Lokko, Head of Market Structure, Europe, Susquehanna Moderator: Lara Shevchenko, Senior Policy Advisor- Market Structure, FIA European Principal Traders Association
Driving Automation with Data and Tech
12.30 KEYNOTE INTERVIEW: AI in Trading Today: Beyond the Hype – Practical Applications and Challenges Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming asset management, but how much of the impact is tangible today? This panel will cut through the hype to examine where AI is truly delivering value, how it fits alongside traditional models, and the challenges around compliance, auditability, and adoption. Mathias Eriksson, Head of Global Equity Execution, Andra AP-fonden( AP2) Moderator: Rob Boardman, CEO of Virtu Execution Services, Virtu
12.55 AUTOMATION & ANALYTICS PANEL: Realising the full potential of automation: How can you leverage the latest tools and platforms to increase automation of small orders and block trades to drive optimal and efficient execution? Stuart Lawrence, Head of UK equity trading, UBS Asset Management Matthieu Chardot, Global Head of Execution, BNP Paribas Wealth Management Joe Bellman, Head of Dealing, Arbuthnot Latham & Co Ovidiu Campean, Product Director, LSEG Execution Solutions Moderator: Julia Streets, CEO, Streets Consulting
13.25 NETWORKING LUNCH:
13.25- 14.25 BUY SIDE LUNCH WORKSHOP WITH RAPID ADDITION: * By invitation only * Modernising at Scale: Re-platforming global trading infrastructure and migrating to the cloud Workshop host: Deepak Dhayatker, CTO, Rapid Addition
13.25- 14.25 EXCLUSIVE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP LUNCHEON: * By invitation only * Optimising the Match – A Tasting Experience with IntelligentCross Workshop Host: Roman Ginis, Founder & CEO, Imperative Execution
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