Innovative Buy-Side Trading Strategies: Access Liquidity, Control Your Trades & Mitigate Risk

8:30 Chair’s Opening Welcome Address Chair’s Opening Welcome Address

8:45 Overview Of The Industry Approach To High Frequency Trading(HFT): Does It Bring Value To Your Customer & What QuestionsShould You Be Asking? Larry Tabb, Founder & CEO, Tabb Group High-frequency trading, long an obscure corner of the market, has leapt into the spotlight this year. Wildly successful in 2008, HFTs are the talk of the market and concerns that some traders are taking advantage of investors have drawn the attention of the regulators. Find out about the core issues and learn how high frequency trading is affecting markets and your trading desk. Larry Tabb Founder & CEO, Tabb Group

9:15 OPENING BUY SIDE PANEL DISCUSSION: Future Role Of The DealingDesk and Its Head: How Is It Likely To Evolve? Clive Williams, Head of European Equity Trading, T Rowe Price Stephen Grady, Head of Dealing, Barclays Wealth The buy side trading desk is changing from being a cost centre. It is turning into a value driven part of the business. You are expected to show the value your trading desk brings to the fund manager and to the end investor. What are your thoughts on this? Hear and contribute to a discussion on the role of the buy side trading desk and the role of the head of the desk. Clive Williams Head of European Equity Trading, T Rowe Price Stephen Grady Head of Dealing, Barclays Wealth

9:50 Assessing & Growing The True Value Of Your Trading Desk:Strategies To Cut Costs & Increase Value Add To Your Customers Frank Loughlin, Co-Head of Trading, Alliance Bernstein USA Cutting costs and demonstrating the value add of your trading desk is on the agenda for every trader. Are you lean and efficient in your day-to-day trading? Does the fund manager understand the value your trading desk brings to the investor? Learn from your colleagues across the Atlantic. How has the recent economic downturn affected your trading patterns? Market fragmentation: how do you mitigate the cost of accessing multiple trading venues? Monitoring and growing the value of each trader Controlling the value you bring to low and high touch trades Implementing a KPI based remuneration and bonus structures Frank Loughlin Co-Head of Trading, Alliance Bernstein USA

10:20 Morning Coffee Morning Coffee

10:40 Bringing Value To Your Internal Customers: What Do Fund Managers Look For In Their Traders? How Can You Enhance Your Interaction And Specific Communication With PM's And Others Nic Rixon, Consultant, Oxygen Coaching How can you enhance your interaction and specific communication with PM's and others both professionally and socially. How can you help PM's value your input. What are the patterns of behaviour you repeat, both functional and otherwise. What are your specific goals as a trader? Are these goals congruent with your life outside work? How PM's can be and need to be coached. Join this session to get practical answers to the above questions. Learn and implement the new strategies on your desk tomorrow. Nic Rixon Consultant, Oxygen Coaching Nic Rixon - As a successful entrepreneur with a group of companies in property, training and commercial design, Nic knows about the challenges of being in business and managing people. This is why, as a Business Coach, Trainer and Presenter, his philosophies are based on practical experience and finding solutions that work. This, coupled with his energy and enthusiasm, explains why he is becoming [read more]

11:00 Topic Focused Roundtable Discussions How it works: You’ll be seated at a table with your buy side peers. Throughout the day, you will participate in six different discussions covering six different topics. A buy side moderator will lead you and your buy side peers through constructive, strategy-defining dialogue. To ensure the most recent and critical topics are covered, we will identify the topics in late March with the assistance of the TradeTech 2010 Advisory Board and registered attendees. Send your topics to: katia@wbr.co.uk

12:15 Networking Buy Side Only Lunch Networking Buy Side Only Lunch

13:30 Effectively Managing Risk On Your Trading Desk: Hedge FundPerspective Rafael Molinero, CEO, Molinero Capital Management LLP Lehman Brothers brought the issue of risk mitigation to the very top of every trader’s agenda. Counterparty, DMA, and systematic risk all require effective and careful management. Find out how a hedge fund approaches and manages risk. Take their tools to implement on your trading desk. Assessing key risk factors for each trade type Building systematic risk assessment into your trading strategy DMA – what are the risks and how do buy side view them? Managing risk in relation to high frequency trading Collaborating with your fund manager to minimise and manage risk Using transparency as an effective risk management tool Rafael Molinero CEO, Molinero Capital Management LLP

14:10 Looking Under The Bonnet Of Smart Order Routers – What Can YouDo To Check Their Effectiveness & True Value? John Greenan, Global Multi-Asset Connectivity Manager, BNP Paribas Fortis Investments Does your smart order router (SOR) do exactly what it says on the box? Are you relying on it without checking its performance? Many of your colleagues are currently developing strategies for checking SOR performance. Learn how you can quickly and effectively look under the bonnet of a smart order router. Build your understanding of SOR performance indicators. Building a strategic approach to choosing and evaluating smart order routers Measuring your current use of smart order routers for different trades How do you check that they the do exactly what it says on the box? Managing the performance of your smart order routers on a continuous basis John Greenan Global Multi-Asset Connectivity Manager, BNP Paribas Fortis Investments

15:30 Afternoon Coffee Afternoon Coffee

16:00 PANEL DISCUSSION: Looking Into The Future Of The Buy SideTrading: What Will Drive Your Trading Strategy In 2-3 Years? Peter van Kleef, Principal, Lakeview Capital Market Services GmbH Michael Broadbent, Head of Trading, Otus Capital Management Niels Borsting, Head of Trading, ATP Investment Management Join this interactive panel discussion as your peers discuss and debate the future of the buy side trading desk. Is it becoming more important in the industry? What are the key factors in its evolution? Ask questions and contribute to the discussion. Fragmentation vs consolidation New technologies Partnering with your brokers Cost saving strategies Transparency and market data solutions Skill development strategies Peter van Kleef Principal, Lakeview Capital Market Services GmbH Michael Broadbent Head of Trading, Otus Capital Management Niels Borsting Head of Trading, ATP Investment Management

16:30 Topic Focused Roundtable Discussions & Networking Topic Focused Roundtable Discussions: - Topic to be confirmed. Moderator: UBS - Topic to be confirmed. Moderator: ITG- Topic to be confirmed. Moderator: Thomson Reuters- Topic to be confirmed. Moderator: Bank of America Merrill Lynch- Topic to be confirmed. Moderator: Linedata Services- Topic to be confirmed. Moderator: Lawrence Evans, Oxygen Coaching- Topic to be confirmed. Moderator: Bernstein

18:00 Drinks & Networking Drinks & Networking