Greg Allen is Vice President, IT Governance, Architecture and Planning at TMX Group, covering all financial market, data, and clearing divisions. Responsibilities encompass Enterprise Architecture & Strategic Alignment, Technology Standards, Solution Architecture, Quality Assurance & Testing, Patent Portfolio Management, and IT Audit. His topics of interest include ultra low latency & hardware acceleration technologies, and high-availability architectures, in which he is a named inventor on a number of patents held by TMX Group. Greg has been focused on IT Architecture and Governance at TMX Group since 2001, during which he spearheaded the move from mainframe and mini-computers to highly-available distributed clusters. He was previously IT Architect at IBM Global Services Global Competency Centre for eMarkets and eBrokerage Solutions from 1995 through 2000. Greg has been working in the trading technology area for 23 years, having started out in microprocessor firmware and software development in support of the original automation of the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Paris Bourse. He holds a BASc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto.
Jacqueline Allen is a Director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch Canada, responsible for Execution Services Sales delivering Global, Multi-Asset Electronic Trading solutions to the Canadian marketplace. As a specialist in Canadian market structure and regulatory climate, Jacqueline also markets the firm’s Canadian platform to non-domestic accounts. Jacqueline joined Merrill Lynch in New York in 1997 to expand the firm’s Canadian and Latin American portfolio trading business. In 1999, she moved to Canada and was instrumental in building Merrill’s Canadian program trading platform. In 2008, Jacqueline changed her focus from Canadian Program Trading to growing Bank of America’s Global Electronic Trading/Execution Services in Canada. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Jacqueline held positions SK Group as a Senior Trading Analyst/Risk Manager, and KPMG as a Senior Tax Consultant. She holds an MBA from New York University and an undergraduate degree in accounting.
Brant is the Managing Director and the Head of Electronic Trading Capabilities Group for Bank of Montreal’s Capital Markets. He is known for developing software reverse engineering tools in the early ‘90’s that used computational intelligence. His primary area of business expertise is in capital markets including; high performance computing for trading, new securitization methods, derivatives, and financing techniques in developing economies. Brant began his career in academia, researching computational intelligence, and then became a career consultant whilst continuing his research. He has a long track record of delivering mission critical projects for some of the most prestigious clients on Wall Street.
Rizwan Awan, CFA Managing Director – Quantitative Execution Services Institutional Equity BMO Capital Markets Rizwan heads up Quantitative Execution Services at BMO Capital Markets, providing institutional equity clients program and electronic trading services as well as index and market microstructure research. Rizwan joined BMO Capital Markets in 2005 to build out BMO’s program trading capabilities, a role encompassing trading equities, quantitative research, as well as developing advanced automated trading algorithms. Rizwan has also pioneered a unique quantitative analytics website to highlight the groups’ capabilities (http://qes.bmo.com) and more recently expanded BMO’s index research offerings. Prior to joining BMO Capital Markets, Rizwan worked on algorithmic trading strategies at ITG Canada Corp. He holds a BMath degree in Computer Science from University of Waterloo and is a CFA charterholder.
Naveen Balakrishnan is a Director within the Electronic Trading Capabilities (“ETC”) Group Bank of Montreal’s Capital Markets ("BMOCM"). Prior to joining BMOCM, as part of Deloitte’s Risk and Regulatory Consulting practice, Naveen has successfully lead teams in providing regulatory compliance, operations, internal controls, risk management and business advisory services to investment advisers, investment companies, hedge funds, private equity firms, broker-dealers, insurance companies, and banks in North America. Additionally, as a former Senior Financial Examiner with a National Regulator in Canada, Naveen has extensive experience in leading on-site regulatory audits of major banks and investment fund managers in Canada.
Bryan Blake is a Vice President within Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Global Execution Services. Bryan joined Bank of America Merrill Lynch in 2010, and is responsible for execution sales for clients trading electronically in Canada. Bryan previously worked as Senior Product Manager at TMX Group where he managed infrastructure products including co-location, connectivity and direct data feeds. Prior to TMX Group, Bryan worked at Citi as a Vice President where he managed Securities and Fund Services products and businesses. Bryan graduated from the University of Guelph with a degree in Computer Science.
Torstein M. Braaten is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of TriAct Canada Marketplace LP, an Alternative Trading System (ATS) which operates MatchNowSM, Canada’s leading dark pool. Prior to TriAct, Mr. Braaten was the Chief Compliance Officer at ITG Canada Corp. From 2001 to 2006 Mr. Braaten was Director of Institutional Compliance and Risk Management at RBC Capital Markets supporting Equity and Derivative trading desks, in Toronto. Prior to RBC, Mr. Braaten held progressive institutional compliance positions at Bank of America in Charlotte, North Carolina and BMO Nesbitt Burns in Toronto. Mr. Braaten has 19 years of Banking and Investment Dealer experience. Mr. Braaten is a Director with the National Society of Compliance Professionals, completed the NSCP Certified Securities Compliance Professional certification and a Bachelor of Commerce from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
Richard W. Carleton CEO (Interim), CNSX Markets Inc. Richard Carleton was recently appointed CEO of CNSX Markets Inc. In this role he is responsible for the strategic direction and management of the Canadian National Stock Exchange and Pure Trading. For the previous 5 years, Richard served as Vice-President Corporate Development with responsibility for the technology, operations and trading sales teams for CNSX Markets’ two venues. He also managed the organization’s relationships with its trading technology and market access providers, and the market data vendor community. Prior to joining CNSX Markets, Richard worked as a business development consultant in Toronto and New York. Before establishing his consulting practice, Richard spent twelve years with the Toronto Stock Exchange, most recently as a member of the exchange’s senior management team. Active in industry affairs, Richard served two terms as chair of the market data industry’s global trade association in the late 1990's, is a frequent panelist at market structure and trading technology events and serves as a member of the TMX Information Processor Governance Committee. A member of the Ontario bar since 1987, Richard attended the University of Toronto (LL.B. 1885) and the University of Ottawa (B.A. 1981). He has also completed the executive management programme at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Doug Clark Managing Director, Research Mr. Clark, who has more than 17 years experience in the financial services and investment industry, is one of the original staff members of ITG Canada when the Canadian operations were launched in 2000. In his position as Managing Director, Research, he is responsible for research relating to index, ETF, market structure, liquidity event and market impact. Mr. Clark left ITG in 2007 – at the time he was Head of Trading - to become Managing Director of BMO Capital Markets Quantitative Execution Services Group, where he was responsible for the firm's equity electronic and program trading platform. He returned to ITG in early 2011. Mr. Clark is an active participant on many industry panels and bodies and is currently the Chair of the Canadian Security Traders Association (CSTA). Mr. Clark holds a BA in Economics from York University in Toronto.
Renée Colyer Renée Colyer is the founding principal of Forefactor Inc. and brings over a decade of experience in global capital markets. Renée has a deep understanding of the entire investment cycle. Renée has spent a significant amount of time reviewing competitive trading technology providers, global exchanges, alternative execution venues, and trends in electronic and algorithmic trading. Prior to founding Forefactor, Renee held the position of Director of Research at TSX Group. Prior to TSX Group, Renée held management positions at Manulife Financial and the Bank of Montreal. Renée is frequently invited to speak at industry conferences and events. Renée holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Science, a Post-Degree Diploma in Research Analysis and a Market Research Certificate from Notre Dame. She is a certified Neuro-Linguistic Programmer, a member of the United Nations Registry, a member of ESOMAR (the World Association of Opinion and Marketing Research Professionals) and a member of Canada’s Marketing Research and Intelligence Association (MRIA).
Ms. El-Taher is responsible for East Coast sales of Credit Suisse’s Advanced Execution Services (AES) international offering. The AES group designs and builds algorithms and systems capable of fully-automated trading based on client specifications. Algorithms based on thorough execution research and continuous live experimentation, performed by teams of Credit Suisse quantitative analysts and traders located throughout the globe. In marketing direct market access and algorithms, Ms. El-Taher and the AES team focus on market microstructure research, pre/post trade analysis and liquidity profiles of individual names and markets. They work with the AES quantitative research team within Credit Suisse to develop and understand the most suitable strategies for the various markets to assist in customizing strategies and educating clients on optimal usage. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Ms. El-Taher was in sales and management of various regions within North America marketing electronic international equity trading for Bloomberg Tradebook/G-Trade Services. She is a graduate of Marymount College where she studied Economics and currently resides in Manhattan.
Rupert Fennelly is a managing director and the Head of Americas Sales in Morgan Stanley's Electronic Trading group. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Rupert led Northeast and Midwest Sales for the Alternative Execution Services Group and foreign exchange offering at Credit Suisse. Rupert has also held senior sales and sales management positions at NYFIX, Corillian and Reuters. He holds a BA in European Business and French from the University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland and lives in New York City with his wife and three children.
Robert M. Fotheringham Senior Vice President, Equities Trading TMX Group Robert Fotheringham currently serves as the Senior Vice President, Equities Trading, with TMX Group. Mr. Fotheringham’s responsibilities include Trading Product Development and Management, Canadian and International Sales, Market Operations, Vendor Services and Market Quality for Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange.Mr. Fotheringham was promoted to his current role in 2008 following two years serving as Vice President, Trading. He originally joined TMX Group in 2005 as Vice President, Structured and Derivative Products, responsible for the design, development and execution of the organization’s full derivative market strategy. Prior to joining TMX Group, Mr. Fotheringham served as the Vice President, Derivative and Quantitative Investments, with the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS). The notional value of the derivative portfolio under his management exceeded $6.0 billion and cash quantitative based portfolio assets exceeded $3.0 bil- lion. Mr. Fotheringham was also a senior member of OMERS’ Investment Management Committee and Global Tactical Asset Allocation Committee, where he assisted in the development of the Fund’s asset allocation strategies and risk management initiatives. Prior to joining OMERS, Mr. Fotheringham served as the Director – Senior Portfolio Manager for the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth and was a senior member of the Municipality’s Investment Strategy Committee. In addition to his current responsibilities as part of TMX Group’s senior management team, Mr. Fotheringham sits as a member of the Board of Directors for The Canadian Depository for Securities (CDS) Group of Companies and serves on the CDS Audit/Risk Committee. Mr. Fotheringham was recently elected to the Certified General Accountants of Ontario’s Board of Governors where he also serves on the Governance Committee. Mr. Fotheringham is a member of the Business Advisory Board of the University of Toronto – Mississauga’s Li Koon Chun Finance Learning Centre.
Joe Gawronski is the President of Rosenblatt Securities, an agency-only institutional brokerage firm founded in 1979. Headquartered in New York City, the firm represents traditional institutions, quants and portfolio trading customers in all global equity and ETF markets through its trading desk and via direct access to the NYSE floor, a service that it pioneered in the late 1980s. Rosenblatt has been at the forefront of embracing automation to enhance trading efficiency and the self-sufficiency of the buy side. It was the first firm, more than two decades ago, to provide non-NYSE members with access to the exchange’s electronic DOT system. In addition to attaining the best possible executions for clients, the firm helps them to identify and use the best tools for when they trade on their own, and to navigate an increasingly complex marketplace via its leading transaction cost analytics and market structure advice. The firm also provides its analysis to portfolio managers and analysts to add the unique insights of a practitioner and focused expert to their investment considerations in the global exchange space. Leveraging its leading analysis, Rosenblatt's investment banking and consulting practices have also quickly become leaders in the capital markets financial technology space. Joe is formerly a securities lawyer with Sullivan & Cromwell, a Vice President in the equities division with Salomon Smith Barney and COO of Linx LLC, an electronic block trading system. He is an Allied Member of the NYSE, a member of the Advisory Boards of both the Journal of Trading and Wall Street & Technology magazine, a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a member of the National Organization of Investment Professionals and the author or co-author of several published papers on market structure and frequent lecturer, moderator and panelist on the topic. He received his B.A. in Public and International Affairs at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Susan Greenglass, Ontario Securities Commission Susan Greenglass is the Director of the Market Regulation Branch at the Ontario Securities Commission. The Market Regulation Branch is responsible for the oversight of marketplaces, self-regulatory organizations and clearing agencies and developing policy and rule initiatives related to market structure issues. Susan joined the staff of the Ontario Securities Commission in 1997. Previously, she was a law clerk at the Ontario Court of Justice (General Division). She is a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School and is a member of the Ontario Bar.
Sandy Jakab: Director Capital Markets Regulation Education: B.A. (English) - University of Calgary; LL.B. - University of Calgary Professional Qualifications: Lawyer Sandy is responsible for registrant, self-regulatory organization, and marketplace oversight. She was called to the Alberta bar in 1986 and the BC bar in 1989. She’s worked as corporate counsel, litigation counsel, and a policy analyst. Sandy has served on the Boards of the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association and the CBA Financial Services Corporation, as well as on the Provincial Council of the Canadian Bar Association (BC Branch), the Standing Committee on Equity (Canadian Bar Association) and the CBA Conflicts Task Force. Sandy was an adjunct professor at the University Of British Columbia Faculty Of Law in 2007 and lectures frequently on securities regulation topics.
Michael J. Levas has been in the investment management business for over twenty years and is the founder, chief investment officer and managing member of the Olympian Group of Investment Management Companies. Prior to Olympian, he was a VP and Portfolio Manager in the Private Client Group at Lehman Brothers Inc. Prior to that, he was a VP with SG Cowen, UBS PaineWebber and Bear Stearns where he managed in excess of $250 million in both institutional and retail portfolios.
Mr. Levas is the former founder and managing member of Olympian Securities LLC, and is a licensed Series 24 general securities principal, Series 7 general securities representative, and a Series 65, 66 investment adviser representative with (FINRA). Mr. Levas is also the former founder and principal of Olympian Futures LLC, a former (NFA) registered introducing broker, and a licensed Series 3 associated person. Mr. Levas currently holds the Chartered Portfolio Manager (CPM) designation from the American Academy of Financial Management. Mr. Levas completed investment management studies at Harvard Business School and additionally, Mr.Levas has completed the Hedge Fund Programme at The London Business School. He is a current member of the CFA society of South Florida, Securities Traders Association of Florida, The National Association of Active Investment Managers, and formerly served on the 2008/2009 board of directors of The Hedge Fund Association.
Mr. Levas is a frequent conference speaker, and commentator on the financial markets & asset management industry. He has been featured throughout the U.S.,Canada, Latin America, Europe, Asia and in numerous publications, and media outlets including Business Week, Dow Jones Newswires, The Financial Times, Smart Money, Hedge Fund Manager Week, Absolute Return, Canadian Hedge Watch, Euro money, Wall St.& Technology, The Economic Times, International Securities Finance, Buy-Side Technology, Securities Industry News, Alternative Investment Review, Advanced Trading, Markets Media Magazine, Waters, The Trade News, TradeTech , Reuters, Bloomberg and National Public Radio.
Lee Morakis is head of Americas Execution Services Sales at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he is responsible for the institutional sales and execution consulting teams, as well as trading and technology teams that support the electronic execution of equities, ETFs, options and futures across the region. Morakis joined the company in 2005 as head of North American Portfolio and Electronic Trading. In this role, he helped build the portfolio and electronic product suite into a top-ranked platform and integrated the company’s highly regarded quantitative research into its electronic product suite. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Morakis managed the U.S. Portfolio Trading business at Credit Suisse, where he worked for eight years. He began his career at Smith Barney on the Portfolio Trading desk. Morakis received his MBA from New York University and his B.S. from Lehigh University.
Mr. Nenner has over 20 years of extensive trading, operative and management experience and has been deeply involved in the infrastructure and advanced technology of execution since 1997, Mr. Nenner built the original trading desk and managed/traded a large high volume Stat Arb portfolio at Millennium Partners, LP hedge fund. He was later recruited by Lehman Brothers to work on further institutionalizing the RealTick EMS for fundamental and quantitative clients across the US, Europe, Asia and in Brazil. Mr. Nenner is a noted visiting instructor at the NY Institute of Finance, and built his own company TTC, LLC designing superior quantitative systematic capable Prime Brokerage offerings. He is an expert commentator on hedge funds, hedge fund technology and the effects of regulation. Mr. Nenner is currently a Managing Director at the well respected boutique firm Momentum Trading Partners, LLC in NY where he is enhancing a successful “super high touch” trading division. He is an established expert in quantitative strategy and trading within the US and abroad
Mr. Parent has been providing wealth management services to his high net worth clients since 1992.
From many years of experience and training, Jeff has become proficient in portfolio management techniques. He applies a strong price discipline to help ensure risk is controlled without reducing potential returns. His specialty is technical analysis with a focus on quantitative methods. Jeff uses his unique form of analysis to identify trends and turning points in the markets and individual stocks.
He appears regularly on Business News Network, is a recognized author, public speaker and educator. He has been quoted by the national media in Canada and the US.
Jeff has a degree in Engineering (Electrical) and is a Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute. He is the past president of the Canadian Society of Technical Analysts and an associate member of the Market Technicians Association.
Etienne Phaneuf Managing Director, Sales and Trading, ITG CANADA CORP. In his current role as managing director of sales and trading for ITG Canada Corp, Etienne focuses on managing corporate relationships with current clients and developing opportunities with prospective clients. Using a collaborative approach, he works on designing and implementing trade tools and strategies that will improve workflow, minimize trade costs and improve trading efficiency to meet client needs. Etienne began working with ITG in December 2000 as a program and sales trader. Etienne has extensive institutional trading experience, having served as a trader at TD Securities and CT Securities prior to joining ITG. Etienne holds a Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo.
Kelly Reynolds, M.Sc., DMS Hillsdale Investment Management - Director of Trading Ms. Reynolds joined Hillsdale in January 2010 where she is responsible for the management, strategy and execution of the Canadian, US and Global trading platforms. Prior to joining Hillsdale, she was the Head Equity Trader at Montrusco Bolton Investments. Ms. Reynolds holds a Master’s Degree in Finance and is the recipient of the Derivative Market Specialist designation. Since 2008, Ms. Reynolds has been an active member of the Canadian Security Traders Association (CSTA) where she has served on the Executive Board and as Co-Chair of the Trading Issues Committee.
Michele Robitaille, CA, CFA, CBV Michele Robitaille is Senior Vice-President and Portfolio Manager, Canadian Equity Investments at Guardian Capital LP with specific responsibility for Equity Income mandates. Guardian Capital LP has $16 billion in assets under management, including approximately $3 billion in Equity Income assets. Michele joined Guardian in 2003 as Portfolio Manager. From 1997 to 2003, Michele worked as an Equity Research Analyst for various Canadian investment dealers including Scotia Capital Inc. and National Bank Financial. Prior to that, she worked at Price Waterhouse LP in both the Audit and Business Services and Financial Advisory Services Groups. Michele has her Chartered Accountant, CFA and Chartered Business Valuator designations. She graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Commerce.
AnneMarie Ryan has over 25 years experience in helping financial services firms develop effective corporate strategies and business plans. She has extensive experience consulting to Canadian investment dealers and regulators on how technology is transforming the investment business and the regulatory impact of changes in the investment process. Her expertise covers all phases of Transaction Processing from front-office systems to back-office systems including: Trade Order Management, Online Trading, Exchange and Alternative Trading Systems as well as Clearing and Settlement Systems.
Her clients include ITG Canada, The Ontario Securities Commission, GMP Securities, Canaccord Capital, Perimeter Financial, First Asset Advisory, The Canadian Depository for Securities, and Market Regulation Services Inc. She has previously worked as a member of the senior management teams of firms such as Fidelity Investments and CT Securities. In 1999, AnneMarie served as Special Advisor to the Ontario Securities Commission in the development of national policies regarding Alternative Trading Systems in Canada. In 2004, she again consulted for the Commission to develop the Concept Paper on Best Execution.
AnneMarie earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Toronto and a Master of Business Administration from the Rotman School of Business at the University of Toronto. She is a member of the Board of Women in Capital Markets and chairs the WCM Education and Outreach Committee.
Matt Senecal is the Head of Business Development for the Direct Execution team at UBS, the firm’s institutional equities electronic trading business. He is responsible globally for overseeing electronic trading business operations in areas such as algorithmic trading, direct market access, and low-latency trading.
Previous to UBS, Mr. Senecal served as the Head of US Equity Connectivity Infrastructure at Barclays Capital and has over 15 years of experience in electronic trading product management, sales and sales trading, and operations management in a wide range of senior electronic trading roles at Lehman Brothers and Morgan Stanley.
Jason is the Senior Manager, Data Quality for Group Risk Management at RBC Financial Group. His group is responsible for all credit risk data and information that is used to drive RBC's economic capital calculations, Basel II capital calculations, management reporting, and regulatory filings. This includes (1) integrating new acquisitions and subsidiaries into RBC's IT infrastructure, (2) detecting, investigating, and fixing any data problems, and (3) ensuring that analysts are using data consistently and appropriately across the enterprise. Recent work has been focused on building an enterprise-wide aggregation system for wholesale credit exposure. This has allowed Senior Management to obtain ready access to credit exposure across the enterprise, including counterparty credit risk, lending, investment and trading portfolios, and risk held in Insurance subsidiaries. Exposure is aggregated at the legal entity level, and can also be rolled up for analysis at the common risk, industry, and geographic level, along with many other dimensions.
Darren Sumarah is Vice President and Head of Canada Sales at Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading (GSET). Located in Toronto, Darren is responsible for the distribution of GSET’s electronic product offering to Canadian domiciled accounts. He joined Goldman Sachs in 2008 as a salesperson in Electronic Trading. Prior to joining the firm, Darren worked in a variety of sales, trading and market making roles at Liquidnet Canada, the Montreal Exchange Floor and the Ontario Securities Commission.
Darren earned a BSc in Psychology from McGill University in 1997.
Benjamin Tal Managing Director & Deputy Chief Economist Benjamin Tal is a Managing Director and Deputy Chief Economist with CIBC World Markets Inc. He is responsible for analyzing economic developments and their implications for North American fixed income, equity, foreign exchange and commodities markets. He also acts in an advisory capacity to bank officers on issues related to wealth management, household/corporate credit and risk. Recently described as one of Canada’s leading experts on the real estate market by the International Monetary Fund, Mr. Tal is a regular commentator on financial and economic trends in the Canadian and American print and electronic media. In addition to providing expert testimony on various economic issues in front of Canadian Parliamentary committees, Mr. Tal has represented Canada in NAFTA discussions with regards to the structure of the North American labour market. He has also led investment seminars on behalf of the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and leading institutional investors in major European cities. Mr. Tal is a member of the Economic Committee of The Canadian Chamber of Commerce and a board member of the Toronto Association for Business and Economics (TABE).
Tim Thurman is Senior IT Executive with more than 22 years of technical experience in building, deploying and supporting high availability (HA) financial applications with Exchanges, Alternative Trading Systems (ATS), and Financial Institutions. Currently, Tim holds the position of Head of Information Technology with Credit Suisse Canada responsible for all areas of technology for the Canadian offices. Prior to this Tim held the position of Head of Client Development with Alpha Group. His primary responsibilities were to building the Alpha client base (Dealers and Vendors), on-board new clients, product pricing, real-time market data and client relationship management. Prior to joining Alpha Tim held the position of Vice President and Director, Alternative Execution Group (AEG) with TD Newcrest a division of TD Securities. He was responsible for the technology requirements for the AEG group as well as Business Development. A key project he managed while at TD Newcrest was the building and deployment of the TD Newcrest Algorithmic Trading product offering. Tim was also responsible for the functional and non-functional requirements on the initial ATS project (Alpha ATS). Before joining TD Newcrest, Tim held several Director level positions with the Toronto Stock Exchange (TMX Group) – his accomplishments within TSX Technologies included; the replacement of the CATS trading engine, implementation of a high-speed Gateway, the implementation of CDNX into the TSX infrastructure and the design, production support of a 24/7 trading environment, and implementation of FOX (renamed to ATX). Tim also held a Director level role within TMX Markets where he was responsible for market structure, client and business development. The 9 years prior to joining the TMX Group, Tim was with the World Wide Competency Center for Exchanges and Electronic Markets at IBM Global Services. During his 9 year career with IBM his primary responsibly was to build, deploy, and support financial markets for the Bank of Italy, namely EuroMTS, and the financial markets for the Central Bank of Greece. Tim also built and deployed financial markets in Tokyo and the US.
James E. Twiss Vice President, Market Regulation Policy Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) As Vice President, Market Regulation Policy, Jim leads a group of lawyers with a mandate to develop and administer the Universal Market Integrity Rules (UMIR), designed as a common set of trading rules applicable to marketplaces trading equity securities in Canada. Part of this mandate includes the provision of interpretations and exemptions with the goal of promoting market integrity. The Market Regulation Policy section also acts as liaison to the various securities commissions and self-regulatory organizations regarding equity market regulation and market structure matters in Canada. Prior to the formation of IIROC, Jim was Chief Policy Counsel at Market Regulation Services Inc. (RS), where he had similar responsibilities for market regulation policy and UMIR. Prior to the formation of RS as an independent regulation services provider in 2001, Jim was Senior Counsel in the Regulatory and Market Policy Department of the Toronto Stock Exchange. In addition to his extensive experience in marketplace and trading regulation, Jim practiced corporate and securities law at Burkman, Twiss & McNevin. Jim received his law degree from the University of Windsor in 1978 and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1986 after serving as a tax and legislation specialist with the Ontario Government.
Ms Van Veen is an Equity Trader for both Canadian and U.S. Securities. Ms. Van Veen received her Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University Toronto, specializing in Finance. She has also completed the C.S.C. and C.P.H. courses through the Canadian Securities Institute. Ms. Van Veen has been an active member of the Institutional Equity Traders Association for five years and regularly participates in various CSTA events. Prior to joining Gluskin Sheff, Ms. Van Veen worked on the Institutional Equity Trading desk at Sceptre Investment Counsel Inc. At Sceptre, a large Toronto-based investment counselling firm, she traded both U.S. and International securities. Ms. Van Veen began her career in the financial markets on the trading desk with Jones Heward Investment Counsel Inc. (a member of BMO Financial Group) in 1999.
Milos Vukovic is Vice President, Investment Policy, joined RBC in 2003 where he is responsible for overseeing various investment management related activities including risk management, performance analytics and trading. He is also responsible for developing investment policy statements and implementing tactical asset allocation for various RBC AM products such as mutual funds, pools, segregated and fund of fund products. Prior to joining RBC Asset Management, Milos had gained extensive experience in the Financial services industry working with PricewaterhouseCoopers, TD Securities and Fidelity Investments. Milos holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Schulich School of Business and earned the chartered financial analyst designation in 2004. Milos is currently a President of the Buy-Side Investment Management Association.
Evan Young – Head, Electronic Execution Services, Scotia Capital Evan Young is Head of Electronic Execution Services for Scotia Capital’s Institutional Equity Group. Evan joined Scotia Capital in 2001 to design and develop algorithmic trading systems. He then moved to the Portfolio Trading desk, using the systems he designed to trade equities and multi-asset strategies on behalf of clients. Evan now heads the Electronic Execution Services Group, providing institutional clients with a full range of electronic trading services. He holds an Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Waterloo and is a CFA charterholder.
Robert Young heads the Canadian operations of Liquidnet Holdings, and is a member of the global management team.
Robert’s broad experience is in structuring and managing global businesses, with particular focus in financial services, technology and information businesses. At the board and as a C-level executive, Robert’s focus has been on governance, ethics, strategy and operational excellence.
Following years in senior positions with Dow Jones & Co and the Toronto Stock Exchange, Robert joined Liquidnet in 2005 to direct the launch of its Canadian business.
From 2006 through 2009, Robert led the company’s continued global expansion as Chief Operating Officer, based in New York. In that role, Robert was also responsible for the development of the processes and capabilities of the company’s financial, legal, HR, operational and governance teams, as Liquidnet more than doubled in size and geography.
In late 2009, Robert returned to Liquidnet Canada as CEO of the Canadian organization.
Liquidnet is the Global Institutional Marketplace, facilitating the trading of equity securities from over 30 countries. With 2008 revenues of over U$400MM, Liquidnet has in 8 years, grown to a network of nearly 600 asset managers with over U$15T in equity assets.