Thank you very much to all those of you who joined us in Paris in April. Despite the past year of turmoil in the world’s capital markets, TradeTech 2009 was attended by over 1600 market participants, and lived up to its reputation as the must-attend event of the equities trading calendar…. Here’s why:
- A one stop shop – covers the entire breadth of equity trading and technology issues: the most in depth equities trading event in the conference calendar
- Attended by over 450 members of Europe’s buyside, including over 60 Heads of Desk TradeTech is the event of choice for both long-only and hedge fund traders, of all levels
- A platform for high-level, frank discussion and debate between the industry’s most prominent experts: this is where the future of equity trading is shaped
- An unrivalled speaker faculty of over 100 experts from the buy side and sell side
- Themed conference streams so that you can create a personalised agenda to meet your training needs
- Extensive networking opportunities built into the programme over the entire three days of the event
- Interactive sessions so that you can benchmark your strategies and practices against the most prominent experts
- Opportunities throughout the conference to ask questions and ensure your specific challenges are addressed
- Exclusive keynote presentations giving you real insight into the most cutting-edge, big picture issues
- TradeTech City: a huge solutions zone with all the industry solution providers together in one place
TradeTech 2009 was completely freshened up according to what the sponsors and delegates told us they wanted from the event…
Entertaining attendees in a new look exhibition area, TradeTech City, crammed full of exciting stands to visit and things to do: a massage station, trading-hormone experiments, lively cafes, and lots of parties!
Providing delegates with a crystal ball to help them forecast the future of the industry with big picture economic and political presentations from Paul Donovan, UBS’ chief economist, and the Rt Hon. Michaela Portillo
Incisively moderated and forward looking panel discussions debating TCA, dark pool, and of course the fragmentation of the execution landscape
High level insight on the direction of the asset management industry from the CEOs of Invesco, John Lock Investments and Capital Fund Management
Lots of audience participation during the interactive voting sessions and q&a segments ensured that participants raised all of the issues on the top of their agendas
The closed door interactive roundtable sessions provided buyside heads of desk with a forum to discuss key issues such as TCA, counterparty risk and DMA
The ever-popular trading technology think tank led by Dave Cliff continued to explore how academia and industry can best capitalise on current and forthcoming innovations in trading technology
Supporting the charity Futures for Kids to spread the benefits of TradeTech far and wide