DAY ONE: FIXED INCOME - Tuesday, 12 February

DAY TWO: CROSS MARKET - Wednesday, 13 February  

DAY THREE: EQUITIES - Thursday, 14 February 

DAY ONE: FIXED INCOME -  Tuesday, 12 February

8:00 - 9:00

Registration and Continental Breakfast

 

9:00 - 9:25

Welcome, Introduction & Fixed Income eTrading Survey Presentation

 

Mark Austen
Managing Director
EPDA/SIFMA

 

 

9:25 - 10:15

The SIFMA 2008 FI eTrading Survey:  Trends as told to us  

     

SIFMA will release the third annual comprehensive survey on the European fixed income eTrading industry which has the backing of all the trading platforms, major sellside players, and key buyside accounts as well as comments from senior industry representatives.  It will reveal the eTrading trends. How much is really traded electronically? And what will be the next big eTrading products? IRS? CDS? Senior representatives from trading platforms will discuss the "trends as told to us" in a panel format and quite possibly disagree with them!

 

Moderator:

 

James Rutter
Director of Business Development
Financial News

 

Panellists:

 

Mark Austen
Managing Director
EPDA/SIFMA

 

Roger Barton
Managing Director

TradeWeb

 

Jason Connolly
Product Development of eTrading
Bloomberg

 

Fabrizio Testa

Head of Marketing

MTS/BondVision

 

Steve Gallagher

Head of Europe

MarketAxess

 

10:15 - 10:45

Refreshment Break

 

10: 20 - 10:40 

MarketAxess Session (Room A)

MTS Session (Room B):  Evolution of Fixed Income Data - A new economy or false economy? 

10:45 - 11:45

A View From the Buyside

 

A panel formed exclusively of leading fixed income investors who represent a range of client types and fixed income assets.  They explain their eTrading process and reveal what works and where improvements need to be focused?  They will address improvements to the eTrading process in the last year and reveal what they expect and want from 2008.

 

Moderator:

 

Ian Williams
ex-Leading Investor

 

Panelist:

  

Andrew Munro

Global Head of Trading

Henderson Global Investors

 

Nick Robinson
Head of Trading, Fixed Income
Schroders

 

Chris Skelton

Associate Director Central Dealing Desk

Legal & General Investment Management

 

Peter van Kleef

Chief Executive Officer

Lakeview Arbitrage

 

11:45 - 12:45

Market Turbulence and New Developments:  What does the sellside have to say?

 

How have market events impacted the impression of and relationship with eTrading?  How can we maintain a high level of performance and service in trying market conditions?  Did the market's response enhance or set back thoughts of an exchange-traded model?  Platforms: Are we experiencing a development of dominance by a single or limited number of platforms, both per product and by extending into multi product/asset classes?  Is the potential dominance by a limited number of platforms both per product and via the extention into multi product/asset class a threat (pricing) or an opportunity (liquidity)?  Bonds and swaps - separate or single desks?  How far can it extend?  Could we envisage extension to corporate bonds?  Do clients see any difference?  Do they care?  Disclosure of axes on platforms: Attraction to sellside?  Perceived attraction to buyside?

 

Moderator:

 

Ian Williams
ex-Leading Investor

 

Panellists:

 

Stephane Cuny

Co-Head of Interest Rates Swap - Europe

Société Générale

 

Frederic Lasry

Head of Short & Medium Term Government Bond Trading

BNP Paribas

 

 

 

Clement Perrette
Managing Director, Co-Head SWAP & Government Bond Trading Europe
Barclays Capital

 

Claudio Pinto

Managing Director, Head of Euro/Sterling Liquid Rates Trading

Dresdner Bank

 

Josep Santacana
Head of Trading of European Liquid Bonds
Calyon

 

12:45 - 14:15

Lunch & View Exhibits

 

13:15 - 13:35

Bloomberg Session (Room A): Integration: Bloomberg and OMS. Learn to leverage your existing OMS to BBG to achieve full STP of your cash bond trading(both eTrading an dvoice trades) at no additional costs.

 

13:40 - 14:00

Smart Trade Session (Room A): Crossing Securities in a High Frequency Environment.

Tradeweb Session (Room B): Deposits Online - The key to fast efficient and transparetn placement.

 

14:15 - 15:05

Market Structure:  What do the changes of today mean for tomorrow? 

 

Execution venues - further fragmentation rather than the expected consolidation?
While the market has been expecting a consolidation for a long time new platforms have emerged in 2007 (LiquidityHub, QWIXX and Trading Screen).  Alongside significant dealer investment in Tradeweb, the announced decline of single dealer platforms has not happened. On the contrary, we have seen a surge of increased products and functionality on single dealer platforms.  OTC model versus Exchange traded model.

 

Trading models - which is the right one and at what price?
There are currently 5 trading models - which one is the right one or are all applicable? Request for Quote (RFQ), Request fro Stream (RFS), Click to trade, List trading and Spread Trading. Does the merit for the buyside to access the liquidity over the ECNs justify charging?

 

 

Moderator:

 

David Holcombe

Head of Business Development

ODL Securities

 

Panellists:

 

Emanuele Caloia

Managing Director, Head of Flow Rates eTrading
Dresdner Kleinwort

 

Robert MacLeod

Chief Executive Officer 
LiquidityHub

 

Simon Maisey

Executive Director
JPMorgan

 

Michelle Neal
Head of Electronic Markets
The Royal Bank of Scotland

 

Stephane Rio

Chief Executive Officer

Swapstream

  

Stu Taylor

Managing Director, Head of Global EBusiness, Fixed Income

UBS

 

15:05 - 15:35

Refreshment Break

 

15:10 - 15:30  (Two Streams)

Ipreo Session (Room A)

SwapStream Session (Room B): CME Swaps on Swapstream: learn about the first centrally cleared interest rate swap.

 

15:35 - 16:25

CDS:  What developments have we seen in CDS market in recent months? 

 

What are each of the sellside and the buyside looking to achieve with using electronic trading for CDS?  What is the cause of  resistance? Lack of platform functionality or flexibility?  Why hasn't it taken off to date? Will eTrading be a transition of phone business or will it fundamentally change/grow the CDS market? Is the future exchange based for CDS?

 

Moderator:

 

James Wallin
Senior Vice President
AllianceBernstein

 

Panellists:

 

Niall Cameron
Executive Vice President
Markit

  

Mazy Dar

Chief Strategy Officer

Creditex

 

Katja Fleischmann

Executive Director

Goldman Sachs

 

Tim Frost

Director

Cairn Capital

 

Richard McVey

Chief Executive Officer

MarketAxess

 

16:25 - 17:15

Swaps: Current status, market evolution & its impact on the business

 

A discussion of the latest Swap electronic trading initiatives around IRS and their liquidity providers. How is the speed to market of the increased offered functionality on platforms? How effectively are butterflies and forward starting swaps traded? How can swaps electronic volumes be increased with a more efficient credit process and what is the impact on CDS?

 

 

 

Moderator:

 

Silvio Oliviero

ION Trading   

 

Panellists:

 

Andrew Bernard

Managing Director, Sales

TradeWeb

 

Frank Häring
Head of Derivatives Marketing Germany/Austria/Switzerland

JPMorgan

 

Jon Linton
Head of Euro Delta Trading
The Royal Bank of Scotland 

 

Nick Robinson
Head of Trading, Fixed Income
Schroders

  

Edward Willems
Co-head of Interest Rate Derivatives
Calyon

 

17:15 - 17:30
 

Closing Remarks

17:30 - 19:30

Networking Reception

Jointly hosted by our Conference Sponsors

 DAY TWO: CROSS MARKET -  Wednesday, 13 February 

8:00 - 8:30

Registration and Continental Breakfast

 

8:30 - 8:45

Welcome

 

Mark Austen
Managing Director
EPDA/SIFMA

 

8:45 - 9:05

Derivatives Presentation: Setting the stage

Sabrina Belkadi
Co-Head of Global Listed Derivatives Product Development
Goldman Sachs

 

9:05 - 9:45

Derivatives

 

The move to multi-asset trading. The need for speed: both transactional and market data. The rise in algorithmic trading. The need for more integration (OMS - EMS). The multi-broker trend - is this coming to the Futures market? The challenges to delivering the technology (silos, organisational challenges, etc.)

 

Moderator:

 

Brian Daly
Managing Director, Head of Listed Derivative Clearing
Morgan Stanley

 

Panellists:

 

Sabrina Belkadi
Co-Head of Global Listed Derivatives Product Development
Goldman Sachs

 

Denis Frances

Head of Equities & Derivatives Flow Sales

BNP Paribas

 

Steve Grob
Director of Derivatives Products
Fidessa

 

John Wareham

Chief Commercial Officer

Aspect Capital

 

9:45 - 10:30

Keynote Address presented by:

 

Nicola Horlick
Chief Executive Officer
Bramdean Asset Management

 

10:30 11:00

Refreshment Break

 

10:35 - 10:55 

Progress Apama Session (Room A)

 

11:00 - 11:20

Multi-Asset Trading Platforms: Setting the Stage 

 

Bob Giffords

Banking & Technology Analyst

Independent Consultant

 

The Big Bang of the 80s, made way for economies of scale abolishing fixed commissions on trading shares and saw the investment into new in-house trading technology. With the rise of take overs and acquisitions, companies looked to finance via a medium of financial instruments. Additionally, the growth of private equity and hedge funds has also increased demand for multi-assets ranging from the traditional bonds to alternative products. As the 'new firms' on the street expand into traditional prop trading roles, the increase in competition and ever diminishing margins through greater transparency has lead to a wealth of electronic offerings from multi-dealer platforms. What is the future appetite for a one-stop shop cross-asset solutions platform?

 

11:20 - 12:00

Multi-Asset Trading Platforms:  Fantasy or potential reality?


What is a cross-asset trading platform (CATP)? Why hasn't a CATP emerged in the market place of yet?  What are the risks and barriers? What is the next stage in the development of CATP?

 

Moderator:

 

Bob Giffords

Banking & Technology Analyst

Independent Consultant

 

Panellists:

 

Jonathan Cooper
Global Head of Fixed Income & FX Sales
TradingScreen

 

Miko Eda

Global Head of eCommerce Sales

Citi

 

Christophe Marcilloux
Co-Head of the Fixed Income Trading Desk

Société Générale Asset Management

 

Chris Marsh

European Head of AES Trading & Development

Credit Suisse

 

Peter van Kleef
Chief Executive Officer
Lakeview Arbitrage

 

12:00 - 13:30

Lunch & View Exhibits

 

12:30 - 13:10

FIX Protocol Session (General Session Room)

 

12:05 - 12:25

Exhibitor Sessions (Two Streams)

 

13:05 - 13:25

Exhibitor Sessions (Two Streams)

 

13:30 - 13:35

FX:  Setting the Stage

 

Colin Lambert
Editor
Profit & Loss

 

13:35 - 14:05

FX Vendor Discussion: An introduction to foreign exchange eCommerce and the key trends currently impacting this market sector.

 

New trading platforms and consolidation (anonymous trading model).  New growths areas in FX market: evolving market structure with retail FX.

 

Moderator:

 

Colin Lambert
Editor
Profit & Loss

 

Panellists:

 

David Newns

Head of Technical Services Europe

Currenex

 

Derek Sammann

Head of FX Products, Managing Director

CME Group

 

David Woolcock
FXaII

 

14:05 - 14:35

FX Sellside Discussion

 

Margin / fees; transparency / opaque; single bank / multi-bank - liquidity goes where liquidity is. Increased usage of algorithmic trading and algo execution. Emmergence of agregators: is it a competion for the some of the current platforms? What is the next step? FX Options, Retail, Payments factory, cross asset systems?  Increased client demand for trading API and STP, the FIX Protocol offering increased functionality for this asset class to meet this need. What is it?

 

Moderator:

 

Colin Lambert
Editor
Profit & Loss

 

Panellists:

 

James Dalton

Director, FX&LM eCommerce

Citi

 

Ian Green

Managing Director, Global Head of FX

Credit Suisse

 

Stéphane Malrait
Managing Director, Head of eCommerce FI & FX
Société Générale

 

Rhomaios Ram
Managing Director, Global Head of eCommerce Sales
Deutsche Bank

 

Takis Spiropoulos
Head of FX e-Commerce Sales & Trading
Merrill Lynch

 

14:35 - 15:25

 

 

Market Turmoil: The economists' view on what went wrong and what we can expect along the road to recovery

 

We'll hear from the leading economists in our industry discussing the factors leading up to the credit crunch, how the market responded and what we can expect to see as the market rebuilds.  The panel will cover both the market generally and more specifically how eTrading is effected.  They will also speak to what measures need to be taken and are already in place that can prevent this sort of crisis in the future.

 

Moderator:

 

James Hertling

Government Editor

Bloomberg

 

Panellists:

  

Geoffrey Dicks

Chief UK Economist

The Royal Bank of Scotland

 

Michael Hampden-Turner

Credit Strategy

Citi

 

Paul Mortimer-Lee
Global Head of Market Economics
BNP Paribas

 

15:25 - 15:55

 

 

 

Refreshment Break

 

15:30 - 15:50

Quod Financial Session (Room A)

 

15:55 - 16:40

MiFID Securities Trading: Creating a Single Market with Global Impact

 

Over recent months the European trading Environment has witnessed significant change. Market structure has evolved, business practices have been enhanced, barriers to competition have been removed and a growing number of new execution venues have emerged.

 

This session will explore the status and glitches of MiFID implementation across Europe: How up to date is your firm’s passport? What impact on your trading activity and your client relationships? It will include an update from the European Commission and discuss the challenges faced by firms as they seek to conduct security transactions across Europe post-MiFID. This session will also review MiFID in the global marketplace, comparing it with other similar regulations (eg US Reg NMSAre these regulations twins, cousins or distant relatives?) and will discuss more broadly how MiFID fits in the current EU-US debate on creating a more effective and efficient regulatory regime for transatlantic capital markets transactions, including mutual recognition.

 

Moderator:

 

Bertrand Huet
Managing Director, European Legal and Regulatory Counsel

SIFMA

 

Panellists: 

 

Chris Bates

Partner

Clifford Chance

 

Karel Lannoo
Chief Executive Officer
Centre for European Policy Studies 

 

 

 

Chris Pickles

Head of Marketing - Investment Banking & Global Accounts
FIX Protocol Committee Member

BT Global Financial Services

 

Laurence White
Seconded National Expert
European Commission

 

16:40 - 17:20
 

Hedge Funds Panel

 

How have last summer's events affected the eTrading distribution/prices/liquidity to the HF? Is eTrading is now the best way to channel HF needs? How do HF feel in the different products? Has the gap between the plain vanilla and more complex structure widened? What is the perceived future of the eTrading distribution? Do you find that eTrading offers adequate access to liquidity? Could any improvement in eTrading benefit greater liquidity? How is liquidity today? Is there still room for exchange model in the plain vanilla business? How are new distribution channels such as Liquidity Hub perceived? Are HF interested in market making? What are the next steps for eTrading? What should the next developments be? Is eTrading a way to avoid settlement problems more so than a trading capacity? How will liquidity and the crisis will affect the HF business model?

 

 

Moderator:

 

Gonzalo Rodriguez

Managing Director, Global Head of Liquid Bonds Business

Calyon

 

Panellists:

 

 

Kevin Arnold

Managing Director

Deutsche Bank

 

Christophe Marcilloux
Co-Head of the Fixed Income Trading Desk

Société Générale Asset Management

 
Diego Megia 

Principal

Elcano Fund 

 

Luis Valderrama

Executive Director, Chief Investment Office

JPMorgan


Sunay Yildiz 

Principal

Old Bromthom Capital

 

17:20 - 17:40

 

17:40

18:40 -22:30

 

Closing Remarks

 

Cocktail

Evening Entertainment & Dinner

Jointly hosted by our Conference Sponsors

DAY THREE: EQUITIES -  Thursday, 14 February

8:30 - 9:15

Registration and Continental Breakfast

 

9:15 - 9:20 

Welcome

 

Mark Austen
Managing Director
EPDA/SIFMA

 

9:20 - 9:40

The SIFMA 2008 Equities eTrading Survey:  Trends as told to us  

 

SIFMA will release the first comprehensive survey on the European equties eTrading industry which has the backing of all major sellside players, and key buyside accounts as well as comments from senior industry representatives. 

 

Mark Austen
Managing Director
EPDA/SIFMA

 

9:40 - 11:00

Exchange vs ATS: The trading model face-off
 
This unique panel will offer each ATS a set time limit for a presentation to pitch the  benefits of their offering and why it will make a difference to the market followed by the same format from the exchanges who will  have  the opportunity  of a rebuttal to defend their model. After the pitches, an ATS & Exchange panel with audience interaction and real-time voting will attempt to decide the debate.
 
ATS: With so many new options it's hard to know who offers what. We will hear from each ATS explaining what's unique and desirable about their offering. 
 
Exchange: The exchanges take the floor to have a go at convincing us why "tried and true" is still the better way.
 
ATS & Exchange Panel: With real-time voting and live "Ask the Moderator" questions, the audience has their say.

 

Moderator:

 

William Harts

President

Harts & Company

 

ATS Panellists:

 

John Barker

Managing Director

Liquidnet Europe 

 

Alfred Berkeley

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Pipeline

  

Alasdair Haynes

Chief Executive Officer

ITG International

 

Duncan Higgins

Head of Client Relationship Management

Turquoise

 

Exchange Panellists:

  

Roland Bellegarde

Head of European Cash Market, Member of the Management Committee

NYSE Euronext

 

Andrew Brenner

Managing Director & Head of ISE Stock Exchange

International Securities Exchange

 

Rainer Riess

Managing Director Cash Market Development

Deutsche Börse AG

 

Jukka Ruuska

President Nordic Marketplaces

OMX

 

11:00 - 11:30

Refreshment Break

 

11:05 - 11:25 Exhibitor Sessions (Two Streams)

 

11:30 - 11:50

Dark Liquidity: Setting the Stage

 

George Sofianos
Vice President, Head of Equity Execution Strategies
Goldman Sachs

 

11:50 - 12:45

Dark Liquidity & Fragmentation - A Necessary Evil?

 

What are the real benefits of dark liquidity? How do traditional exchanges compete?  Are we seeing further growth or are we stabilising?  The consolidated tape - what are the issues for the buyside?  How do established market benchmarks change - e.g. opening and closing prices - VWAP calculations. etc?

 

Moderator:

 

George Sofianos
Vice President, Head of Equity Execution Strategies
Goldman Sachs

 

Panellist:

 

George Andreadis 
Head of AES Liquidity Strategy, Europe
Credit Suisse

 

Daemon Bear

Head of Centralised Dealing

JPMorgan Asset Management

 

Chris Jackson

Director, Execution Sales
FIX Protocol Committee Member

Merrill Lynch

 

Siobhan McManus

Head of Trading, UK & European Equities

AllianceBernstein

 

Tony Whalley
Investment Director
Scottish Widows Investment Partnership

 

12:45 - 14:15

 

 

 Lunch & View Exhibits

 

13:00 - 13:20

Exhibitor Sessions (Two Streams)

 

13:30 - 13:50

Exhibitor Sessions (Two Streams)

 

14:15 - 15:00

Is Competition Working Effectively Under Execution Brokers?

 

Has unbundling really happened?  What is holding back unfetted competition?  Has FSA guidance been reached? Research pricing - where are we now from the dealing desk perspective? Has MIFID become a catalyst for Unbundling in Europe?  What should continental firms learn from experiences of the UK in their unbundling rollout?  What next?

 

Moderator:

 

Hardeep Rai

Head of Business Management, Investments

 

Gartmore Investment Management

 

Panellist:

 

Jeremy Bruce

Executive Director

Morgan Stanley

 

Barry Marshall

Director and Co-Founder

BidRoute

 

Richard Philipson

Principal, Investment Practice

Investit

 

Tim Tanner

Business Manager for Equities

Morley Fund Management

 

15:00 - 15:45

Best Execution: How is it Being Measured

 

What is provided?  How is it being used? Are people delivering/getting Best Execution? What tools/analytics/systems should people use and how do they evaluate them?

 

Moderator:

 

Mickael Rouillere

Chief Technology Officer

Quod Financial

 

Panellist:

 

Toby Bayliss

Head of Electronic Execution Sales, Europe

Citi

 

Robert Boardman

Head of Algorithmic Trading for ITG in Europe

ITG 

 

Brett Redfearn

Senior Managing Director

Bear, Stearns

 

George Sofianos
Vice President, Head of Equity Execution Strategies
Goldman Sachs

 

15:45 - 16:15

Refreshment Break

 

15:50 - 16:10 Exhibitor Sessions (Two Streams)

16:15 - 17:00

The Future for Buyside Dealing Desk Technology:

 

As we continue to experience accelerated growth in the trading technology space it has become apparent that ‘electronic trading’ is now a misnomer. The image invoked of simply trading over a wire is no longer appropriate. While execution itself is still an integral part of the process, it represents only a part of a wider "non-voice services" package now being demanded by the buy-side. The changing role of the buy-side trader, coupled with regulatory changes and a high degree of buy-side/ sell-side connectivity, has seen the rate of change with regard to ‘electronic trading’ outpace existing technological capabilities. In addition, the buy-side trader is taking on more execution responsibility with the focus not only on minimising explicit and implicit trading costs, but increasingly being seen as a source of additional alpha. As such, the buyside trader has become more aligned with the sell-side and requires access to more of the traditional sell-side tools such as global access to multiple liquidity pools, sophisticated analytics and trading strategies, trade optimisers and visualisation tools.

 

Moderator:

 

Geoff Patsch

European Head of Equitiy Execution Product Development

Bloomberg

 

Panellist:

 

Byron Griffin

Head of the EMEA Equity Execution Desk

Barclays Capital

 

Andrew Morgan

Head of Autobahn Equity Europe 

Deutsche Bank

   

Chris Sims

Head of IT Development
FIX Protocol Member

Gartmore Investment Management

 

Kristian West

Head of Trading Strategy

JPMorgan Asset Management

 

17:00 - 17:15
 

Closing Remarks