TradeTech - Main Conference Day 2

8:00 Coffee & Registration Coffee & Registration

8:55 Chair’s Welcome Address Chair’s Welcome Address

9:15 Guest Speaker: Looking into the future of a successful asset management firm – the most important factors you need to consider Mike Williams, CEO, Genesis Asset Management Join one of the most successful fund managers who will show you how he helps his clients understand patience, discipline and planning stability as major contributors to long-term success in both the security and accumulation of their wealth. Find out what a successful asset management firm considers the most important strategic factors. Hear about new ideas, lessons learnt and future vision for the world’s buy side. Mike Williams CEO, Genesis Asset Management Michael Williams is the Founder and Managing Partner of Genesis Asset Management. Today he also co-manages one of the top-performing actively managed mutual funds in Europe.Before founding Genesis Asset Management, Mr. Williams was the Managing Director for Genesis Partners, a research and advisory firm he directed from 1982 to 2003. His daily and weekly market insights are read by thousands of ad [read more]

10:00 Hedge Fund CEO Panel Discussion: Adapting to the new world and navigating a clear strategic direction through the regulatory minefield Seth Freeman, CEO, EM Capital Management LLC Yogesh Dewan, CEO, Hassium Asset Management Mike Williams, CEO, Genesis Asset Management How reliable is your crystal ball? Can armies of analysts, quant mathematicians and economists predict the markets and the future? Getting as close as you can to achieving the impossible: some of the worlds most successful fund managers in the world share their strategies for predicting the future Practical techniques for traders to position themselves to add value in an uncertain market Pre-empting your portfolio managers: how do the best ones gauge the markets and come out as the winners? Employ winning strategies on your own trading desk Seth Freeman CEO, EM Capital Management LLC Yogesh Dewan CEO, Hassium Asset Management Yogesh (Yogi) is the CEO and Founding Partner of Hassium Asset Management LLP. Yogi has fifteen years of professional investment management experience. Prior to founding Hassium Yogi spent ten years as an Executive Director in the Private Wealth Management division at Goldman Sachs in London. At Goldman Yogi was responsible for building a Pan European business covering over 40 wealthy private fami [read more] Mike Williams CEO, Genesis Asset Management Michael Williams is the Founder and Managing Partner of Genesis Asset Management. Today he also co-manages one of the top-performing actively managed mutual funds in Europe.Before founding Genesis Asset Management, Mr. Williams was the Managing Director for Genesis Partners, a research and advisory firm he directed from 1982 to 2003. His daily and weekly market insights are read by thousands of ad [read more]

10:30 Refreshments and networking in the TradeTech Exhibition Refreshments and networking in the TradeTech Exhibition

11:00 Regulatory update from the FSA: latest developments in MiFID II and its impact on your business and on the market structure David Lawton, Head of Market Infrastructure and Policy, Financial Services Authority What's the regulatory vision for trading? And what do the markets need to be on the look out in the future? How will MiFID II get us there? How do we strike the right balance between efficiency, fairness and resilience? David Lawton Head of Market Infrastructure and Policy, Financial Services Authority David is Head of Markets Infrastructure and Policy at the Financial Services Authority, where his responsibilities encompass the supervision of the UK's exchanges, other trading platforms, and clearing and settlement services, and leading the FSA's work on both primary and secondary markets policy issues. The Department also takes responsibility for the FSA's capital markets sector team. Key curre [read more]

11:30 Navigating dark liquidity pools in the global markets: what is likely to change and how can you best take advantage of anonymous trading? Diana Chan, CEO, EuroCCP The emergence of dark liquidity pools has been a major threat to exchanges and MTFs. Maintaining anonymity has become a key part of most buy side trading strategies, and so the universe of dark pools grew. Join this panel to explore the value dark pools bring to your business, find out how market volatility and exchange consolidation trends are likely to affect the market landscape and what it means to your dark liquidity strategy. Measuring the value of dark pools to your trading strategy Looking into the future market structure: dark liquidity vs exchanges and MTFs Possible consolidation of dark liquidity pools and its impact on your trading desk Diana Chan CEO, EuroCCP Diana Chan joined EuroCCP in 2007 as Chief Executive Officer. Prior to her role at EuroCCP, Diana was Citi’s head of Market Strategy and Market Policy in Securities and Fund Services. Diana has over twenty years’ experience in the global securities markets during which time she has worked in Brussels, Paris, London, New York and Singapore. She had regional and global responsibilities for post-trad [read more]

12:00 Building a strong investment business in the global markets: making decisions and winning in the times of crisis Yogesh Dewan, CEO, Hassium Asset Management Understanding large scale trends Predicting the future – how is the market changing? Carefully picking your entry points Targeted long term investing – the secrets Yogesh Dewan CEO, Hassium Asset Management Yogesh (Yogi) is the CEO and Founding Partner of Hassium Asset Management LLP. Yogi has fifteen years of professional investment management experience. Prior to founding Hassium Yogi spent ten years as an Executive Director in the Private Wealth Management division at Goldman Sachs in London. At Goldman Yogi was responsible for building a Pan European business covering over 40 wealthy private fami [read more]

12:30 The art of uncalculated risk in poker and in trading: the games people play Aaron Brown, Trader & Author , The Poker Face of Wall Street Using poker tricks in trading Emotional decision-making The art of uncalculated risk - rules Gambling and trading Aaron Brown Trader & Author , The Poker Face of Wall Street Aaron Brown is risk manager at AQR Capital Management and the author of Red-Blooded Risk (Wiley, October 2011), The Poker Face of Wall Street (Wiley, 2006, selected one of the ten best books of 2006 by Business Week) and A World of Chance (with Reuven and Gabrielle Brenner, Cambridge University Press, 2008). In his 30 year Wall Street career he has been a trader, portfolio manager, head of mortgag [read more]

13:00 Networking Lunch For Delegates & Speakers Networking Lunch For Delegates & Speakers

Theatre 1 Trading Infrastructure

Enhancing the speed and performance of your trading infrastructure Roy Saadon, Co-Founder & General Manager EMEA, Traiana Enhancing the speed and performance of your trading infrastructure Roy Saadon Co-Founder & General Manager EMEA, Traiana Roy Saadon, co-founder and General Manager EMEA, is responsible for Traiana’s EMEA business with specific focus on FX, CFD equity swaps and exchange-traded derivatives.Prior to assuming the role of General Manager EMEA, Roy was General Manager for Harmony, responsible for the overall market and technical direction of the Harmony product and was instrumental in the initial design and rollout of its [read more]

14:15 Panel: The drive to zero: creating ultra-low latency trading solutions using hardware acceleration and FPGA technology Sue Wood, Head of European Autobahn Equity Sales, Deutsche Bank Scott Stickler, MD, Global Head of High Frequency Trading, UBS Sava Zxivanovich, Independent Consultant, N/A Prioritising the applications and areas in your infrastructure that need more speed Hardware acceleration: What are the benefits and detriments of moving from software to hardware to achieve lower latency? Deciding which supplier to work with by considering reputation, capability, functionality, business and technology flexibility, and more Creating a capacity planning strategy to support a low latency environment Sue Wood Head of European Autobahn Equity Sales, Deutsche Bank Susannah Wood co-runs the Autobahn Equity Client Coverage desk in Europe for Deutsche Bank. Autobahn Equity provides algorithms and low-latency services to a broad client-base. Susannah joined Deutsche Bank in 2006, prior to this she was the Pan-Asian Product Manager for Citigroup's algorithmic platform in Asia and ETS Sales & Marketing for Goldman Sachs in London and New York. Sus [read more] Scott Stickler MD, Global Head of High Frequency Trading, UBS Sava Zxivanovich Independent Consultant, N/A

14:45 Panel: Colocation, Proximity Hosting, And Data Centre Optimisation Jogi Narain, CTO, FGS Capital Frederic Ponzo, Managing Partner, GreySpark Partners Bob Giffords, Banking and Technology Analyst, N/A Mark Holt, Head of Trading, Bluecrest Capital Examining current trends in colocation and sponsored access across market participants Without uniformity across colocation and proximity vendors, how can you compare pricing, offerings, service, etc.? What are the benefits and detriments of using a third party data centre? Identifying how working with a carrier neutral data centre can lower costs in your trading infrastructure Distinguishing the best of breed connectivity providers and the data centre vendors that are working with them Jogi Narain CTO, FGS Capital Jogi Narain is a Partner and the CTO of FGS Capital LLP whom he joined just over a year ago. He has extensive experience in Investment Banking IT. In past roles Jogi has been a Global Architect at UBS, Head of Client Connectivity at Lehman Brothers and Technology Co-Head of the European HFT at Goldman Sachs. He remains hands on and has a pragmatic approach to most technology challenges faced in to [read more] Frederic Ponzo Managing Partner, GreySpark Partners Bob Giffords Banking and Technology Analyst, N/A Mark Holt Head of Trading, Bluecrest Capital Mark Holt is Head of Implementation for the systematic trading group at BlueCrest Capital Management LLP. He has spent the last 15 years automating trading within and between major financial institutions. Joined BlueCrest after 5 years at UBS where he was responsible for the architecture and development of their European algorithmic trading platform. Before that he spent 7 years at Morgan Stanley [read more]

15:15 Panel: Measuring And Monitoring Latency To Strengthen The Performance Of Your Trading Infrastructure Jogi Narain, CTO, FGS Capital Jasper Grootaers, FIX Onboarding and Connections, ING Determining what level of latency you need to achieve; how do you know when fast is fast enough? Identifying the most effective ways to measure and monitor your latency to maintain an edge within your infrastructure Tightening your latency dispersion vs. lowering your fastest inherent latency: Which should be of more concern and impacts your profitability most directly? Is the buy side becoming more latency sensitive or is latency just an issue for the sell side and prop shops? Selecting vendors latency-sensitive buy side should work with Jogi Narain CTO, FGS Capital Jogi Narain is a Partner and the CTO of FGS Capital LLP whom he joined just over a year ago. He has extensive experience in Investment Banking IT. In past roles Jogi has been a Global Architect at UBS, Head of Client Connectivity at Lehman Brothers and Technology Co-Head of the European HFT at Goldman Sachs. He remains hands on and has a pragmatic approach to most technology challenges faced in to [read more] Jasper Grootaers FIX Onboarding and Connections, ING

15:45 Afternoon Coffee Afternoon Coffee

16:15 Panel: Managing Surging Market Data Volume And Messaging To Maintain A Clear View Of The Markets Emmanuel Doe, President - Trading Solutions Group, Interactive Data Jim Duffy, Senior Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse Architect, BNP Paribas AM Monitoring the performance, resiliency, and capacity of the market data from your vendors Managing market data provider relationships effectively when you find out performance is lacking Deciding which pipes to use to send and receive data from trading venues cost effectively and with lowest latency Comparing strategies for coping with blips in surge of market data volumes Keeping abreast of new market data and messaging services to ensure your trading strategy is high performing Emmanuel Doe President - Trading Solutions Group, Interactive Data Emmanuel Doe is President of Interactive Data's Trading Solutions businesses. He is responsible for leading the strategy, business development and business management of the Real Time Services, 7Ticks, eSignal, and FutureSource businesses serving the spectrum of clients ranging from retail to institutional electronic trading. Prior to joining Interactive Data, Mr. Doe was the Global Business Manag [read more] Jim Duffy Senior Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse Architect, BNP Paribas AM

Theatre 2 Futures & Options

Sourcing liquidity and increasing automation in futures and options trading Alex McDonald, Chief Executive, Wholesale Market Brokers Association Sourcing liquidity and increasing automation in futures and options trading Alex McDonald Chief Executive, Wholesale Market Brokers Association Alex McDonald Prior to joining WMBA, Alex has spent his career in Banking and Fund Management. He has over twenty years of experience as a macro trader and portfolio manager, most recently he was a senior portfolio manager at BSAM Global Alpha Fund and prior to that a portfolio manager in global macro, at OLEA Capital Partners and at BlueCrest Capital focusing on commodities, fixed-income and curr [read more]

14:15 Panel: Examining Developments In Listed And OTC Derivative Regulation And How Market Mechanics Are Evolving Anthony Belchambers, CEO, Futures & Options Association Hans-Ole Jochumsen, President NASDAQ OMX NordicExecutive Vice President the , NASDAQ OMX Group Under MiFIR regulation, how will the creation of organized trading facilities (OTFs) by interdealer brokers affect futures and options trading? Will OTFs lead to an increase of high frequency trading of European options? Will this increase liquidity? Analysing the impact of OTC derivatives moving into the listed environment Can we achieve increased financial stability and increased capital efficiency at the same time when clearing OTC derivatives? Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs): Can futures and options traders leverage this new market? Identifying which opportunities and challenges are presenting themselves in the changing regulatory environment Anthony Belchambers CEO, Futures & Options Association Anthony Belchambers is a barrister and currently Chief Executive of the Futures and Options Association (FOA), which is a London-based European industry association. He is also a member of the Court of the Worshipful Company of International Bankers, Chairman of UK Trade & Investment’s US Strategy Group and Vice-Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the European Parliamentary [read more] Hans-Ole Jochumsen President NASDAQ OMX NordicExecutive Vice President the , NASDAQ OMX Group Hans-Ole Jochumsen is Executive Vice President of Transaction Services Nordics. Transaction Services Nordics is an integrated marketplace of seven independent Nordic and Baltic exchanges. These Nordic exchanges offer trading of Nordic and Baltic securities shares, derivatives and fixed income products, all traded on highly efficient trading systems enabling easy cross border trading. Jochumsen is [read more]

14:45 Assessing The Current State Of The European Options Market And Identifying What Will Lead To Greater Liquidity Will Rhode, Senior Analyst, Tabb Group Uncovering why European listed equity options volume is languishing compared to the U.S. Determining if options block liquidity is currently being found on or off exchange Examining the most popular options contracts and markets and how are they being traded Where do market participants see acceptance and growth of options instruments; what is the expected evolution of the European options industry? Will Rhode Senior Analyst, Tabb Group Will Rhode joined TABB Group as an analyst in March 2010 and is based in London. He brings fourteen years experience as a financial journalist specialising in the risk management and derivatives industry, principally for Risk Magazine and its associated publications. Previously, he was Editor Americas for Risk in New York and Editor of AsiaRisk Magazine in Hong Kong. In addition to journalism, Wil [read more]

15:15 Identifying Futures And Options Trading Opportunities In The Commodity Markets George Zivic, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Almanac Capital Management Discussing the dynamics and interrelatedness of commodity markets Determining how the macro outlook will drive movements in specific markets Uncovering opportunities in the global commodity marketplace George Zivic Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Almanac Capital Management

15:45 Afternoon Coffee Afternoon Coffee

16:15 Panel: New Techniques For Effectively Implementing Cross-Asset Trading Will Rhode, Senior Analyst, Tabb Group John Greenan, Global Multi-Asset Trading Consultant, BNP Paribas AM Identifying what is driving the need for a cross-asset trading environment; why has it become a priority for many buy side firms? Explaining how cross-asset flow is structured across various desks, from long-only firms and hedge funds to prop shops and brokers Creating a model and identifying the necessary systems to effectively integrate multiple asset class trading onto one desk Reducing risk by managing pre-trade, portfolio, and operational risk across multiple asset classes in one system Will Rhode Senior Analyst, Tabb Group Will Rhode joined TABB Group as an analyst in March 2010 and is based in London. He brings fourteen years experience as a financial journalist specialising in the risk management and derivatives industry, principally for Risk Magazine and its associated publications. Previously, he was Editor Americas for Risk in New York and Editor of AsiaRisk Magazine in Hong Kong. In addition to journalism, Wil [read more] John Greenan Global Multi-Asset Trading Consultant, BNP Paribas AM John Greenan is a commercially aware, creative business facing change manager and technologist. He has broad experience of buy and sell sides in Europe, Asia Pacific and North America. He has specialisations in: strategy for trading systems and processes, connectivity, project management, business analysis, real-time system architecture and design and vendor relationship management.He manages elec [read more]

Theatre 3 Hedge Fund Focus Open to all participants!

The voice of the buy side and hedge funds on their key challenges & opportunities The voice of the buy side and hedge funds on their key challenges & opportunities

14:15 Putting machines in charge of your strategic decisions: theory, practice, risk and reward Spencer Greenberg, Co-Founder & CEO, Rebellion Research Partners LP Have machines already taken over without us knowing? Man against machine or together with it? The value of human decision Working together with machines to optimize results Spencer Greenberg Co-Founder & CEO, Rebellion Research Partners LP Spencer Greenberg is a mathematician with an education in applied mathematics and computer science from Columbia University's School of Engineering and NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. Spencer is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Rebellion Research, a quantitative fund that applies machine learning technology to investing. He has spoken about artificial intelligence and in [read more]

14:45 Panel: Measuring the true value of research: factors, challenges and practical tips Mike Williams, CEO, Genesis Asset Management Peter Nabicht, CEO, Allston Trading Assessing the main impact of research on your trading and investment strategies Working together with your PM to take full advantage of research Different tools for measuring the value of research Eliminating the unwanted and unused research data in your trading Mike Williams CEO, Genesis Asset Management Michael Williams is the Founder and Managing Partner of Genesis Asset Management. Today he also co-manages one of the top-performing actively managed mutual funds in Europe.Before founding Genesis Asset Management, Mr. Williams was the Managing Director for Genesis Partners, a research and advisory firm he directed from 1982 to 2003. His daily and weekly market insights are read by thousands of ad [read more] Peter Nabicht CEO, Allston Trading Since joining Allston in early 2004, Peter has had experiences in all technical aspects of the company. In his first two years he started the automation of back office processes and built a state of the art real-time operations desk that supported trading activities across all asset classes on 50+ endpoints. After being the Technical Lead on the Money Market, Fixed Income and Energy desks, Peter b [read more]

15:15 Building your own Smart Order Router (SOR) to control order flow for optimal execution Simo Pukhakka, Head of Trading, Pohjola Asset Management Outlining the implementation stages of your SOR and discussing long-term goals and opportunities created by your new technology Outlining the benefits of being in control of your own order flow with an SOR; what is TCA disclosing about current broker order routing practices? Identifying what OMS/EMS infrastructure you will need to support your SOR Determining which vendor(s) to work with to build your SOR; overcoming internal hurdles to green light your entire project Choosing which liquidity venues to connect to and their hierarchy Simo Pukhakka Head of Trading, Pohjola Asset Management Simo, Head of Trading of Pohjola Asset Management is broadly experienced in the financial industry as a Trader, Portfolio Manager and Hedge Fund Manager. He has headed the Pohjola Asset Mangements multi asset class trading desk since 2008 with ongoing responsibility for the team´s contribution to the investment process.He is also Chief Executive Officer of Pohjola Asset Management Execution Servic [read more]

15:45 Afternoon Coffee Afternoon Coffee

16:15 Managing risk and making decisions in an ultra volatile environment: taking the behavioural approach Greg B Davies, Head of Behavioural and Quantitative Investment Philosophy, Barclays Wealth Emotional liquidity – making decisions Emotional attachment to investment Making emotional decisions – is it bad? Financial personality assessment Team vs individual decisions Greg B Davies Head of Behavioural and Quantitative Investment Philosophy, Barclays Wealth Growing up in South Africa, Greg completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Cape Town. He holds an MPhil in Economics and a PhD in Behavioural Decision Theory, both from Cambridge University. His PhD dissertation combined research into the psychology of decision making with finance theory to examine financial behaviour and the psychology of risk.Between his Master’s and Doctorate’s de [read more]

Theatre 4 Market Structure & Regulation

Pinpointing liquidity & responding to regulation Pinpointing liquidity & responding to regulation

14:15 Using scientific concepts to predict, manage and avoid financial bubbles – a lessons from physics Tobias Preis, Founder and Managing Director, Artemis Capital Asset Management GmBH Using trend predicting tools to gage the market Complex events – finding patterns and abnormalities Using predicting strategies in quant and HFT Tobias Preis Founder and Managing Director, Artemis Capital Asset Management GmBH Dr. Tobias Preis is the CEO of the Artemis Capital Asset Management.His academic research at ETH Zurich and Boston University is driven by a deep interest in understanding the complex behaviour of financial systems. He was awarded a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Recently, he headed a research team which provided evidence that search engine query data an [read more]

14:45 Developing intelligent regulation to ensure full interoperability in the prost trade environment: what needs to be done? Exploring the current regulatory challenges for post trade environment Comparing Europe to the US Building the necessary infrastructure to support full interoperability Creating forward looking rules and regulation – can it work in principle? The impact of the crisis on post trade interoperability – will things have to change again if markets disintegrate?

15:15 Panel: Looking into the future of cash bond trading – will it take the route of electronically traded equities? Diego Valiante, ECMI Head of Research, ECMI Carl James, Head of Fixed Income Trading, BNP Paribas AM Rafael Molinero, CEO, Molinero Capital Management Assessing the current structure of the bond market Lessons learnt from the equities markets Bringing bond liquidity onto an exchange – challenges and opportunities Buy side DMA in bond markets – the future Diego Valiante ECMI Head of Research, ECMI Diego Valiante, Ph.D. (1982) is a Research Fellow, since March 2009, at the Brussels-based think-tank the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), where he is the Head of Research of the European Capital Markets Institute (ECMI), the unit that coordinates the economic research on capital markets policies and regulation. He holds a BSc in Economics and an MSc in Law and Economics from LUISS Unive [read more] Carl James Head of Fixed Income Trading, BNP Paribas AM Rafael Molinero CEO, Molinero Capital Management Rafael Molinero is the CEO and Founder of Molinero Capital Management, a quantitative CTA based in London. Rafael has more than 15 years of experience in the hedge fund and financial industry. He was previously a Proprietary Portfolio Manager as well as the Risk Manager for five years at Rotella Capital Management, a CTA with up to $1.5 billion under management. He traded $15 million of proprietar [read more]

15:45 Afternoon Coffee Afternoon Coffee

16:15 Panel: How has your relationship with the broker changed and what does it mean in practice? Nick Nielsen, Head of Trading, Marshall Wace Vincent Mooijer, Investment Manager, Head of Equities Trading, PGGM Fabien Oreve, Global Head of Deal Desk, Dexia AM Richard Hills, Global Head, Quantitative Electronic Services, Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking Evaluating your relationship with the broker Trust, systematic internalisation Monetizing and quantifying trust – where has it gone? Building new relationships with brokers in line with the changing volatile markets Nick Nielsen Head of Trading, Marshall Wace Nick joined Marshall Wace LLP in 2008 and is a Partner and Head of Trading in London. Prior to this, he was at Citadel Investment Group in London and Chicago. He started his career in high frequency trading at Goldman Sach's Hull Group in the US. Nick has a BS in Finance from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Vincent Mooijer Investment Manager, Head of Equities Trading, PGGM Vincent Mooijer joined PGGM Vermogensbeheer B.V. (PGGM) in February 2009 to become responsible for equity trading in the new centralized multi-asset trading and execution department Prior to PGGM, Vincent Mooijer was head of dealing at AbnAmro Asset Management in Amsterdam. After studying Information Technology, Vincent Mooijer, started in 1996 on the investment banking part of AbnAmro working on [read more] Fabien Oreve Global Head of Deal Desk, Dexia AM Prior to joining Dexia Asset Management in Brussels, Fabien was at Cheuvreux in Paris where he co-founded the Program Trading desk in 2000. He is a specialist of PT that has become a mix of algorithmic trading and sales-trading over time. Synchronized execution and monitoring of information leakage have been some of his top concerns. Today, he manages an experienced Buy-side trading desk centraliz [read more] Richard Hills Global Head, Quantitative Electronic Services, Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking Richard Hills joined Societe Generale in 2001 and established the electronic business in 2005. He has worked in equities and equity derivatives trading for 23 years, mostly in Exchanges and Investment Banking.

Theatre 5 Trading Venue Strategy & Technology

Consolidation, interoperability and the technology arms race Consolidation, interoperability and the technology arms race

14:15 Looking into the future role of new technologies in the evolution of the markets: what is the next big idea for exchanges? Don Brook, Head of Infrastructure, NYSE Assessing customers’ current and future needs Building your infrastructure to cope with the future demand for capacity and speed Identifying key new solutions and technologies that will give you the competitive advantage you need to succeed Don Brook Head of Infrastructure, NYSE Don Brook is SVP and Global Head of Infrastructure for NYSE Technologies, the commercial technology business of NYSE Euronext.Brook leads NYSE Technologies’ global infrastructure business which has two core functions of providing low-latency market centre access and connectivity through the Secure Financial Transaction Infrastructure (SFTI®) and offering colocation, value added se [read more]

14:45 Preparing the exchange infrastructure for the growing HFT & messaging volumes: solving the capacity challenge Looking back at the 2011 August trading peak Looking at the role and future challenges of co-location strategies Load balancing on peak volume periods – technical ideas

15:15 Case Study: Strategic approach to gaining competitive advantage through software outsourcing Brian Healy, Director of Trading & Market Development & Operations, Irish Stock Exchange Assessing different outsourcing strategies and approaches Formulating your unique value proposition Working with the customer and their needs Building for future capacity requirements Risk vs reward in technology outsourcing Brian Healy Director of Trading & Market Development & Operations, Irish Stock Exchange Responsible for the integrity, efficiency and development of the Irish Stock Exchange’s markets for traded securities, and a member of the ISE Executive Committee. He oversees overall operations, business development, management of relationships with strategic partners and is also responsible for the Exchange’s IT strategy. He is Chairman of the cross-industry Irish Market Advisory Committee and i [read more]

15:45 Afternoon Coffee Afternoon Coffee

16:15 Panel: Creating a super exchange – debating the NYSE/Deutsche Boerse merger A view from the regulator Debating mergers vs vertical silos Taking a stand on utility vs profit in the financial markets infrastructure Would such a large entity benefit the market? Would a super exchange work Outlining key plans for infrastructure changes and developments Serving the customers on both sides of the Atlantic Impact of the merger on the markets Creating more liquidity, managing risk Looking into the future strategies Will more exchange consolidation take place? Should it?

Theatre ATheatre B 16:45 Visualizing Relative Strengths In Underlying Assets To Enhance Trading Performance Theatre A Julius de Kempenaer, Director of Quantitative Strategy, Fund Manager, Taler Asset Management Describing how the relative strength approach can add value to your investment or trading process Outlining what visualization tools are available to measure relative strength Monitoring and visualizing the positions in your portfolio in a unique way with relative rotation graphs Julius de Kempenaer Director of Quantitative Strategy, Fund Manager, Taler Asset Management Julius de Kempenaer is the creator of Relative Rotation Graphs which are available on Bloomberg since January 2011 under the mnemonic RRG. Within RRG Ltd. Julius will continue the further development of this revolutionary way of visualizing market rotation and share his findings and ideas through various research (related) products. Graduated from the Dutch Royal Military Academy (KMA) in [read more] 16:45 Panel: Choosing and managing your trading infrastructure to suit your trading and investment strategy – paying only for what you need Theatre B Huw Gronow, Head of Trading, Principal Global Investors David Miller, Senior Dealer, Invesco Perpetual Assessing your systems performance Key goals for infrastructure improvement – what is it that you need to fix? Building on the existing systems The race for speed – is it for you? Making technology into your competitive advantage Managing risk and ROI Huw Gronow Head of Trading, Principal Global Investors Huw Gronow is Director, Head of European Equities Trading for Principal Global Investors. He provides oversight for the London trading desk while dealing in developed and emerging markets equities in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. He joined the firm in 2004. Before joining Principal, Huw was a trader at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers where he specialized in U.K. equities. Previously, he wa [read more] David Miller Senior Dealer, Invesco Perpetual David Miller was a market maker at Smith New Court from 1982 to 1995, and then Market Controller for Tradepoint, the first order driven exchange in the UK, until 2000. Following that David resumed trading with Knight Securities then returned to Tradepoint, after it had become Virt-x, as a consultant. David joined Invesco Perpetual in 2001 and currently heads a small team of specialist pan-european [read more]