Didier Van Heirstraeten

Head of IT Investment Management Candriam

Didier Van Heirstraeten is the Head of IT Investment Management solutions at Candriam. His team covers all IT aspects for the Heart of Candriam, i.e. the Asset Management process from Front office to Back office, though Risk Management. Didier has a more than 20 years of hands on experience in the financial world, from managing a trading desk in the Sell side, to becoming an IT project manager on the Buy side and finally a Team Leader. This enables his team to have a very good understanding of the business.

Day 1 | 14th May

3:05 PM Trade & Workflow Automation Panel: Boosting automation of derivatives trading: How can you overcome product complexities to automate trading, improve performance and workflow efficiencies?

How does automating derivatives execution compare to cash equities when considering the additional variables and product complexity?
How are providers developing their capabilities to enable greater automation of larger sizes, and to capture the nuances of each product?
What are the nuances of vol products, in terms of different legs, and is there a way to automate under strict parameters?
How can you integrate complex instrument data and expiry information into your system, and how can your system handle rolls and strategies?

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

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