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Track A: Liquidity Initiatives Track

Track B: Technology Advances Track

2.00 PM

Meet The Providers: Evaluate the most innovative liquidity initiatives with your buy side peers to understand who is best placed to meet your desk needs.

1. Societe Generale 2. CME Group 3. LMAX Exchange 4. Eurex 5. Saphyre 6. 360T 7. Barclays

Evaluate the most innovative technology advances, from data analytics to workflow automation, with your buy side peers to understand who is best placed to meet your desk needs.

Data Analytics

1. HSBC 2. CLS 3. Crunch DAO

Workflow Automation

4. LSEG 5. IMC Trading

3.30 PM

Drinks Reception: Fiesta en el Jardin Make the most of the afternoon sun and network with your peers at our Spanish fiesta garden party. With live singer and Spanish guitar, relax in the gardens, which date back to the 19th century and are protected as a Cultural Asset of Local Interest in Barcelona.

Day 1, Wednesday 17th of September

7.15 AM

8.15 AM

8.20 AM

Registration & Breakfast

Welcome Address: Ben Sharples, TradeTech FX EU Director, WBR

Chair’ s Opening Remarks: Allan Guild, Director, Hilltop Walk Consulting

FX AS AN ALPHA DRIVER

8.30 AM

8.50 AM

9.30 AM

10.10 AM

Opening Head of Trading Keynote Interview: Future Desks: How can you future-proof your FX desk in a world of changing market structure, competitive talent pools, tech revolution and new market opportunities?

• Peter Welsby, Head of Europe FICC Trading, Manulife Investment Management Interviewer: Patrick Reid, Co-Founder, Adamis Principle

Panel: Liquidity: How is liquidity evolving in a fragmented and volatile market, where the buyside are seeking more transparency and alternative venues and the banks are pushing for more direct connectivity with clients?

• Blaise Sheppard, Head of FX, OneChronos

• Chris Twort, Head of Trading, iSAM Securities

• Lydia Solinski, Managing Director, Head of Data & Liquidity, GlobalLINK, State Street Markets

• Tgetg Roethlin, Head of eFX Principal Trading EMEA, UBS Moderator: Andrew Webber, Quantitative Trading Director, Qube Research & Technologies

NEXT-GENERATION FX

Panel: Workflow Automation & O / EMS: What are the latest technology developments driving cross-asset desks and how can you use them to optimise your FX workflows?

• Bart Joris, Head of FX Sell-Side Trading, LSEG

• Gabino Roche Jr, Founder & CEO, Saphyre

• Kreshnik Deliu, Chief Revenue Officer, ION Markets( FX)

• Medan Gabbay, Co-CEO, Quod Financial

• Michael O’ Malley, Head of Product and Distribution, GlobalLINK, State Street Markets Moderator: Timothée Consigny, Chief Technology Officer, H2O Asset Management

Interview: Digital Assets: How are desks evolving to bridge traditional FX and digital currencies and where are the opportunities for investors?

• Jenna Wright, Managing Director, LMAX Digital Interviewer: Dan Barnes, CEO, Europe, Markets Media

THE GREAT DEBATE: MULTI-ASSET DESKS

10.10 AM

Oxford-Style Debate: Oxford-Style Debate on Multi-Asset Desks: Hear both sides of the coin in an engaging and fun debate designed to provoke discussion and inspiration. The speakers will debate the pros and cons of multi-asset vs. specialist desks and make the case that … FOR: In order to truly achieve best ex, specialists with the ability to solely focus on FX are necessary

• Thomas Leggett, Currency Dealer, State Street Investment Management( Vs) AGAINST: Multi-asset desks are the only way forward due to efficiencies and cost pressures

• Gordan Noonan, Head of Foreign Exchange Trading – London, Schroders Moderator: Allan Guild, Director, Hilltop Walk Consulting

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