Lara Shevchenko

Senior Policy Advisor- Market Structure FIA European Principal Traders Association

As Senior Policy Advisor on Market Structure for the European Principal Traders Association (FIA EPTA), Lara Shevchenko leads advocacy on market structure topics for Europe’s primary industry body for independent market making firms.

Working closely with FIA EPTA’s members and other market participants, she represents FIA EPTA towards public stakeholders in the EU and UK. She is an experienced regulatory lawyer and market structure expert who has been working on various aspects of European markets and infrastructure regulation for over 15 years.

Prior to joining FIA EPTA in 2022, Lara worked for a US investment bank, most recently as head of European equities market structure, and prior to that at a Magic Circle law firm.

Day 1 | 14th May

12:00 PM Retail Liquidity Panel: Increasing retail participation in Europe: How can equity market participants better attract and integrate retail flow into the trading ecosystem to help boost liquidity opportunities in Europe?

Examining retail flow in Europe, which countries have more retail investors and why?
Outlining the differences in US vs EU market structure, and the key factors driving robust retail involvement in the US
What efforts are being made to educate retail investors on how to trade futures and options to improve liquidity in both cash and equity derivatives markets?
When is retail liquidity most available during the trading day [opening, throughout, at the close]?
How are brokers leveraging retail flow for their clients, and what trends are they seeing?
How are exchanges enhancing their services to attract more retail order flow and enabling institutions to better interact with this flow on-exchange?

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