TradeTech Europe 2024

22 - 24 April, 2024

Palais des Congrès de Paris

Main Day 1 | 23rd April

7:30 am - 8:30 am Registration & Breakfast

7:30 am - 8:30 am Buy Side Breakfast Briefing: *By Invitation Only*

(Available for Sponsor)

8:30 am - 8:35 am Welcome Address: Anna Andrews, Editorial Director, WBR

8:35 am - 8:40 am Chairperson's Opening Remarks

Julia Streets - CEO, Streets Consulting
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Julia Streets

CEO
Streets Consulting

Thriving In New Market Conditions

8:40 am - 9:05 am Buy Side CEO Fire-Side Chat: Examining the Evolving Investment Landscape: Against a backdrop of elevated geopolitical risks, what are the biggest threats and opportunities facing the investment management industry in 2024 and beyond?

Sandro Pierri - CEO, BNP Paribas Asset Management Tanguy van de Werve - Director General, EFAMA


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Sandro Pierri

CEO
BNP Paribas Asset Management

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Tanguy van de Werve

Director General
EFAMA

9:05 am - 9:20 am Global Head of Trading Keynote Talk: Adapting to the New Market Regime: How can you future-proof your technology strategy in a world of mergers, changing market structure and new market opportunities?

Lynn Challenger - Global Head, Trading & Order Generation, UBS Asset Management
  • What are the major threats and opportunities facing the asset and wealth management industry against a backdrop of economic and geopolitical disruption?
  • How can firms leverage new disruptive technology offerings to deliver greater returns for investors?
  • How will new regulations impact European equity market structure?
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Lynn Challenger

Global Head, Trading & Order Generation
UBS Asset Management

Navigating Future Market Structure Trends

  • In light of plummeting IPO volumes in Europe, where do the opportunities exist to create a more efficient market structure that attracts liquidity?
  • How will tokenisation impact the industry and, specifically, equity market structure?
  • Are central limit order books still fit for purpose?
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Fabien Oreve

Deputy Global Head of Trading and Securities Financing
Candriam

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Alex Dalley

Head of Cboe Netherlands
Cboe Europe

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Emilie Rieupeyroux

Head of Market Strategy, Cash Equities & Data Services
Euronext

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Simon McQuoid-Mason

Head of Equity Products UK & Ireland
SIX Swiss Exchange

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Niki Beattie

Founder and Managing Director
Market Structure Partners

Evaluating The Changing Liquidity Landscape

  • How is the shift away from lit venues to dark pools and closing auctions impacting price discovery?
  • What are the implications of increased fragmentation of closing auction liquidity?
  • What innovative techniques and mechanisms are brokers developing around the close?
  • What is the role of alternative liquidity providers and how are buy side leveraging bilateral liquidity as an additional execution tool?
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Jeremy Smart

Global Head of Distribution
XTX Markets

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Brian Gallagher

Head of EMEA Cash Execution
Exane BNP Paribas

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Sam Railton

Director, Business Development, EMEA
Tower Research Capital Europe

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Simon Dove

Managing Director, Head of Liquidity, EMRA
Instinet

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Chris Jackson

Global Head of Equity Strategy and Head of Equities, EMEA
Liquidnet

10:45 am - 11:15 am Morning Refreshment Break

*By Invitation Only*

  • Deep reinforcement learning in trading – insights and anecdotes. 
  • Applications of Generative AI 
  • Organisational adaptation and governance 




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Jas Sandhu

Managing Director, Agency Electronic Solutions
RBC Capital Markets

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Hasham Burhani

Global Head of Multi-asset Algorithmic Research & AI
RBC Capital Markets

10:45 am - 11:45 am Morning Masterclass Hosted by the Hong Kong Exchange

*By Invitation Only*



10:45 am - 11:45 am Morning Masterclass Hosted by UBS

*By Invitation Only*



  • How can buy side best streamline and navigate the growth in execution tools and non-bank liquidity providers?
  • How can you harness aggregation tools to gain a consolidated view of market liquidity?
  • What are the best ways to efficiently access and aggregate bank, venue, and third-party data? 
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Marc Wyatt

Head of Global Trading
T. Rowe Price

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Joe Wald

Head of Global Electronic Trading
BMO Capital Markets

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Rupert Fennelly

EU Head of Equities Electronic Trading & Sales
Barclays

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James Baugh

Managing Director, Head of European Market Structure
Cowen

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Anish Puaar

Head of European Equity Market Structure
Optiver

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Laurie McAughtry

Managing Editor
Global Trading

Embracing The Next Evolution Of The Desk

11:55 am - 12:15 pm Buy Side Fireside Chat: Exploring the Evolution of Equities Execution: How can you best implement the right tools and skillsets to future-proof your desk in an ever-evolving landscape?

Mike Poole - Head of Trading, Jupiter Asset Management Simon Steward - Head, European Equity Trading, Capital Group Rob Boardman - CEO of Virtu Execution Services, Virtu
  • What are the benefits and potential drawbacks of increased automation on the trading desk? 
  • How can you effectively measure and manage trading costs? 
  • Are we seeing a shift to more multi-asset trading models, and what are the drivers? 
  • What are the skillset requirements to thrive in today’s markets?  
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Mike Poole

Head of Trading
Jupiter Asset Management

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Simon Steward

Head, European Equity Trading
Capital Group

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Rob Boardman

CEO of Virtu Execution Services
Virtu

12:15 pm - 12:45 pm Data & Tech Panel: The Next Phase of Data Aggregation & Processing: How can you leverage sophisticated tools to process large amounts of real-time data to capture best price and improve execution?

Daniel Leon - Global Head of Trading, Treasury Management & Global Solutions, HSBC Asset Management Jarrod Yuster - CEO, Pico Robin Mess - Co-Founder & CEO, big xyt Rob Lane - Global Head of Business Execution, Low Latency, LSEG Julia Streets - CEO, Streets Consulting
  • What are the latest tools that can process large datasets to help analyze trade behavior?
  • How can you ensure your systems can handle and process big data to ensure you are capturing best price?
  • How can you integrate cutting-edge data analytics tools to identify market trends and trading opportunities in real-time?  
  • How can you incorporate data into your pre and intra trade processes to support execution decisions?
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Daniel Leon

Global Head of Trading, Treasury Management & Global Solutions
HSBC Asset Management

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Jarrod Yuster

CEO
Pico

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Robin Mess

Co-Founder & CEO
big xyt

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Rob Lane

Global Head of Business Execution, Low Latency
LSEG

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Julia Streets

CEO
Streets Consulting

12:45 pm - 1:45 pm Networking Lunch

12:45 pm - 1:45 pm Buy Side Lunch Workshop Hosted by Bank of America




12:45 pm - 1:45 pm Buy Side Lunch Workshop Hosted by Marex Outsourced Trading- *By Invitation Only*: The rise of global multi-asset trading: A model for diversifying beyond core strategies
Massimo Labella - Head of Buy Side Trading, Marex John Orrock - Head of Fixed Income Outsourcing, Marex Chris Elliott - Head of European Prime Services Marketing, Marex Laurie McAughtry - Managing Editor, Global Trading

The hybrid buy-side trading model is gaining traction as equities-focused desks seek operational efficiency in advancing their global cross-asset strategies. By augmenting in-house capabilities with the expertise, infrastructure and relationships of a third-party trading desk, firms can more swiftly and easily trade new asset classes and connect to new markets. This Q&A session offers insights from both sides – a firm actively leveraging the hybrid model and those facilitating it.

  • How do you adapt to run a successful multi-asset trading desk?
  • Why are the buy side capitalising on third-party providers to fast-track diversification?
  • How does the model work, what are the potential benefits and drawbacks?
  • What underpins a successful hybrid solution?


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Massimo Labella

Head of Buy Side Trading
Marex

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John Orrock

Head of Fixed Income Outsourcing
Marex

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Chris Elliott

Head of European Prime Services Marketing
Marex

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Laurie McAughtry

Managing Editor
Global Trading

Capitalising On ETF Growth

  • What structural reforms are needed to grow European ETF markets?
  • Is product fragmentation good or bad for investors?
  • Which trading protocols are best for accessing liquidity whilst managing information leakage?
  • How are traders and market makers currently addressing liquidity fragmentation and what changes and innovations are needed to improve consolidation?
  • What new platform capabilities and exchange offerings are being developed to enhance liquidity and execution quality?
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Tim Miller

Senior Trader
Fidelity International

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David Smith

Head of ETF Sales
SIX Swiss Exchange

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Simon Barriball

ETF and Portfolio Trading, EMEA
Virtu Financial

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Ben Miller

Vice President, ETF Specialist Sales, EMEA
Citi Group

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Lara Shevchenko

Senior Policy Advisor- Market Structure
FIA European Principal Traders Association

Interacting With Retail Liquidity

2:15 pm - 2:45 pm Retail Liquidity Panel: Examining the Role of Retail Liquidity: How has the rise in retail trading volumes impacted the institutional markets and how can you leverage new platforms and tools to access this liquidity?

Adrian Bradshaw - Senior Equity Dealer, Invesco Mark Davies - Co-Founder and CEO, S3 James Webb - Deputy Head of Execution Services, Peel Hunt Wail Azizi - Chief Strategy Officer, Equiduct Lara Shevchenko - Senior Policy Advisor- Market Structure, FIA European Principal Traders Association
  • What has driven the rise in retail trading and does this trend look to remain in Europe?
  • What are the current approaches to accessing retail liquidity and how is this evolving? 
  • How are retail brokers innovating their services to enable traders to integrate retail liquidity seamlessly into their existing workflows?
  • Will the PFOF ban have a material impact on retail volumes and how retail investors interact with the market?
  • What role do post-trade costs play in where retail brokers place their orders?
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Adrian Bradshaw

Senior Equity Dealer
Invesco

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Mark Davies

Co-Founder and CEO
S3

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James Webb

Deputy Head of Execution Services
Peel Hunt

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Wail Azizi

Chief Strategy Officer
Equiduct

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Lara Shevchenko

Senior Policy Advisor- Market Structure
FIA European Principal Traders Association

2:45 pm - 2:50 pm Transition to tracks


Track Chair: Julia Streets, CEO, Streets Consulting

Track A: TCA & Advanced Analytics

2:50 pm - 3:20 pm Algo Monitoring Panel: Improving Algo Performance and Analytics: What are the optimum strategies and metrics to help assess algo and broker performance to improve execution results?
Antish Manna - Head of Execution Analytics, Multi-Asset, Man Group Kendell James - Multi Asset Trader, Federated Hermes Ash Sharma - Global Trading Analytics Manager, Aviva Investors Dr Elliot Banks - Chief Product Officer, BMLL Technologies Phil Lemmon - Head of EMEA Sales, ISS LiquidMetrix Annabel Smith - Editor, The TRADE

(Available for Sponsor)

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Antish Manna

Head of Execution Analytics, Multi-Asset
Man Group

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Kendell James

Multi Asset Trader
Federated Hermes

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Ash Sharma

Global Trading Analytics Manager
Aviva Investors

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Dr Elliot Banks

Chief Product Officer
BMLL Technologies

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Phil Lemmon

Head of EMEA Sales
ISS LiquidMetrix

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Annabel Smith

Editor
The TRADE

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Daniel Leon

Global Head of Trading, Treasury Management & Global Solutions
HSBC Asset Management

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Joe Collery

Head, Trading
Comgest AM

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Robert Miller

Global Head of Equity Execution Consulting
Vanguard

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Harish Komalam Gopalakrishnan

Director, Tick History Product & PRS Solutions
LSEG

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Steve Grob

Founder
Vision57

Track A: TCA & Advanced Analytics

3:50 pm - 4:10 pm Behavioral Analytics Interview: Harnessing New Analytics Techniques: How are new behavioral science techniques being applied in the investment and trading process to give firms a competitive edge?
George Patterson - Chief Investment Officer, PGIM Quantitative Solutions Victoria Bryan - Senior Data Analyst, Northern Trust Julia Streets - CEO, Streets Consulting

(Available for Sponsor x2)

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George Patterson

Chief Investment Officer
PGIM Quantitative Solutions

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Victoria Bryan

Senior Data Analyst
Northern Trust

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Julia Streets

CEO
Streets Consulting

Track Chair: Niki Beattie, Founder and Managing Director, Market Structure Partners

Track B: Workflow & Trade Automation

2:50 pm - 3:20 pm OEMS Panel: Implementing a Multi-Asset OMS: How can you build the right functionalities into a multi-asset OEMS to ensure it is fit for purpose and can boost auto- execution capabilities?
Martin Hendry - Deputy Head of Trading, Liontrust Asset Management Daniel Stauning - Head of Trading, Nykredit Asset Management Andrew Kovacs - Director of Product, EMEA,, Charles River Laurie McAughtry - Managing Editor, Global Trading
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Martin Hendry

Deputy Head of Trading
Liontrust Asset Management

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Daniel Stauning

Head of Trading
Nykredit Asset Management

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Andrew Kovacs

Director of Product, EMEA,
Charles River

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Laurie McAughtry

Managing Editor
Global Trading

Track B: Workflow & Trade Automation

3:20 pm - 3:50 pm Buy vs Build Panel: Succeeding with a Hybrid Set-Up: How can you build a best-in-class desk that combines the strengths of your in-house capabilities whilst capitalising on new third-party provider offerings?
Ian Mawdsley - CPO, Trading and Connectivity Solutions, Broadridge Quintus Kilbourn - Head of Equities, Absa Robert Watts - VP, Global Sales Director, Trading Solutions, FactSet Bob Cioffi - Global Head of Equities Product Management, ION Kevin Convington - CCO, Adaptive Rachel Przybylski - Former Head of Business Delivery, Office of the CTO, Man Technology, Man Group
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Ian Mawdsley

CPO, Trading and Connectivity Solutions
Broadridge

Quintus Kilbourn

Head of Equities
Absa

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Robert Watts

VP, Global Sales Director, Trading Solutions
FactSet

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Bob Cioffi

Global Head of Equities Product Management
ION

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Kevin Convington

CCO
Adaptive

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Rachel Przybylski

Former Head of Business Delivery, Office of the CTO, Man Technology
Man Group

Track B: Workflow & Trade Automation

3:50 pm - 4:10 pm Desktop Interoperability Panel: Reimaging your Trading Workflow: How can you best integrate interoperability providers into your existing set-up to remove inefficiencies and manual work between applications?
Peder Viervoll - Head of Quantitative Trading, Norges Bank Investment Management Brad Levy - CEO, Symphony Jonathan Birtwell - Director, Head, Trading & Portfolio Implementation, PanAgora Asset Management Jesse Forster - Head of Equity Market Structure & Technology, Coalition Greenwich

(Available for Sponsors x3)

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Peder Viervoll

Head of Quantitative Trading
Norges Bank Investment Management

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Brad Levy

CEO
Symphony

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Jonathan Birtwell

Director, Head, Trading & Portfolio Implementation
PanAgora Asset Management

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Jesse Forster

Head of Equity Market Structure & Technology
Coalition Greenwich

Track Chair: Rutger Vigen, Public Affairs Advisor, FIA European Principal Traders Association

Track C: Optimising Equity Derivatives & ETF Trading

2:50 pm - 3:20 pm Equity Derivatives Panel: Building your Equity Derivatives Trading Capabilities: How do you need to adapt your execution-style and TCA capabilities to effectively trade equity options, swaps and index futures?
Eric Boess - Global Head of Trading, Allianz Global Investors Tim Miller - Senior Trader, Fidelity International Matt Howell - Global Head of Derivatives and Multi-Asset Trading, T. Rowe Price Larry Tabb - Head of Market Structure Research, Bloomberg Intelligence

(Available for Sponsor x2)

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Eric Boess

Global Head of Trading
Allianz Global Investors

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Tim Miller

Senior Trader
Fidelity International

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Matt Howell

Global Head of Derivatives and Multi-Asset Trading
T. Rowe Price

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Larry Tabb

Head of Market Structure Research
Bloomberg Intelligence

Track C: Optimising Equity Derivatives & ETF Trading

3:20 pm - 3:50 pm **Hosted Under Chatham House Rule** ETF Panel: Optimising ETF Execution & Analytics: How is ETF execution evolving and what is the most effective method to measure best execution?
Joe Bellman - Head of Dealing, Arbuthnot Latham & Co Mike DiSpirito - Vice President- Equity and Derivatives, BlackRock Larry Tabb - Head of Market Structure Research, Bloomberg Intelligence
  • What are the latest tools being deployed to enhance automation of ETF trading?
  • How does the buyside need to adapt workflows and execution benchmarks to manage trading costs and to adapt to ETF algos? 

Joe Bellman

Head of Dealing
Arbuthnot Latham & Co

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Mike DiSpirito

Vice President- Equity and Derivatives
BlackRock

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Larry Tabb

Head of Market Structure Research
Bloomberg Intelligence

(Available for Sponsor x2)

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Oriane Cochard

Equity Trader
T. Rowe Price

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Philip Bille

Head of Buyside Dealing & Market Structure
Degroof Petercam

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Jenner Sheldrake

Head of Business Development
Liquidnet

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Clarissa De'Giorgio

Head of Business Development & Marketing – Technology Solutions
Euronext

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Duncan Higgins

CEO
Sustainable Trading

Track D: Closed-Door Working Groups *Hosted under Chatham House*

2:50 pm - 3:40 pm Buy Side Think Tank: What are the implications of T+1 on trading and settlement risk, and how can you adapt your processes to handle liquidity shifts?
Lynn Challenger - Global Head, Trading & Order Generation, UBS Asset Management Susan Yavari - Regulatory Policy Advisor - Capital Markets, EFAMA

Limited availability so please register by emailing Anna on: anna.andrews@wbr.co.uk

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Lynn Challenger

Global Head, Trading & Order Generation
UBS Asset Management

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Susan Yavari

Regulatory Policy Advisor - Capital Markets
EFAMA

Track D: Closed-Door Working Groups *Hosted under Chatham House*

3:55 pm - 4:55 pm VIP Head Trader Think Tank
Daniel Nicholls - Head of Trading, Federated Hermes

**Hosted under Chatham House** 

This is an invitation-only session hosted under Chatham House, open to 15 buy side Global/European Heads of Trading.

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Daniel Nicholls

Head of Trading
Federated Hermes

4:20 pm - 4:40 pm Afternoon Networking Break

Guest Speakers

4:40 pm - 5:00 pm Buy Side CIO Keynote Talk: Exploring the 2024 Investment Outlook: How can you build differentiated investment strategies in uncertain markets to deliver greater alpha for your investors?

Christopher Iggo - Chief Investment Officer, AXA Investment Managers, and Chair of AXA Investment Institute, AXA Investment Management
  • How can you build risk management into your portfolios to protect investors against increasing geopolitical risks?
  • What role can alternative assets play in portfolio allocation against the current macro backdrop to deliver diversification and alpha benefits?
  • What is the optimum asset mix, and are we seeing a shift back to 60/40 portfolios?
  • How can you add new instruments (derivatives and ETFs) to your portfolio to enable you to respond quickly to risks and opportunities?
  • What are the longer-term structural shifts that could have implications on portfolio construction (AI, decarbonisation, demographics, deglobalisation)?
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Christopher Iggo

Chief Investment Officer, AXA Investment Managers, and Chair of AXA Investment Institute
AXA Investment Management

5:00 pm - 5:30 pm Guest Speaker: The Price of Time – The Real Story of Interest: Key insights into why the global financial system is moving closer to another major crisis

Edward Chancellor - Financial Historian, Author, Journalist and Investment strategist, Independent

Edward Chancellor, Financial Historian, Author, Journalist and Investment strategist.


His most recent book is ‘The Price of Time – the real story of interest‘, Edward illustrates how extremely low interest rates create asset price inflation but are also largely responsible for the weak economic growth, rising inequality, elevated debt levels, and pensions crises that have impacted our economies in recent years. Meanwhile, access to easy money in China has inflated their real estate sector and has created an epic credit and investment boom. He forewarns that the global financial system is moving closer to another major crisis. 

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Edward Chancellor

Financial Historian, Author, Journalist and Investment strategist
Independent

5:30 pm - 5:30 pm TradeTech 2024 Reception! Open To All Attendees