Expert Reviews

“The topics are spot-on with what challenges face the buy side.”

Susan Ware, VP Equity Trading, Westwood Holdings Group

“TradeTech is a great conference for both traders and non-trading business or firm management. It’s an incredible education and learning tool”.

Lori Hoch, Principal and COO, Cortina Asset Management

I was impressed by the quality of the TradeTech conference, both in terms of content and venue. It's refreshing to see the trading community address current sensitive topics with ease and without reservations.”

Tereck Fares, CFA, Director, Equity Trading, Chicago Equity Partners

“TradeTech was a terrific event. I especially loved the live anonymous polling through remote controls at every seat; it’s a game changer for audience members that may not have raised their hands prior, and allows a moderator to address the topics of most interest. The results are more accurate this way and it was great to see immediately what my peers were really seeing, thinking, and doing in the field.”

Dmitry Koltunov, Senior Vice President, Highbridge Capital Management

“I enjoyed the guest speakers, the buy side head trader think tank, and the focused discussions. A number of the panels pierced below the surface and discussed actual applications citing real examples, which resonated better than the typical broad market research discussions.” -

Dmitry Koltunov, Senior Vice President, Highbridge Capital Management

“The lives audience polling was helpful and interesting. Overall I thought it was a great conference and I was happy to be a part of it.”

Jim Cooney, Director of Trading, Stone Toro Asset Management

“I enjoyed the conference very much and thought that the format, content, and layout were quite well balanced.”

Scott Reed, Senior Manager, Capital Markets, Accenture

“TradeTech was set up extraordinarily well and the guest speakers – David Axelrod and Charlie Rose – were terrific to listen to. Great job!”

Garrett Nenner, Managing Director, Global Markets, Momentum Trading Partners, LLC

"I attended the Trade Tech event in NYC a few months ago. I found it very informative and came back to the office with value added information to share with my colleagues in several areas including trading, compliance and portfolio management."

Susan Ware, VP Trading, Westwood Holdings Group, Inc.

"TradeTech gives us great exposure and networking opportunities with all our key existing and potential clients. It allows us to understand what our customers want from MTFs and Dark Pools"

Johannah Danby, Chief Opeprating Officer, Smartpool

"TradeTech is the best trading event of the year... the ideal environment for the buy and sell side to get together"

Sheena Kelman, Head of Trading, Martin Currie

"If you work in trading, whether it is on the sell side, buy side or have a solution - TradeTech is on the money for networking, benchmarking, educating and lobbying the regulators. I wouldn't miss it for the world"

Christopher D. Clack, Chairman, Financial Stability Research Forum, UCL

"We came to TradeTech 2009 to launch our new Corvil Clear product. We felt it was the best place for the launch because it gave us the best exposure to a large number of senior level decision makers in the industry"

Donal O'Sullivan, VP Produt Management, Corvil

"It is really important for us to be part of TradeTech because we have package solutions on top of our consultancy services and our commercial offering is of interest for both sell side and buy side professionals. We've met with many new people, the event is a great place to network"

Julie Pallanchier, Business Developer, Horizon Software

"A great event for participants in the trading community. Good opportunity to share ideas, best practice and get up to speed on what's going on in the trading world"

Christine To, Head of Asian Trading, T Rowe Price

"Being new to the Asian financial landscape, Trade Tech Japan gave a very informative view of the current state of technology in the evolving Japanese market, not only from the presentations and panel discussions, but also from conversations held with peers in the industry"

Eric Elvambuena, Senior Engineer, Eagle 7 Trading

“Seminars and panels were timely and relevant to current market conditions, even gave some insights on the near future of Japanese markets. Over the years, I have noticed an increasing number of buy side representatives, especially on Heads of Trading from the domestic side, showing their awareness to collect market information by attending the event”

Spyridon Mentzas, Electronic Trading Development Consultant, Mizuho Securities

“TradeTech nurtures synergy among the market participants, and plays an important role in informing them about new trends and opportunities.”

Pedro Muniz, CEO, MBS Business Solutions Corporation

"TradeTech Japan is the first trading conference after the launch of TSE’s Arrowhead. A great opportunity for industry participants to review progress/issues and share ideas"

Christina Makiguchi, Head of AES Japan, Credit Suisse

"An excellent combination of thought-provoking and informative discussions side-by-side with an excellent networking opportunity. The Japan focus was both insightful and encouraging – whilst the economy generally does not attract the headlines as the other more aggressive centers within Asia, Japan is clearly making significant advances and continues to justify its position as the largest financial market in APAC."

Colin Silvester, Country Manager Japan, IPC

"An excellent combination of thought-provoking and informative discussions side-by-side with an excellent networking opportunity. The Japan focus was both insightful and encouraging – whilst the economy generally does not attract the headlines as the other more aggressive centers within Asia, Japan is clearly making significant advances and continues to justify its position as the largest financial market in APAC."

Colin Silvester, Country Manager Japan, IPC

“TradeTech is a great show that brings together the major players in equity trading. I enjoyed my time and your team did a great job organizing it.”

Stephen Bruel, Research Director, TowerGroup

“It was a real pleasure to attend such a good and well organized event that allowed me to discuss high frequency trading issues with my peers.”

Chris Bartlett, Director, Nobilis Capital

“I always walk away from the Buy Side Head Trader Think Tank with valuable information.”

John Nuzzo, VP Head Trader, Anchor Capital Advisors

"The real-life examples shared at TradeTech prompted ideas for my own trading desk and provided the perfect opportunity to target potential partners for projects."

Michael Crockett, Senior Equity Trader, Brazos Capital Management

"TradeTech was worth the time off my desk. The content and industry dialogue helped address current trading challenges and I appreciate that the event runs on schedule."

Melissa Hinmon, Principal and Senior Equity Trader, Turner Investment Partners

"Great job to the TradeTech team for arranging the hologram presentation with Ray Kurzweil. That was the most impressive presentation I have ever seen."

Frederick Chiu, Emerging Markets Trading, GMO

“Our NYFIX representatives gained very valuable insight from the buy side who took part in TradeTech’s Buy Side-Only Summit.”

Keith David, Inc.Marketing, NYFIX,

“The Buy Side Head Traders breakout was extremely helpful.”

Chris Maxmin, Head Trader, Moon Capital Management