14th - 16th October 2008
BMW Pavilion, Cape Town

Following the huge success of the inaugural conference, TradeTech South Africa 2008 promises to be the biggest securities trading event this year. A bigger event packed with international star speakers from UK, Europe and Asia, special guests, informal interactive sessions and world class entertainment, TradeTech South Africa 2008 is the must attend event in your calendar.

Attend TradeTech South Africa to hear the latest global trends and how to apply the latest techniques and strategies available to your business. The meeting will also address some of the most topical issues for the South African market including market liquidity and costs of trading and settlements.

Gain a unique insight into the implications of MiFID for South Africa and explore the mystifying world of alternative crossing networks and dark pools of liquidity at TradeTech South Africa.

19-21 November 2008

TradeTech Asia brings together over 500 key players from the region’s institutional investors, asset managers, hedge funds, investment banks, exchanges and regulators. It’s Asia’s largest meeting of the Buy-Side and Sell-Side, dedicated to high-level discussion of the key challenges involved in trading equities and derivatives throughout the region.

• For inquiries regarding speaking opportunities, contact Andrew Thake at +65 6408 9210 or  Andrew.Thake@wbresearch.com
• For inquiries regarding sponsorship opportunities, contact  Pete Mitchell at  +971 (0)4 365 4118 or pete.mitchell@wbr.ae
• For marketing opportunities, please contact Rani Kuppusamy at 65 6408 9215 or rani.kuppusamy@wbresearch.com

25 November 2008
The Tower Guoman , London

TradeTech Liquidity promises to be a full day of insightful debate, interactive panel discussions and networking opportunities.  This is your chance to meet with your fellow traders and hear just how they’re attacking the same challenges facing your desk.

To secure premium exhibition and sponsorship opportunities, contact Henry Wallis  via phone, + 44 (0) 20 7368 9559, or via email: henry.wallis@wbr.co.uk

For questions about the scope of TradeTech Liquidity, including topics to be covered, speakers, and future speaking opportunities for the event, contact Yasemin Karaman at yasemin.karaman@wbr.co.uk or + 44 (0) 20 7368 9896

To ensure that you receive all the latest news on this event and to find out about marketing opportunities, contact Hannah Reading at Hannah.reading@wbr.co.uk or + 44 (0) 20 7368 9439

December 2-4, 2008
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Toronto, Ontario

TradeTech Canada promises to be three days of insightful presentations, interactive panel discussions and networking opportunities.  This is your chance to meet with your fellow traders and hear just how they’re attacking the same challenges facing your desk.

To secure premium exhibition and sponsorship opportunities, contact Paul Massoud at 646-200-7490 or pmassoud@wbresearch.com.

For questions about the scope of TradeTech Canada, including topics to be covered, speakers, and future speaking opportunities for the event, contact Sara Wessman at sara.wessman@wbresearch.com or 646-200-7467.

To ensure that you receive all the latest news on this event and to find out about marketing opportunities, contact Amol Tembe at atembe@wbresearch.com or 646.200.7442

29 Jan 2009
The Westin, Sydney

The world’s leading institutional equity trading summit is coming to Oz! This focused one day summit is designed to solve your desk’s biggest challenges.
With the potential entrance of alternative exchanges and the launch of dark pools in Australia the hunt for liquidity heats up. Where is the liquidity flowing and what is best execution? Join your peers as leading buy-side and sell-side gather in Sydney to kickstart 2009 and address these critical issues.

For marketing opportunities please contact Rani Kuppusamy at Tel: 6408 9215 or email: rani.kuppusamy@wbresearch.com

For speaking opportunities please contact Desiree Tung at 6408 9205 or email: desiree.tung@wbresearch.com

For sponsorship opportunities please contact Ivy Ng at Tel: 6408 9207 or email: ivy.ng@wbresearch.com

24th – 27th February 2009
Tower Hotel, London

With the financial world still struggling to come to terms with the credit crisis, IT executives find themselves in a tough position. Innovation remains critical - particularly in the areas of low latency trading and high capacity systems - but new opportunities must aggressively be sought out to enhance efficiency, and cut costs…

Now in its second year, TradeTech Architecture is Europe’s largest meeting of CTOs and CIOs from the capital markets. The event brings together more than 300 senior capital markets IT executives, all of whom will be using the event’s high level networking and learning opportunities to enhance the capabilities – and cost effectiveness – of their IT organisations.

“TradeTech Architecture is the most important event of the year for staying ahead of the latest trends and strategies in financial markets IT"

Gerald Le Donne, CTO,
Credit Suisse

Whether you’re an investment bank, buyside firm, hedge fund or stock exchange – and whether you work on the infrastructure or development side of the fence – TradeTech Architecture 2009 features dedicated content to help you make the right IT choices at a time of unprecedented uncertainty.

· CIO priorities: Re-examining the role of IT leadership in the capital markets

· Leveraging virtualisation technologies to reduce the cost footprint of your IT infrastructure

· Rationalising your software architecture to reduce licensing costs & enhance performance

· Maintaining innovation in the areas of low latency trading and high capacity systems

All the very latest on hardware acceleration, SOA, grid, cloud, data fabrics, network intelligence, business process automation, programming for multi-core, disaster recovery, IT risk, and much, much more!

March 2-4, 2009
Marriott Marquis, New York, NY

With 230+ buy side in attendance at last year’s event, TradeTech USA is the largest North American event specifically designed to tackle your equity trading challenges. Hear how industry leaders are planning to generate alpha as market structure changes, fragmentation of liquidity increases and exchanges continue to evolve.

If you’re interested in speaking at TradeTech USA, contact Sara Wessman at Sara.wessman@wbresearch.com or 239-431-6328

TT China – 23rd March Shanghai
TT Korea - 25th March – Seoul
TT Taiwan – 27th March – Taipei


WBR is proud to launch its TradeTech North Asia Roadshow, 3 one day events taking place over the course of a week in China, Taiwan and Korea.

TradeTech North Asia will offer you the most timely and comprehensive agenda on institutional equity trading on these three thriving equities markets.

The programme is still under development but we will be delivering:

- leading insights from the local regulators and exchanges
- interactive roundtables and debate with a cross section of international and local electronic trading experts
- original and incisive content developed in conjunction with our Advisory Board

All three events are of course in simultaneous translation.

For marketing opportunities please contact Rani Kuppusamy at Tel: 6408 9215 or email: rani.kuppusamy@wbresearch.com

For speaking opportunities please contact Andrew Thake at 6408 9210 or email: andrew.thake@wbresearch.com

For sponsorship opportunities please contact Ivy Ng at Tel: 6408 9207 or email: ivy.ng@wbresearch.com

21st - 24th April 2009
CNIT la Défense
Paris

TradeTech is the leading industry forum dedicated to high-level discussion on the major challenges facing the equity trading market, with a particular focus on the rapid development of trading technology and constantly evolving market structure.

With over 500 senior buy side professionals attending in April 2008 and over 1800 attendees, this was the world’s largest ever gathering across the entire equity trading landscape.  TradeTech 2008 examined key issues such as the real impact of MiFID on the marketplace post implementation, the changing dynamics of the relationship between buy side and sell side and the new skill sets needed for today’s marketplace and the future of execution. With guest speakers including Sir Clive Woodward, Peter Grauer, Chairman of Bloomberg, as well as Omid Djalili, Britain’s top stand-up, hosting the TradeTech Awards, it was truly an event not to be missed!  TradeTech 2009 will build on the success of the 2008 conference, and will bring together over 2000 participants from across the trading landscape.

May 2009
Russia

TradeTech Russia 2009 is dedicated to strategic analysis of Russia’s growing equities and derivatives markets. The conference will examine the current and future investment opportunities for both local Russian and western investors. Key experts from the Russian stock exchanges, Russian buy and sell side community focus on the infrastructure and technology needs of the market, debating the future of custody, electronic trading, the return of many expatriate Russian equities back on to the Russian stock exchanges as well as look into the future market growth and developments.

TradeTech Russia 2009 is part of world renowned TradeTech Events. These are the world’s largest industry forums dedicated to high-level discussion on the major challenges facing the trading community across a number of asset classes, with a particular focus on the rapid development of trading technology and constantly evolving market structure. In short TradeTech events are the place not only to debate but actually shape the future of the markets. www.tradetechequity.eu

May 2009
New York, NY
www.tradetechderivativesusa.com

TradeTech Derivatives brings together leading buy-side derivative traders from all asset classes. In today’s volatile markets, the buy side embraces the hedging and enhanced returns that derivatives offer and is looking for technology solutions to better trade these complex products. Join over 125 buy side derivative traders to discuss cutting-edge strategies for multi-asset derivative trading, electronic trading and automation, and a general derivatives market outlook.

For questions about the scope of TradeTech Derivatives, including topics to be covered, speakers, and speaking opportunities, contact Sara Wessman at sara.wessman@wbresearch.com or 646-200-7467.

For information about sponsorship sales and exhibition opportunities, please contact Paul Massoud at 646-200-7490 or pmassoud@wbresearch.com

To ensure that you receive all the latest news on this event and to find out about marketing opportunities, contact Amol Tembe at 646-200-7442 or.atembe@wbresearch.com.

 For general inquiries, please contact us at tradetechderivativesusa@wbresearch.com

19-20 May 2009,
Mumbai

TradeTech is a successful global brand of events which examines the trading and market infrastructure and the underlying technology issues. Bringing together traders, fund managers and technology heads from the buyside (long only asset managers, institutional investors and hedge funds) with the sellside (brokers, vendors and exchanges), TradeTech events have an industry reputation which is second to none.

TradeTech India 2008 Ensures You Fully understand the opportunities within the Indian market for the advancement of electronic trading as well the latest regulatory developments from SEBI . Stay ahead of the competition by learning from the buy side what equity trading strategies and technologies yield the highest returns. Align your trading desk for maximum profitability by learning the latest developments in dark pools, algo trading and best execution

• For inquiries regarding speaking opportunities, contact Andrew Thake at +65 6408 9210 or  Andrew.Thake@wbresearch.com
• For inquiries regarding sponsorship opportunities, contact  Pete Mitchell at  +971 (0)4 365 4118 or pete.mitchell@wbr.ae
• For marketing opportunities, please contact Jo Bance at +971 4 365 4136 or jo.bance@wbr.ae

The Westin
June 6-7, 2009

With 150 buy side and over 275 in attendance in 2008, TradeTech is a must attend event specifically designed to tackle your Japanese equity trading challenges. Don’t miss out on your chance to network, brainstorm, and learn from the forward thinkers from the top financial institutions to discuss market structure changes, the increase in dark pools, algorithmic trading, best execution, and much more. Spend the most productive days away from you trading desk to ensure you return with strategic insight into valuable trading strategies that ensure you stay ahead of the competition and generate higher profits in 2009.

For inquiries regarding speaking opportunities, contact Andrew Thake at +65 6408 9210 or Andrew.thake@wbresearch.com. For inquiries regarding sponsorship opportunities, contact Pete Mitchell at +971 4 365 4118 pete.mitchell@wbr.ae For marketing opportunities, please contact Rani Kuppusamy at 65 6408 9215 or email rani.kuppusamy@wbr.ae.

TradeTech West 2009
September 2009 - San Francisco

Go West ... and find relief from bleak market conditions at TradeTech West 2009.

With 165+ senior-level buy side traders and 400+ total attendees, TradeTech West is the premier West Coast equity trading event specifically designed to help you boost the performance of your trading desk—even in a highly volatile market.

This is your best opportunity to discover the latest technological advancements in electronic trading, examine the rapidly evolving global trading landscape, and gain strategic insight into the crucial issues affecting the overall performance of your desk.

Help guide your desk to profitability in this bear market—register for TradeTech West 2009 today!

Speaking Opportunities
Sara Wessman
239-431-6328
sara.wessman@wbresearch.com

Sponsorship Sales & Exhibition Opportunities
Paul Massoud
646-200-7490
pmassoud@wbresearch.com

Marketing Opportunities
Amy Rae Terenzi
646-200-7443
amyrae.terenzi@wbresearch.com

February 2010
www.TradeTechForeignExchange.com

TradeTech Foreign Exchange is a forum that brings together leading FX traders from the buy-side and the sell-side to discuss and debate core issues pertaining to:

Spend the most productive days away from you trading desk to ensure you return with strategic insight into valuable trading strategies to help you stay ahead of the competition and generate alpha.

For information about sponsorship sales and exhibition opportunities, please contact Paul Massoud at pmassoud@wbresearch.com or 646-200-7490

For questions about the scope of TradeTechFX, including topics to be covered, speakers, and future speaking opportunities for the event, contact Victoria Roginskaya at victoria.roginskaya@wbresearch.com or 646-200-7527

To ensure that you receive all the latest news on this event and to find out about marketing opportunities, contact Gaianti Surajbali at gsurajbali@wbresearch.com or 646-200-7446

For general information, please email us at tradetechfx@wbresearch.com

May 2010
New York, NY

Between the surge in market data volumes and the race for low latency, having an agile technology architecture and infrastructure in place is absolutely essential to handling the demands of today’s financial markets and maintaining your competitive edge.

TradeTech Architecture is designed to facilitate high-level discussion on best practices in leveraging your existing technologies, making the most of a limited budget, and making sense of all the new technology offerings available to you today. This is your opportunity to network with your peers and develop actionable strategies for running a stronger, more efficient IT organization that can meet the needs of the business and withstand significant growth over the long term.

For questions about the scope of event, including topics to be covered and speaking opportunities, contact Debra Haym at dhaym@wbresearch.com or 646-200-7465.