Julia Streets

CEO Streets Consulting

Julia is the Founder & CEO of Streets Consulting, the UK and US business development, marketing and communications consultancy working with a wide range of financial services and technology clients. Prior to founding Streets Consulting in 2008, Julia was global head of communications at NYSE Technologies, serving on the Executive Committee and European head of marketing and sales development at Instinet. In 2013, Brummell Magazine named Julia one of their 30 Inspirational Women on Boards and in 2014 one of their 30 Inspirational Women Entrepreneurs. This year they listed her as one of their 30 Insprirational Women City Influeners. In the past three years Innovate Finance has listed Julia one of their Leading Women in FinTech and one of SWIFT's Global Power Women in FinTech. Julia is proud to serve as a trustee of the charity 'Children in Crisis' and is a Fellow of the British American Project.

Buy Side Data Innovation Day

11:10 AM Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

Day 1 | 14th May

8:30 AM Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

12:55 PM Automation & Analytics Panel: Realising the full potential of automation: How can you leverage the latest tools and platforms to increase automation of small orders and block trades to drive optimal and efficient execution?

How can you determine the rules set-up in your EMS and how often you should be reviewing them?
What solutions are available to enable you to automate trades with special settlement instructions?
What have been the experiences and approach of buy side firms implementing algo wheels, and have they done this in-house or via third party vendors?
How are providers integrating AI into algo wheels to enable them to route new orders based on previous trading strategy results?
How is the electronic block trading ecosystem evolving and which players are offering the buy side a unique model in addition to traditional high-touch sales trading?

3:35 PM Building a robust broker evaluation methodology: How can you improve your processes to better evaluate the performance and adaptability of broker algos to reduce market impact and trading costs?

(e.g. execution costs, slippage, speed, market impact) and how do you tailor these metrics to specific trading objectives and conditions?
How can you effectively leverage your data and TCA capabilities to rank broker performance?
What new customisable algo offerings are brokers developing to enable you to adjust algo strategies in response to market shifts?
How best to communicate the algo performance and execution outcomes to your brokers to improve future results, and what feedback the brokers would find helpful
What is the process for replacing brokers in your algowheel, and what criteria do you use to select a new broker you haven’t tested before?

2:15 PM Presenting 101 Workshop: Mastering the art of presenting

In this 45- minute skills workshop you will learn 4 key things to help build your presentation skills:

Learn how to tailor your message to the specific needs of your audience
How to craft a compelling and clear narrative and the fundamentals of structuring your presentation
Discover best practice for creating visually compelling slides
Gain tips on how to build confident delivery skills

5:45 PM Chairperson's Closing Remarks

Day 2 | 15th May

9:20 AM Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

12:00 PM Desk Structure Panel: Reviewing organisational structures: Where should the trading desk sit in the organisation to truly add value to innovation, alpha generation and the investment process?

This panel will feature heads of trading who have different organisational structures and reporting lines (investment, operations, technology), as well as a CIO on how they view trading in the investment process. They will talk through the merits and drawbacks of each organisational model, how to strike the right balance of strategic alignment and technological innovation, and the optimum structure for a high performing desk.

What are the various organisational structures of trading desks and where/ who they report to within the firm?
What is the rationale behind different structures and reporting lines, and how do these influence the desks operations and strategic alignment with the firm?
Is the trading desk viewed as an integral part of the investment process, or as an outsourced dealing desk?
Should the desk be part of the investment process, or purely an execution and implementation function?

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

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