Alisdair Haynes

President Aquis Exchange

Alasdair is the founder and President of Aquis Exchange PLC: a creator and facilitator of next-generation financial markets through the provision of accessible, simple and efficient stock exchanges, trading venues and technology.

One of the fastest-growing companies in Europe, Aquis is a challenger and innovator in capital markets. It consists of three divisions: Aquis Markets, a subscription-based exchange offering pan-European cash equities trading; Aquis Technologies, which develops and licenses next-generation exchange technology globally; and Aquis Stock Exchange, a growth and regulated primary exchange delivering capital to companies via the listing and trading of shares.

In addition to running Aquis, Alasdair is the Chairman of TheCityUK’s Business Council and is a member of both the FCA Practitioner Panel and the FCA Markets Practitioner Panel. Prior to establishing Aquis, Alasdair was CEO of Chi-X Europe (now Cboe) and CEO of ITG International (now Virtu). Alasdair began his 40 plus-year career in the City with Morgan Grenfell and has held senior positions at a number of investment banks, including HSBC and UBS.

Day 2 | 15th May

11:10 AM TradeTech 25th Anniversary Panel: The evolution of the equities market - A look through time

TradeTech has been bringing the equity trading community together for 25 years, through the dotcom bubble, 2008 financial crisis, flash crash, coronavirus, and the more recent stock market meltdown caused by a yen carry trade. In this panel we will bring together market experts who have been involved in TradeTech since its inception to share their views on how the equities market has developed over the years, and expectations for the next decade. Speakers will look to answer the following big three questions:

From automating your trading processing platform to a world of Generative AI- where have we come from and what does the future hold?
Will AI live up to the hype, or has it been overvalued?
Will London remain the major financial centre of decades gone by, or will its position be eroded in the new regulatory and political environment?

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

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