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TradeTech Europe Day Two, Thursday 23rd April
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Bridging the Gulf
10.30 ACCESSING THE MIDDLE EAST PANEL: Unlocking MENA’ s market potential: How can global investors capture MENA’ s growth story- through IPO momentum, liquidity innovation, and evolving execution frameworks? The Middle East is emerging as one of the most dynamic growth regions in global equities, with a surge in IPOs, rising liquidity, and rapid structural change. For international asset managers, the opportunity is clear- but so are the complexities. Market access now hinges on trusted broker relationships, managing fragmented post-trade processes, and navigating uneven reform across Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, and Kuwait. With new initiatives such as omnibus trading, post-trade allocation, and securities borrowing and lending beginning to reshape execution, desks must also weigh the gradual migration from high-touch to low-touch flows. In this fireside chat, a leading emerging market buy-side fund manager and a regional broker will explore how MENA market structure is evolving, what distinguishes local execution dynamics from Europe, and how investors can capture opportunity while managing structural and operational risk. Gabrielle Tsang, Equity Index Portfolio Manager and Trader, Vanguard Giovanni Moranelli, Head of Equity Trading, Fiera Capital Gina Kashinsky, Head of Equities, S & P Global Michael Fidance, Head of CEEMEA Equities Markets, Liquidnet Moderator: Rami El Dokany, Secretary General, Arab Federation of Capital Markets( AFCM)
11.00 MORNING REFRESHMENT BREAK
11.00- 12.00 MORNING WORKSHOP: From code to execution: How can trading teams eliminate build bottlenecks to deploy models faster and capture alpha? As algorithmic strategies become more complex and AI accelerates code generation, many trading teams face a new constraint: build and deployment speed. Lengthy compilation cycles, inefficient infrastructure usage, and redundant processes are slowing the path from idea to execution- limiting responsiveness to market opportunities. This interactive workshop explores how firms are removing these bottlenecks to accelerate model deployment, optimise existing compute resources, and reduce unnecessary costs. Through practical examples and discussion, participants will examine how to streamline build environments, eliminate duplicated workloads, and scale development pipelines more efficiently. How can faster delivery cycles translate into better trading outcomes- and where are the biggest inefficiencies today? Host: Peleg Rand, Product & GTM Lead, Incredibuild
Building a Faster, Fairer, Smarter Market
Build. Pitch. Trade. Repeat. ** On the Expo floor **
11.00- 11.30 START-UP SHOWDOWN: Innovation unleashed: Which emerging fintech has the vision- and the tech- to transform tomorrow’ s trading workflows? Join our start-up showdown on the expo floor for a highenergy pitch session spotlighting the next generation of market disruptors. Three start-ups take the stage to deliver rapid-fire pitches- each outlining the problem they’ re solving, how their product works, and the real-world impact it could have on trading workflows, market structure, or liquidity access. From pre-trade intelligence to smarter execution and transparency breakthroughs, this session brings fresh thinking to the surface- live, unfiltered, and ready to be challenged. Which pitch will resonate- and which ideas are ready for real market traction? Start- up: Espen Skogen, Founder and CEO, RocketFin Start- up: Chris Preuss, Founder and CEO, CPZAI Start- up: Leslie Cabanes, Founder & CEO, Tikker Moderator: Julia Streets, MBE, Founder & Chair, Streets Consulting
11.20 INVESTMENT & GROWTH INTERVIEW: Reviving Europe’ s public markets: How can the UK and EU mobilise capital and confidence in local markets? As the UK and EU pursue parallel reforms to strengthen their markets, regulators are focused on revitalising investment and restoring confidence in public markets as engines of growth. In this keynote interview, senior representatives from the FCA and AFM will share their perspectives on how policy can channel savings into productive investment, support SME financing, and make local markets more attractive for issuers and investors. The conversation will contrast the UK’ s drive to modernise listings and secondary market rules with Europe’ s Savings and Investment Union( SIU) agenda- aimed at deepening retail and institutional participation. Together, they will explore how both initiatives can boost investment, attract capital, and re-establish Europe and the UK as vibrant destinations for growth. Helen Boyd, Director- Enforcement & Market Oversight, FCA Tanya Pieters-Gorissen, Head of Capital Markets Integrity Supervision, AFM Moderator: Rebecca Healey, Redlap Consulting- Founder of MindfulMarkets. AI
11.45 EUROPEAN COMPETITIVENESS PANEL: Chatham House Rule Addressable liquidity and market attractiveness: Can the consolidated tape make Europe a destination market? Hidden liquidity and fragmented visibility continue to frustrate European equity traders and investors. The proposed consolidated tape offers a route to greater transparency- but its true value could be in boosting Europe’ s appeal as a place to trade and raise capital. Positioned within the European Commission’ s market structure reforms and the Saving & Investment Union agenda, the tape could help fine-tune strategies, improve price discovery, and attract both issuers and investors. This session examines the tool- and the strategy beyond it. How should the tape be designed to serve both regulatory oversight and commercial edge? What other policy shifts are needed to ensure Europe doesn’ t just match global peers, but becomes a market of choice? And, with the landscape likely to change over the next 3 – 10 years, how can market participants use the tape to navigate- and benefit fromthat transformation? Huw Gronow, Head of Dealing, BNY Investments Newton Arjun Singh- Muchelle, Executive Director, Government & Regulatory Affairs, EMEA, Goldman Sachs Asset Management Petros Kyliakoudis, Senior Trading Data Analyst, Baille Gifford Tatyana Panova, Head of the Capital Markets Union Unit, DG FISMA, European Commission Moderator: Rebecca Healey, Redlap Consulting- Founder of MindfulMarkets. AI
Unlocking the Next Trading Frontier
12.20 INNOVATIONTALK: Tokenised collateral in practice: Inside the first scaled use case reshaping market infrastructure Tokenisation has long been discussed in theoretical terms, yet one use case is already operating at scale: the deployment of tokenised money market fund shares as collateral in live trading environments. In this case study, Franklin Templeton’ s Emilio Anting will unpack how tokenised MMFs are being used today to hold assets off-exchange, reduce counterparty exposure, and enable operational features impossible on traditional rails- from daily, programmable yield to instant settlement and precise, time-stamped value transfer. Moving beyond pilots, this session explains the commercial mechanics behind the model, why digital collateral is gaining traction across trading workflows, and how these developments could reshape liquidity, margin, and risk management as markets move onto digital infrastructure. Emilio Anting, Digital Asset Partnership Development, Franklin Templeton
12.40- 13.40 | Networking Lunch & TradeTech Debrief Tables ** Chatham House Rule ** Join peers over lunch and drinks for informal roundtable discussions focused on key takeaways, priorities, and next steps. A chance to reflect on the key themes of TradeTech and connect with industry colleagues before wrapping up the event.
TRADETECH DEBRIEF TABLE 1: Market Structure and Liquidity Access: From bilateral flow to addressable liquidity
Discuss takeaways from sessions on fragmentation, consolidated tape, and offexchange execution. What’ s working, what’ s broken, and where is regulation or innovation most needed to improve visibility and access?
TRADETECH DEBRIEF TABLE 3: AI, Data, and Execution: Separating hype from real market impact
Revisit key insights from AI Labs, agentic AI discussions, and data strategy sessions. Where are buy-side desks seeing real value from AI and data analytics- and what are the biggest blockers to adoption?
TRADETECH DEBRIEF TABLE 2: Rewiring the Trading Desk: Futureproofing your people, processes, and technology
Reflect on how desks are evolving in response to shrinking headcounts, crossasset demands, and tech stack modernisation. How are firms balancing scale, specialisation, and automation in today ' s market environment?
TRADETECH DEBRIEF TABLE 4: Smarter Execution: Navigating market impact, venue selection, and routing logic
Revisit key takeaways from sessions exploring execution quality, routing strategies, and venue behaviour. How are traders adapting their tactics to control slippage, optimise fills, and evaluate performance in real time? What lessons stood out- on broker usage, algo tuning, or post-trade feedback loopsand what’ s top of mind as you refine your own execution playbook?
13.40 CLOSE OF CONFERENCE
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