TradeTech Europe 2025
13 - 15 May, 2025
Palais des Congrès de Paris
Buy Side Data Innovation Day
**Open to a maximum of 160 Buy Side participants**
All sessions today under Chatham House Rule
Grab a mimosa on arrival and tuck into a luxurious spread, whilst you network and enjoy long overdue catch ups with your colleagues and buy side peers.
Interactive Think Tanks *Pre-booking required*
10:15 am - 11:00 am Buy Side Only Think Tank: Boosting fund manager collaboration: How can you embed your trading desk into investment processes, from idea generation to execution to enhance performance? Callum McPherson - Head of Dealing, Evenlode Investment Joe Collery - Head of Trading, Comgest
Interactive Think Tanks *Pre-booking required*
10:15 am - 11:00 am Buy Side Only Think Tank: Digitisation of equity issuance: How can the buy side push for industry-wide adoption of standardised and automated deal demand placing to drive workflow efficiencies? Rob Chapman - Senior Trader, American Century Stuart Lawrence - Head of Equity Trading, UBS Asset Management
Skills Workshop *Pre-booking required*
10:15 am - 11:00 am Python 101 training: Coding essentials for equity traders Michael Kurz - Manager, Equities, MN(Pre-booking required) Join our Python 101 training and leave with the following:
- Gain a solid understanding of Python basics, including syntax, variables and data structures.
- Learn how to manipulate and analyse market data using Python libraries.
- Explore how to back- test trading strategies using historical data to optimise performance.
- Leverage Python’s visualisation tools to create informative visuals of trading data.
11:05 am - 11:10 am
Welcome Address: Anna Andrews, Editorial Director, WBR
11:10 am - 11:15 am
Chairperson’s Opening Remarks
Julia Streets -
CEO,
Streets Consulting
Examining the Impacts of AI Today & Tomorrow
11:15 am - 11:40 am
Guest Speaker: The AI revolution and what it means for asset management- current use cases and future prospects
Iro Tasitsiomi -
Head of AI & Data Science,
T. Rowe Price
Marc Wyatt -
Head of Global Trading,
T. Rowe Price
By 2032, the IMF believes in G7 countries, 60% of jobs will be profoundly impacted by AI, and more than half of that will be job loss. The impact of AI cannot be underestimated, and the potential this technology has to transform financial markets is only just starting to be explored. In this keynote session, our guest speaker will look to unpack the following:
- Outlining the differences between machine learning, AI and generative AI
- Examining current use cases across the three C’s (content consumption, creation and characterization)
- How to build value measurement frameworks to determine the ROI of AI investments
- Exploring the future outlook and possibilities of AI in asset management and trading
Analysing Buy Side’s Gen AI Aspirations
11:40 am - 12:20 pm
AI Wish-List Panel: Separating hype from reality: What is the buy side wish list for AI and LLM capabilities and how can providers integrate these tools to improve real-time insights and trading performance?
Michael Steliaros -
Global Head of Equity Portfolio Engineering and Trading,
ADIA
In this panel, a buy side moderator will quiz sell side and vendors on how they are integrating AI into workflows. They will be asked to outline a project each, delving into the specific use case and benefits.
- Assessing which developments are real and actionable, and which are simply noise
- What areas of the trading process are vendors seeing most demand for innovation?
- What are the latest vendor integrated AI offerings and how are they improving trade performance for clients?
- How is AI being applied to enable predictive pricing analytics, real-time data queries and smart order routing decisions?
- What are the potential dangers and risks attached to the application of AI and LLM?
- What are the regulatory hurdles and considerations that providers need to factor in when building AI tools?
Navigating AI Integration Challenges
12:20 pm - 12:45 pm
CTO Interview: Overcoming AI adoption barriers: How can you safely implement Generative AI tooling into the business to deliver real value that drives productivity and new revenue opportunities?
Jamie Ovenden -
Chief Technology Officer,
Schroders
Rebecca Healey -
Managing Partner,
Redlap Consulting
Integrating Gen AI into asset management, investment and trading processes presents a mix of transformative potential and critical challenges. We’ve heard the case and promise this technology can offer, but we now must consider the practical challenges of adoption and how to deploy in a safe and compliant way. Jamie and Rebecca will delve into the regulatory and governance hurdles, how to roll the technology out, as well frameworks for measuring the value of Gen AI:
- What are the most effective strategies and training programs for fostering gen AI literacy and enthusiasm among traders, analysts and portfolio managers?
- How to establish ROI benchmarks and frameworks to measure AI's impact on the business?
- What are the emerging regulatory and ethical hurdles, including data privacy, transparency and explainability?
- How to establish a governance structure that will oversee AI deployment and comply with industry standards?
Reflect on this morning's content with your peers, as you enjoy a range of French inspired small plates
*By invitation only*
Optimising ETF Execution
1:45 pm - 2:10 pm
ETF Innovation Interview: The evolution of ETF execution: How are the latest advancements in automation and analysis of ETF trading improving workflow efficiency and enhancing decision-making?
- Examining the latest developments in ETF algos and whether they deliver benefits beyond the RFQ protocol
- How are providers developing their capabilities to improve the measurement of ETF execution quality and better analyse toxicity during the RFQ process?
- What progress is being made to provide more meaningful data, including information on the intraday net asset value?
- How can you measure how the order book changes throughout the period of an RFQ to get a more accurate picture of price movements at the time of execution?
Enhancing Data Capabilities
2:10 pm - 2:40 pm
Cloud Strategy Panel: Future-proofing your desk in the cloud: How can buy side firms benefit from cloud-based data infrastructure and management to reduce execution costs and drive efficiencies?
Matt Barrett -
CEO and Co-Founder,
Adaptive
Sharat Gangwani -
Chief Technology Officer,
Ilex capital
Market participants are quickly realising the competitive advantages they can gain through the deployment of cloud solutions. If firms want to fully embrace the power of big data and AI tools, then cloud adoption is a necessity.
In this panel, speakers will explore the front office benefits of migrating to the cloud, how to best deploy cloud- enabled solutions, concerns and perceived value, and how the trading desk should work with the IT department to ensure the desks needs are met.
- What are the benefits of the cloud in reducing execution costs by connecting directly to venues vs through service providers?
- Outlining the difference between cloud execution vs using cloud data analytics providers.
- What are the potential risks and associated costs with disrupting current legacy systems?
- How should the trading desk and IT department collaborate to ensure front office requirements are fed into the cloud migration roadmap?
- How is data security protected to ensure client data is safe?
Sharat Gangwani
Chief Technology OfficerIlex capital
2:40 pm - 3:05 pm
Data Innovation Talks & Q&A: Improving analytics and visualisation capabilities: How can you consolidate disparate data sets and leverage analytics tools to effectively translate data into actionable insights for traders and portfolio managers?
Antish Manna -
Head of Execution Analytics and Principal Quant,
Man Group
Simon Hordum Bonde -
Head of Trading Quants,
Nordea Asset Management
Inbar Shamir -
Equity Trader,
Nordea Asset Management
Annabel Smith -
Editor,
The TRADE
- What is the best approach to consolidating internal transaction data and how to enrich it with third party and market data?
- What are the key challenges in managing data quality, integration and accessibility?
- How can you best evaluate existing data tools and platforms to identify gaps in your current analytics processes?
- Is it best to design and build dashboards and reports in-house, or to work with third party providers? Outlining pros and cons to both approaches
3:05 pm - 3:15 pm
10-minute transition to provider roundtables
Pick your Track and Meet the Providers
**Each track is limited to 40 buy side attendees- pre-booking required to secure your preferred track**
Provider Roundtables
Track A : Advanced Data Analytics Roundtables
3:15 pm - 4:40 pm Evaluate the most innovative data analytics and insights initiatives alongside a small group of your buy side peers to understand who is best placed to meet your desk needs.Provider Roundtable 1: Euronext
Provider Roundtable 2: Broadridge
Provider Roundtable 3: Deutsche Boerse
Sponsored by: Euronext
Sponsored by: Broadridge
Sponsored by: Deutsche Böerse AG
Track B: Data, Aggregation, Processing & Visualization
3:15 pm - 4:40 pm Evaluate the most innovative data processing and aggregation tools alongside a small group of your buy side peers to understand who is best placed to meet your desk needs.Provider Roundtable 1: 3forge
Sponsored by: 3forge
Track C: Accessing Differentiated Liquidity
3:15 pm - 4:40 pm Evaluate specialists’ liquidity providers alongside a small group of your buy side peers to understand who is best placed to meet your desk needs.Provider Roundtable 1: Susquehanna
Provider Roundtable 2: Optiver
Sponsored by: SIG Susquehanna
Sponsored by: Optiver
Track D: Workflow Automation & Technology
3:15 pm - 4:40 pm Evaluate the most innovative workflow technology and automation initiatives alongside a small group of your buy side peers to understand who is best placed to meet your desk needs.Provider Roundtable 1: Marex
Provider Roundtable 2: Interop.io
Provider Roundtable 3: FlexTrade
Sponsored by: Marex
Sponsored by: interop.io
Sponsored by: Flextrade
4:45 pm - 6:00 pm
Drinks Reception
Available to Innovation Day attendees only