Equities Leaders Summit USA 2026

January 26 - 28, 2026

JW Marriott Marquis Miami, FL

Michail Steliaros

Michail Steliaros

Global Head of Portfolio Implementation & Trading ADIA

Wednesday, January 28, 2026: Reengineering the Trading Desk – Strategy, Structure & Skill in the Age of Intelligent Execution

8:55 AM Panel: Algos for Real-Time Decision-Making – When to Find a Partner and When to Build Your Own

As market speed and macro sensitivity increase, real-time adaptability has become the gold standard for trading algorithms. This panel explores how firms are approaching the build vs. buy decision when it comes to designing macro-aware, event-responsive algos. Panelists will share how they unpack the critical factors that determine whether outsourcing or insourcing delivers the sharper edge: 

  • Best practices to evaluate partner capabilities
  • Benchmarking performance and assessing success
  • Assess internal readiness to develop proprietary models, from governance and infrastructure to data integration and decision latency; and
  • Select criteria that trigger removing one provider in favor of another 

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Michail.

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