TradeTech FX 2024
16 - 18 September, 2024
Mövenpick Hotel Amsterdam City Centre & ijVENUES Amsterdam
Day 1 - 28th September 2022
7:30 am - 8:20 am Registration & Breakfast
Tuck into our delicious breakfast buffet and enjoy a variety of breakfast sandwiches, pastries and fresh fruit accompanied by a cup of gourmet coffee from our experienced barista.
Join this interactive session with senior leaders from buy and sell side to discuss how we can all be allies, build inclusive teams and tackle retaining talent. You will get to hear from your peers about what is and isn’t working when it comes to recruitment and development, as well as having the opportunity to build new connections in the industry.
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The global pandemic disproportionately impacted women in the workforce. To regain traction and improve gender diversity in financial services, now is the time for firm leaders to innovate and ramp up DEI efforts.
Many employers remain focused on progressing and retaining women in the workplace and the war on talent remains high, particularly in financial service. Many leave the workplace due to childcare and maintaining a work / life balance. In 2021, the proportion of women in leadership roles within financial services firms was 24% and is projected to grow to 28% by 2030—still below parity. We will discuss the privilege and the importance of becoming an intersectional ally.
Sponsored by: Bloomberg
8:20 am - 8:25 am
Welcome Address: Anna Andrews, TradeTech FX EU Director, WBR
8:25 am - 8:30 am
Chairperson’s Opening Remarks
Allan Guild -
Director,
Hilltop Walk Consulting
Navigating FX Trends Post-Pandemic
8:30 am - 8:50 am
Buy Side Keynote Interview: How can you ready your FX desk for heightened volatility, interest rate uncertainty and the rise of NDF electronification to thrive in the new market environment?
Toby Baker -
Head of FX Trading,
T. Rowe Price
Ian Packer -
Executive Director, FX Trading,
UBS Global Asset Management
Allan Guild -
Director,
Hilltop Walk Consulting
Ø What are the top trends shaping the FX buy side desk and how are they impacting execution and trade performance?
Ø Which EM currency pairs and trading strategies are delivering the greatest alpha in the current market environment?
Ø How has volatility and the evolving market environment impacted currency markets and alpha seeking mandates?
Ø How can you analyse different execution methods to determine if voice, electronic pricing or algo trading yields better results under different market conditions?
Ø How can you bring together different skill sets on the desk to drive your algo adoption and electronic trading whilst maintaining market knowledge?
Ian Packer
Executive Director, FX TradingUBS Global Asset Management
8:50 am - 9:20 am
Market Structure Panel: Navigating new market structure trends: How can you prepare your desk for platform proliferation, tighter bank margins and increased electronification across FX products?
Jay Moore -
Founder & CEO,
FX HedgePool
Carolina Trujillo -
Head of e-FX Distribution,
SEB
Allan Guild -
Director,
Hilltop Walk Consulting
David Turner -
Head of FX Trading, EMEA,
Blackrock
Simon Bevan -
Global Head of eFX Trading,
ING
Ø How is direct market access evolving and how can you utilise data from venues to drive your execution decisions?
Ø What are the adoption rates of FX algos on the desk and how can they help access liquidity and reduce market impact in a high vol environment?
Ø What impact has the revised Global Code had on the FX market structure and is it improving transparency?
Ø How can you leverage peer-2-peer and dark pools as a new liquidity pool and to help eliminate market impact?
Ø How can you bring peer-2-peer into your conventional workflow to drive internal efficiencies?
9:20 am - 9:40 am
SA-CCR Keynote Interview: Exploring the impact of SA-CCR and the potential for a new OTC clearing paradigm for FX swaps
Andrew Batchelor -
COO & Head of Product,
LCH ForexClear
Allan Guild -
Director,
Hilltop Walk Consulting
9:40 am - 10:15 am
Front-office Technology Panel: Next- gen front-office technology: Which technologies are set to transform the FX buy side dealing desk and how can you leverage them to optimise workflows and improve trade performance?
David Shack -
Product Area Lead, FX Technology,
Fidelity Investments
Beverley Doherty -
Senior Managing Director, Global Co Head,
FX Connect, Currenex, and TradeNeXus
Ruben Costa- Santos -
Head of Multi-Asset Analytics,
Virtu Financial
James Prasad -
Head of FX Business Development and Transformation,
SEB
Vicky Sanders -
Chief Digital Officer,
OpenFin
Stephane Malrait -
Chairman,
ACI FMA
Ø Supporting remote working and the hybrid desk: How can desktop interopability help you to achieve more efficiencies and oversight on the desk?
Ø How can you leverage application interoperability to increase the speed and efficiency of trade-decision making?
Ø How can you leverage AI and ML capabilities to optimise your trading workflows and support pre-trade parameter selection?
Ø What are the advantages of distributed ledger technology and the potential for reducing settlement times from T+2 to real-time settlement?
Beverley Doherty
Senior Managing Director, Global Co HeadFX Connect, Currenex, and TradeNeXus
The Roadmap to Institutional Crypto Adoption
10:15 am - 10:35 am
Crypto Keynote Interview: Exploring the state of the crypto market: where is institutional adoption at and has progress in building an institutional ecosystem been hindered by the ‘winter’?
David Mercer -
Chief Executive Officer,
LMAX Group
Eva Szalay -
Cross Asset Reporter,
Bloomberg
10:35 am - 11:15 am
Crypto for Institutions Panel: How will the new crypto wave impact FX markets and what are the barriers that need to be overcome to ensure mainstream institutional adoption?
Sven Schubert -
Head of FX Strategy,
Vontobel Asset Management
Luke Brereton -
Senior Vice President,
State Street Digital
Elodie de Marchi -
Head of Operations & Corporate Strategy,
Kaiko
Edd Carlton -
Institutional Digital Asset Trader,
Flow Traders
Michael Koegler -
Managing Principal,
Market Alpha Advisors
Nicola White -
CEO,
B2C2 USA
Andrew Mosson -
Head of Sales,
Bitpanda Pro
Ø What regulatory, market structure and infrastructure developments need to happen for buy side adoption?
Ø Where does crypto fit in the buy side trading model and is it a new asset class?
Ø How are sell side evolving their crypto offerings and what protections do they have in place for clients?
Ø How is the crypto derivatives market evolving and which products are available to trade on exchange?
Grab a cup of freshly ground coffee and treat yourself to a bakeshop treat. If you’re a savoury snacker or have a sweet tooth, from hot bagels to indulgent cookies – we’ve got you covered.
Don’t forget to ‘Get Social’ with our LinkedIn competition for the chance to win an Amazon Echo dot, Kindle or Apple Air pods.
Sponsored by: Talos
- The power of skew and smart mid
- The power of customization; algos, streaming vs orders; how clients can smartly use our liquidity to meet their trading objectives
- Maker Algos: allowing clients to utilize the JPM franchise distribution
- What’s new in pre trade analytics and what’s next?
Sponsored by: JP Morgan
- Benefits to the buyside of accessing over 70 different Algos and 200+ Algo parameters over a single connection.
- An overview of the offering, the LPs involved, the integration process and the benefits of going via FXSpotStream vs Direct
Sponsored by: FXSpotStream
Navigating the Fragmented Liquidity Landscape
11:50 am - 12:25 pm
**Hosted under Chatham House** Liquidity Provider Panel: How can you partner with bank and non-bank liquidity providers to efficiently access multiple liquidity pools in an increasingly fragmented FX marketplace?
Roel Oomen -
Head of FIC Quant Trading,
Deutsche Bank
Jeremy Smart -
Global Head of Distribution,
XTX Markets
Peter Welsby -
Senior Multi-Asset Trader,
Manulife Investment Management
Gordon Noonan -
Head of FX and Rates Trading,
Schroders
Franz Schmidpeter -
Global Head of Sales,
LMAX Exchange
Aurelien Gleyze -
Co-Head of eMacro Trading,
Credit Suisse
Ø What are the latest data-centric offerings from bank and non-bank liquidity providers to help drive best execution results?
Ø How can you navigate market access and liquidity challenges in local market currencies?
Ø What impact is Sa-CCR having on the European market structure and FX liquidity Landscape, and can clients achieve best execution in a Sa-CCR world?
Ø How are liquidity providers supporting and connecting to more platforms to provide clients with alternative product options?
Ø What impact is the increase in bank internalisation having on market quality, price discovery and transparency?
Ø RFQ, streaming and algos: How are banks evolving their trading suite services to ensure clients are getting the best method of execution?
12:25 pm - 12:55 pm
Liquidity Aggregation Panel: Evaluating liquidity aggregation options: How can your desk effectively aggregate liquidity sources to provide a consolidated market view and achieve best execution?
Christoph Hock -
Head of Multi-Asset Trading,
Union Investment
Stuart Brock -
Head Of Institutional Sales,
oneZero
John Stead -
Head of Pre Sales,
smartTrade
Michael Koegler -
Managing Principal,
Market Alpha Advisors
Eugene Markman -
CEO,
ION MarketFactory
Sam Johnson -
Global Markets – Director, eFRC Trading,
UBS
Ø What are the latest solutions in the market that will help you to optimise liquidity provision and minimise costs in a fragmented FX market?
Ø How can you incorporate aggregation services on your desk to give you a comprehensive view on prices and market depth?
Ø How can desktop consolidation provide greater access to aggregated liquidity and enhanced pre and post trade analytics?
Ø How can you work with your OEMS providers to ensure they are incorporating new liquidity pools into their workflow?
Ø How can aggregators help connect your desk to EM FX platforms to access new liquidity in these previously illiquid markets?
Adapting to the Latest Regulatory Reforms
12:55 pm - 1:30 pm
Regulatory & Clearing Panel: Life after UMR: How has UMR and Sa-CCR impacted the FX trading desk and market structure, and what are the predictions for how it could influence other FX products in the future?
Kirstie MacGillivray -
CEO- UK,
Aegon Asset Management
Elke Wenzler -
Head of Trading,
MEAG
Ben Tobin -
SVP, Head of Europe / Portfolio Optimization,
Capitolis
Allan Guild -
Director,
Hilltop Walk Consulting
Mattias Palm -
Business Manager- triReduce FX,
OSTTRA
Ø A post-mortem: what have the buy side and sell side learnt from UMR to date and what are their predictions on the future of FX clearing and collateral management?
Ø What impact will UMR have on the NDF market?
Ø Will UMR hasten the creation of a clearing mechanism for FX forwards and swaps?
Ø What impact has UMR and Sa-CCR had on the market to date and how is it evolving trading models?
Ø Will Sa-CCR and the removal of capital accelerate the move to a clearing model in FX?
Network with your industry peers and make valuable new contacts during our lunch networking break in the buzzy exhibit hall.
Plus, we’ve done all the legwork in bringing you relevant hand-picked solution providers under one roof, so you can conveniently meet and evaluate each of them to decide who is best placed to meet your top trading desk needs and priorities.
Conference Tracks
Track A: Liquidity Initiatives
2:30 pm - 2:50 pm EM & DM Panel **Hosted under Chatham House**: How is the market infrastructure and liquidity patterns evolving in emerging and developed markets? Peter Welsby - Senior Multi-Asset Trader, Manulife Investment Management Colin Carr - Trader, Baillie Gifford Stephane Malrait - Chairman, ACI FMAØ How does the liquidity landscape differ in emerging markets compared to developed markets?
Ø How can you strengthen your counterparty relationships and leverage historic trade data to overcome illiquidity issues across emerging market currencies?
Ø What cultural and working differences do you need to factor in when trading EM vs DM and how does it impact liquidity patterns?
Ø How should you define developed, emerging and frontier markets and which markets are experiencing a growth in volumes?
Ø How does the market structure compare in DM and EM and are we starting to see more fragmentation and mid-matching pools in EM?
Track A: Liquidity Initiatives
2:50 pm - 3:20 pm In Conversation- Spotlight on NDF’s: How can you leverage new NDF streaming and algo solutions to improve trade efficiencies and reduce market impact? Christian Schoeppe - CEO and Founder, SchoeppeFX International Consulting Darryl Hooker - Head of NDF Strategy, 360T Stefan Helber - Team Lead, Rates and FX Trading, DWSØ What changes need to happen to enable platforms to aggregate NDF liquidity into one system to allow buy side to execute via algos?
Ø How can you work with your providers to implement NDF algos into your existing workflow?
Ø What are banks doing to accommodate broken dates for NDF algos?
Ø How can you ensure you hit best liquidity and roll to the date you require?
Track A: Liquidity Initiatives
3:20 pm - 3:40 pm In Conversation- Spotlight on Frontier Market Liquidity: How can you access reliable liquidity in frontier markets during volatile market conditions to capitalise on the growth in these markets? Alexandre Dubé - Head of Financial Markets Trading, TotalEnergies Christian Schoeppe - CEO and Founder, SchoeppeFX International Consulting
Track B: FX Derivatives
2:30 pm - 2:50 pm In Conversation- Spotlight on Options: How can you access efficient Liquidity and boost your electronic execution in the FX options market? Alexandre Dubé - Head of Financial Markets Trading, TotalEnergies Mark Suter - Executive Chairman & Founder, Digital Vega FX Eva Szalay - Cross Asset Reporter, Bloomberg
Track B: FX Derivatives
2:50 pm - 3:20 pm Futures Panel: The Growth of FX Futures: How can your desk expand the use of futures to drive price transparency and create a more diversified route to market? Marc Putter - Head of Trading, Transtrend Patrick Forde - Head of Trading, Fulcrum Asset Management Jens Quiram - Global Co-Head of FIC Derivatives & Repo Sales,, Eurex Patrick Reid - Co-Founder, Adamis Principle Emmanuel Hurault - FX, Credit, Rates and Derivatives Dealer, Groupama Asset ManagementØ What is driving the growth in the FX futures market and what are the benefits?
Ø What impact has UMR had on futures and will it create more growth in the market?
Ø Is the reduction in tick size driving volume and price discovery in the FX futures market?
Ø How can industry work together to boost innovation and overcome liquidity, futures contracts and technological hurdles to drive further growth?
Ø What progress has been made in the last 12 months to encourage bank and non-bank market makers to provide pricing on screen?
Track B: FX Derivatives
3:20 pm - 3:40 pm In Conversation - Spotlight on TCA: What advances have been made in transaction cost analysis for FX swaps and forwards to help inform future executions? Tjerk Methorst - Senior Trader, PGGM Investments Saeed Amen - Co-founder, Turnleaf AnalyticsØ What challenges is the bilateral nature of the market causing?
Ø What emerging tools, techniques and benchmarks are available to improve TCA for FX forwards?
Ø How can you combine analysis from third party providers with your own proprietary data to build a clearer picture of execution results?
Ø How can you leverage aggregated data feeds to help create reliable forward pricing and broken date forward analysis?
Ø What type of timestamps should you use when working an order over a longer period?
Track C: PM Strategies: Alpha Mandates
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm PM Boardroom: The strive for alpha: How can you adapt your emerging market local currency strategy during difficult market regimes to generate greater returns? Frederik Fischer - Director, Multi Asset Portfolio Manager, Allianz Global Investors Lamine Bougueroua - Senior Fund Manager- Emerging Markets, UBP Achim Walde - Senior Currency Manager, Metzler Currency ManagementØ What impact will macro policy divergence have on active currency strategies in 2023?
Ø How will the FED’s position on hiking rates impact the stability of some emerging market currencies?
Ø How can you diversify your portfolio with EM currencies to actively manage EM risk?
Ø How can you explore new alpha opportunities to improve total returns?
Ø How can you identify and leverage alternative data in EM when official data is unreliable?
Ø How can you produce a new alpha generator mandate in a higher interest rate environment?
Track C: PM Strategies: Alpha Mandates
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm PM Boardroom: What is the outlook on the Renminbi in 2023 and how have the mechanics of the Chinese market evolved? Stephen Li Jen - Chief Executive Officer & Co-Chief Investment Officer, Eurizon CapitalØ How will the challenges in the real estate and housing finance sector impact the Renminbi and will it lead to a weaker currency in 2022-2023?
Ø How will the rest of the emerging markets react to a potential rebalancing away from housing and towards exports and inflows?
Ø CNH vs CNY: How are on- and offshore trading patterns evolving, and will the market see a move to more onshore trading?
Ø What are expert opinions on the value and robustness of the Renminbi overtime, and could it rival the dollar?
Track D: Deep-Dive Workshops & Think Tanks
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm Workshop with Bank of America: Automation Tools – Demystification of the Algo Wheel: How using tools, data and analytics can complement the trader and lower execution costs Khorrom Hussain - EMEA Head of eFICC Sales, Bank of America Tan Phull - Managing Director, Bank of America
Track D: Deep-Dive Workshops & Think Tanks
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm **Hosted under Chatham House** ‘In Conversation with’ GFXC The FX Global Code a year on: What market developments are under consideration to be included in the next phase of revisions and how can you best prepare your desk for these changes? Benjamin Anderegg - Head of Foreign Exchange and Gold, Swiss National Bank Ankur Pruthi - Head of FX, Norges Bank Investment Management Stephane Malrait - Chairman, ACI FMA Lisa Danino-Lewis - Chief Growth Officer, CLS
3:40 pm - 4:20 pm
Afternoon Networking Break: Cocktails n’ Conversations
Network with your peers whilst sipping on a chilled cocktail freshly served by our mixologists.
Use this downtime to evaluate hand-picked providers and play our ‘Get Social’ game for the chance to win an Amazon Echo dot, Kindle or Apple Air pods.
Sponsored by: Integral
Track A: New Market Initiatives
4:20 pm - 5:00 pm In Conversation- Spotlight on ESG: How can industry work together to develop a best practice approach to embedding ESG factors into the investment process and dealing practices? Kirstie MacGillivray - CEO- UK, Aegon Asset Management Therese Niklasson - Head of Sustainable Investment, Newton Investment Management Adrie Heinsbroek - Chief Sustainability Officer, NN Investment PartnersJoin this interactive discussion that will explore how the industry can start to progress thinking around the application of ESG across asset class. The speakers will delve into approaches to selecting counterparties, collaboration between responsible investing and trading teams, and empowering your front office function to embed ESG considerations into their investment and trading decisions- input from the audience is encouraged.
Track B: Crypto Assets
4:20 pm - 5:00 pm Crypto Market Structure Panel: How is the institutional crypto market structure evolving and how can you prepare your desk for the adoption of crypto and digital assets trading? Jean-Marc Bonnefous - Managing Partner, Tellurian Capital Sven Schubert - Head of FX Strategy, Vontobel Asset Management Jenna Wright - Managing Director, LMAX Digital Basu Choudhury - Head of Strategic Initiatives, OSTTRA FX & Securities Michael Koegler - Managing Principal, Market Alpha Advisors Andrew Mosson - Head of Sales, Bitpanda ProØ Crypto micro market structure: An overview of the current crypto trading platforms, exchanges and broker landscape
Ø What are the challenges around integrating digital assets within your current infrastructure?
Ø How can you develop digital wallet capabilities to be able to hold crypto and digital assets in the future?
Ø How are custodians evolving their solutions to build an appropriate infrastructure for the crypto and digital assets market?
Ø What is the optimal model for an institutional crypto desk?
Track C: PM Strategies: Macro Data Analytics
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm PM Boardroom: Leveraging quantitative modelling: How can you implement the latest AI and ML tools to optimise your portfolio performance and enable more accurate market evaluations? Dmitri Tikhonov - Chief Investment Officer, Record Currency ManagementØ How can you structure your data and what economic and market variables can you feed into your models to drive fund performance?
Ø How can you leverage quantitative models for macro mapping and forecasting?
Ø How can you best combine quantitative signals and fundamental analysis to enhance portfolio performance?
Ø How can you build machine learning models to map out dollar behaviour and to derive confidence in your dollar view?
Track D: Corporate Boardroom
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Corporate Boardroom: How can you work with your counterparties and providers to leverage algos and TCA capabilities to reduce transaction costs and minimise market risk? Amar Nath- Hazarika - Senior Treasury Dealer, Amazon Laura Simionescu - Head of Financial Risk, Global Treasury, British American TobaccoØ How can algorithmic trading benefit corporates of all sizes?
Ø What are the best methods of evaluating and identifying the types of algos you want to interact with?
Ø What are the different types of algos and how can you control how the order gets executed?
Ø How can you utilise pre-trade analytics to inform trade decision-making and to determine whether to execute via algo, RFQ or send via screen?
Ø How can you leverage post-trade TCA insights to compare execution methods and determine use and effectiveness of algos vs streaming in small clips vs risk transfer?
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
TradeTech FX Prohibition Party! Open to all attendees
Join us for our prohibition themed party. Kick back with a martini as you are thrown back in time to a 1920’s speakeasy bar. Enjoy cocktails and delectable dishes as you catch up with peers and colleagues whilst enjoying the dulcet tones of our blues musicians.