Annabel Smith

Editor The TRADE

Annabel holds a BA Hons in English Literature and American History from Nottingham University, a Masters in Journalism from Kingston University and an NCTJ diploma in Broadcast Journalism. She joined The TRADE, the market leading digital news site and quarterly print magazine covering the front-office trading and execution space, as a reporter in 2020 after completing her Masters degree. She assumed the role of editor at The TRADE in 2023, managing coverage of market structure, regulation, and data and technology developments across equities, foreign exchange, fixed income, derivatives, and digital assets. Annabel’s previous roles include national and local newsreader at Radio Jackie and research associate at Third Bridge, an information broker for the financial services industry

Buy Side Data Innovation Day

2:40 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?

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

Day 1 | 14th May

2:35 PM Pre-trade Models Panel: Improving pre trade analytics: What advancements are being made by vendors and buy side to improve the accuracy of TCA and pre-trade models for large high-touch orders?

During this panel you will hear from buy side traders on the challenges they face with TCA for large high touch orders. And TCA providers will talk through improvements they are making for pre-trade analytics capabilities for large multi-day trades to help clients determine expected cost of execution.

How can you create meaningful datasets to study high-touch trades?
How are TCA providers improving their capabilities to benchmark performance and predict execution costs for large, multi-day high touch trades?
How can you connect your TCA, data providers and internal systems to create a platform that connects data sources and shows you real-time information?
How are TCA providers incorporating LLMs for efficient querying?
What improvements need to be made in relation to the integration and connection between TCA and OMS providers to improve the dissemination of market data?

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

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