Covid-19 is posing unprecedented challenges to your FX trading desk
- Transform your FX trading workflow to increase efficiency and boost performance - Get practical insights from leading buy side firms and key sell side, platform and technology providers
- Harness innovative trading capabilities to respond to market changes faster - Discover the latest data and tech capabilities that will give your desk a competitive edge
- Benchmark against peers and have your pressing questions answered - Hear from 15 FX speakers from leading global buy side firms, as well as the rest of the value chain, and take part in Q&A and live polling after each session
Meet our TradeTech FX Speakers
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2020 Agenda
Day One
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3:00 pm - 3:05 pm
3:00 pm - 3:05 pm
Welcome Address: Natalya Zhdanova, Editorial Director, WBR
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3:05 pm - 3:30 pm
3:05 pm - 3:30 pm
Fireside Chat and Q&A: How has the long term global macro outlook and the geopolitical landscape changed and ultimately shifted trends in the major FX pairs?
Lee Ferridge, Head of Macro Strategy North America, State Street Global Markets
Andreas Koenig, Head of Global FX, Amundi Asset Management
Marc Chandler, Chief Market Strategist, Managing Partner, Bannockburn Global Forex
Suzanne Bishopric, Managing Partner, Global Sovereign AdvisorsLearn more- Is the ongoing impact of COVID-19 and other major global trends likely to trigger the end of dollar hegemony?
- Which key regions in the global economy and, therefore currencies, will be the long term beneficiaries?
- Which effective hedging strategies can you implement to reduce risks from future major market disruptions?
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3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Interview and Q&A: How does FX clearing support best execution and solve credit constraints in the current market environment?
Ankeet Dedhia, Head of FX Product, Americas, LCH
Javier Paz, CEO and Founder, DatumArcLearn more- Key drivers for the emergence and evolution of FX clearing
- The impact of the delays to phases 5 and 6 of Uncleared Margin Rules on the development of FX clearing
- The role of clearing in helping FX traders achieve best execution
- How FX clearing eases current credit challenges
- Factors driving the pace of adoption of FX clearing
- Integrating clearing with current FX trading workflows
- What the buy-side needs to know about FX clearing
- The clearing trends that clients should watch
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4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Interview and Q&A: How are hedge funds adjusting their infrastructure and adapting portfolio diversification strategies to best mitigate the impact of COVID-19?
Nathaniel Polachek, Portfolio Manager and Partner, Commodity Asset Management
Yue Malan, Senior Analyst, Aite GroupLearn more- How can you set up a large hedge fund to function remotely, and how has this disrupted the role of portfolio managers?
- What are your options when sourcing liquidity during high volatility and market stress?
- What key themes will dominate the agenda over the next 12 months, and how will the global pandemic effect investing moving forward?
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4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Interview and Q&A: How can you implement advanced algorithms to achieve best execution during increasing volumes and times of high volatility?
Eva Szalay, Currencies Correspondent, Financial Times
Brendan McMurtray, CFA, Vice President, FX Electronic Trading Analyst, T.Rowe Price
Christian Gressel, Global Head of Electronic Sales Trading, UBSLearn more- What lessons have been learned in terms of the use of FX algorithms in times of market turbulence? Will algos be deployed more or less as a result of this crisis, and what strategies can be leveraged most effectively in volatile times?
- What are the takeaways from the crisis in terms of shaping future FX algo development? Do any new algos need to be developed to appropriately interact with more volatile markets?
- How has the TCA of FX algorithms been affected by the crisis?
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5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Fireside Chat and Q&A: How has FX trading desk been impacted by COVID-19 and what are the implications for the future of the industry?
Jason Fromer, Head of FICC Trading, Manulife Asset Management
Paul Shahied, Head of FX Trading, Fidelity
Eva Szalay, Currencies Correspondent, Financial TimesLearn more- What have been the biggest challenges operating during COVID-19?
- What are the long term implications on the FX desk?
- Are the current capabilities of automated technology able to trade currency as efficiently as human traders? Are they more or less efficient in times of high volatility?
- What can the buy side learn from trading in the COVID-19 world?
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5:30 pm - 6:00 pm
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Interview and Q&A: Unlocking the benefits of Real-Time FX TCA with truly independent, regulated FX benchmarks (the three generations of TCA)
Andy Woolmer, CEO, NewChange FX
Xavier Porterfield, Head of Research, NewChange FX
Eva Szalay, Currencies Correspondent, Financial TimesLearn more- What is the value in Real-Time TCA using truly independent data
- What positive impact can Real-Time TCA have on your execution efficiency
- What is on the frontier of TCA
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6:00 pm - 6:00 pm
6:00 pm - 6:00 pm
End of TradeTech FX Virtual Event Day One
Day 2
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3:00 pm - 3:05 pm
3:00 pm - 3:05 pm
Welcome Address: Natalya Zhdanova, Editorial Director, WBR
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3:05 pm - 3:30 pm
3:05 pm - 3:30 pm
Opening Keynote Interview and Q&A: How has the global pandemic exposed technology weak points, and how will this influence the FX desk and innovation roadmap of the future?
Kenneth McLeish, Global Head, Equities Trading Technology, JP Morgan AM
Eva Szalay, Currencies Correspondent, Financial TimesLearn more- What aspects of your trading desk can you better support with bespoke in-house solutions and increased co-operation across departments to unlock full workflow potential?
- The functionality criterion: How can you establish which partners are best placed to meet your needs through their data, connectivity and ability to plug into your existing O/EMS?
- What aspects of your business should you outsource to support your FX desk needs moving forward?
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3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Case Study and Q&A: Nasdaq execution services - How adaptive and innovative technology enables success in unpredictable markets
Norbert Lukasiewicz, Head of FX Product, Nasdaq
Janelle Scott, Managing Director, Global FX and EMEA Equity Sales, Nasdaq Execution Services -
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Interview and Q&A: Unlocking the benefits of Real-Time FX TCA with truly independent, regulated FX benchmarks (the three generations of TCA)
Andy Woolmer, CEO, NewChange FX
Xavier Porterfield, Head of Research, NewChange FX
Eva Szalay, Currencies Correspondent, Financial TimesLearn more- What is the value in Real-Time TCA using truly independent data
- What positive impact can Real-Time TCA have on your execution efficiency
- What is on the frontier of TCA
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4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Case Study and Q&A: Evaluating the post COVID-19 world from a macro perspective: How will the pandemic affect FX and other asset classes moving forward?
Sven Schubert, Specialist Investment Strategy Currencies, Vontobel Asset Management
Learn more- Overview of the global perspective and how has COVID-19 impacted all major asset classes?
- Lessons learnt from the macro implications of pandemics for the last 600 years
- What are the COVID-19 FX drivers and what is the outlook going forward?
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5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Interview and Q&A: Expectations vs. reality: What are the key people, processes and technology lessons learned from trading during the global pandemic?
Kevin Woods, Head of FX Dealing – EMEA, Aberdeen Standard Investments
Learn more- How has communication within firms and between internal and external counterparties been impacted and what strategies have been put in place to ensure it is consistently and effectively managed?
- Trading conditions during COVID-19 – expectations vs. reality: How have trading patterns changed during these periods of volatility and how has this impacted more traditional FX trading approaches?
- How has COVID-19 exposed lack of readiness for remote working on FX trading desks and how will it influence working patterns moving forward?
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5:30 pm - 6:00 pm
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Case Study and Q&A: How global trends have influenced emerging markets opportunities, with a focus on China, and how to develop an efficient emerging markets currencies strategy
Alejo Czerwonko, Chief Investment Officer (CIO) Emerging Markets Americas, UBS Global Wealth Management
Learn more- What impact has COVID-19 and other global trends over the past 12 months have had on the emerging markets?
- What are the top risks to look out for when reviewing opportunities in emerging markets currencies?
- What are the opportunities in the emerging markets currencies in the next 12 months
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6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Interview and Q&A: How can you best leverage advanced TCA and data strategies to drive smarter trading decisions during market turbulence?
Liakos Papapoulos, Senior Investment Manager Treasury, MN Asset Management
Eva Szalay, Currencies Correspondent, Financial Times
Erwin Hazeveld, Senior Investment Manager Treasury, MNLearn more- How are buy side firms using new innovative ways including automation and technology within their execution process?
- How to best use data driven execution to optimize your trading strategy?
- How are firms incorporating non-bank liquidity and Direct Market Access and as a route-to-market?
- How will technology transform the FX trading desk within the next 3 to 5 years?
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6:30 pm - 7:00 pm
6:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Interview and Q&A: Trade automation in times of unprecedented high volatility with unproven technology
Nicolas Bader, Global Trading Unit, Portfolio Execution Group, GIC
Yue Malan, Senior Analyst, Aite GroupLearn more- Should trade automation be paused in unfamiliar regime or can it be built to withstand the unexpected?
- Is trade automation creating more risks or minimizing them, should we increase the use of algos or stop using them altogether?
- Can a virtual trader ever fully replace a human?
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7:00 pm - 7:00 pm
7:00 pm - 7:00 pm
End of TradeTech FX Virtual Event Day Two
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