TradeTech FX Daily 2026 | Seite 26

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Buy Side Innovation Day: Monday February 9(** Open to a maximum of 120 Buy Side participants ** HOSTED UNDER CHATHAM HOUSE RULES)

08.00 Registration Network and enjoy long overdue catch ups with your colleagues and buy side peers.

09.00 Welcome Address: Jodie Paula Cohen, Event Producer, WBR 09.05 Chair’ s Opening Remarks: Allan Guild, Director, Hilltop Walk Consulting Tech Enhanced Trading

VIP Head Trader Think Tank: What is front of mind for Heads of FX Trading in 2026 and beyond? Invite-only session hosted under Chatham House Rules, open to 15 buy side heads of FX Trading. Hosted by: Dave Biser, Co-Head of Trading, Campbell & Company and Tom Gentile, Director of Trading, Crabel Capital Management * To inquire, please email: jodie. cohen @ wbr. co. uk *

09.10 Opening Keynote The Future of FX: How are trading desks and the FX market being re-shaped as the evolution of AI, tokenization and Sunday trading evolves faster than expected? Yudhveer Chaudhry, Global Head of FX Trading, BlackRock Interviewer: Janet Dawson, Managing Director, Global FX Division, Americas, GFMA

09.30 Panel Best Ex: How can you navigate unique datasets, counterparty friction, analytics and auto-execution thresholds to optimize your execution strategies in real-time? Jonathan Wykes, Head of BestXecutor, BestX Joseph Rothwell, Managing Director, Senior FX Trader, Manulife Investment Management Taylor Haberstock, Global Trader, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Reza Gholizadeh, VP Automated Trading Strategies, J. P. Morgan Moderator: Dave Biser, Co-Head of Trading, Campbell & Company

10.05 Keynote Talk Beyond the trade: how technology is transforming FX Matt O’ Hara, CEO, 360T Americas

What the FX Happened Last Year? agenda

10.25 Interview FX Outlook & Strategy: How did FX markets respond to heightened market volatility in 2025 and how can you find alpha and manage risk in a politically charged investment landscape? Dori Levanoni, Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager, Capstone Investment Advisors Interviewer: Lee Ferridge, Head of Multi-Asset Strategy, The Americas, State Street Markets

10.45 Interview Capital Markets in 2026: How are persistent trade tensions, political unpredictability and portfolio diversification away from US markets shaping FX trading and investment strategies? Candice Bangsund, Portfolio Manager, Global Asset Allocation, Fiera Capital Michael Sager, Managing Director & CIO, Multi-Asset & Currency Management, CIBC Asset Management Moderator: Lee Ferridge, Head of Multi-Asset Strategy, The Americas, State Street Markets

Guest Speaker: AI

11.25 Keynote Myth busting GenAI: How to harness GenAI for smarter trading and investment decisions Iro Tasitsiomi, Head of AI & Investments Data Science, T. Rowe Price and Ex- Astrophysicist

The Great Debate: US( D) Exceptionalism

12.50 Oxford-Style Debate $ USD: Hear both sides of the coin in an engaging and fun debate designed to provoke discussion and inspiration. The speakers will debate US exceptionalism and the future of the dollar and make the case that … For: The current USD bear cycle is simply a blip and the $ USD is still the global currency safe haven Walter O’ Leary, Finance Faculty, Chair of Economics Advisory Council, and Executive-in-Residence in Business Technology, University of Miami- Miami Herbert Business School( vs) Against: Global investor confidence in the US has taken a permanent hit and this blip isn’ t temporary Marc Chandler, Chief Market Strategist, Bannockburn Global Forex Moderator: Allan Guild, Director, Hilltop Walk Consulting

Buyside Only Interactive Working Groups

13.20 Analyst & Trader / PM Collaboration: How to work together to ensure investment ideas are both sound and actionable, balancing conviction with market practicality Eric Wan, Principal, OMERS

Frontier Markets & Restricted Currencies: How to successfully navigate market complexity, custodian challenges and delivery issues in frontier and restricted markets to take advantage of untapped opportunities Michael O’ Brien, Managing Director & Head of Global Trading, Artisan Partners

Code of Conduct: Why it matters and what the practical implications and applications are for the buyside Gerardo Garcia, General Director of Central Banking Operations, Banco de Mexico Kaniel Gomes, FX Trader, RBC Global Asset Management

Python 101 Training: Coding essentials for traders Saeed Amen, Visiting Lecturer, QDC- Quantitative Developer Certificate

EM FX Amid Dollar Uncertainty: Will EM FX gains continue to hinge on global synchronized growth, or are we in a sustained USD downtrend? Daniel Rico, Emerging Markets Macro Strategist, Point72

14.00 Networking Break

14.20 Meet The Providers * Each track is limited to 40 buy side attendees. Pre-booking required to secure your preferred track *

TRACK A: LIQUIDITY INITIATIVES 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. Phil Hermon, Executive Director of PX Products and Joe Mandarino, Senior Director of PX Products and Sebastian Sierotnik, Senior Director of PX Products CME 2. Franz Schmidpeter, Global Head of Buyside Sales, LMAX Exchange 3. Speaker TBC, Eurex 4. Speaker TBC, LoopFX

TRACK B: TECH INITIATIVES Meet the Providers Evaluate the most innovative tech initiatives with your buy side peers to understand who is best placed to meet your desk needs. 1. Adam Humphries, Head of Banks & Hedge Funds, Americas and Jim Downey, Senior Director FX Sales, LSEG 2. Gabino Roche Jr, Founder & CEO and Ishaq Khwaja, Chief Product Officer, Saphyre 3. Petra Wikstrom, Strategic Accounts, Portfolio Optimization, Capitolis 4. Kat Farina, Head of Client Engagement – EMEA, CLS Group 5. Patrick Philpott, Head of Trade Processing FX Product Design, OSTTRA

16.00 TTFX SUPER BOWL AFTER PARTY Location: 19th Floor Rooftop Bar & JW Arena 16.00-17.00: Open to Innovation Day 17.00-18.00: Open to all attendees

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