Matthew McLoughlin

Chief Commercial Officer Liontrust

Matthew McLoughlin is Head of Trading at Liontrust Asset Management. He started his career at AIG Investments, where he spent three years as a Junior Fixed Income Fund Manager. He then spent just under six years as a Senior Trader at Hedge Fund RAB Capital before moving to Legal & General Investment Management, where he traded Global Equities and Derivatives before moving to Liontrust to run the Multi-Asset Trading Desk. Matthew is a Director of the Plato Partnership, a Member of The UK Investment Association’s Buyside Trading Committee and his desk was named Mid-Cap Trading Desk of the Year in 2017.

Day 1 | 14th May

9:00 AM Market Structure Reform Panel: Reviving the stock market: How can policymakers, regulators and market participants work together to build a successful, efficient and integrated public equities market ecosystem?

Exploring the economic importance of a functioning equities markets and the key drivers for success
How does US and EU capital markets compare, and what lessons can EU markets learn from the US model?
Why are UK entrepreneurs struggling to raise capital and therefore listing in other regions, and what structural reforms are needed to reverse this trend?
Is a European consolidated tape, and a review of financial taxes and stamp duty, crucial for the growth of the public market?
How has the FCA’s new simplified listing regime helped support firms seeking to list shares in the UK?

2:55 PM Market Hours Debate: Reviewing stock market trading hours: What is the case for and against reducing the trading day?

What are the key concerns around the potential impact to volumes and liquidity?
If Europe was to shorten market hours, how would the implementation work and what are the risks around misalignment between stock exchanges?
Examining other markets, such as Norway, and how the move to shorter trading hours has impacted volumes and market functioning?
What impact will shorter trading hours have on talent retention and improving the diversity of the investment management industry?

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

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