Peder Viervoll

For years, buy-side trading innovation has been constrained by legacy workflows, costly vendor relationships, and the belief that meaningful change demands high-budget overhauls. Today, a new wave of forward-thinking leaders is proving otherwise- showing how targeted, low-cost, and high-impact changes can redefine how the desk interacts with markets, sources liquidity, and delivers better execution outcomes. Moving beyond retrofitting existing models, this keynote will explore what it means to reimagine the desk’s core design, challenge entrenched assumptions about technology and cost, and rebuild around adaptability, control, and smarter use of data.