Best Execution Program

Tapping liquidity for best execution

8.30

Registration and Breakfast

9.00

Chairman’s opening remarks

9.10

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Utilizing trading technology from the buy side

  • Benjamin Blander, Head of Electronic Equity Trading, CITADEL INVESTMENT GROUP, L.L.C.

9.50

PANEL: Putting the Smart into Smart Order Routing

  • Using smart order routing to optimize trade flow
  • Integrating dark liquidity pools
  • Managing different liquidity profiles for cross-asset trading
  • Dark pools – Successful navigation for the buy side
  • Compliance with regulations across different asset classes
  • Creating a liquidity seeking approach to resolve increased liquidity fragmentation

Thomas Chippas, Head of Autobahn Equity North America, DEUTSCHE BANK
Harry Gozlan, CEO & Founder, SMART TRADE
Brian Metz, Senior Vice President, Electronic Execution Solutions, NYFIX
Michael Mollemans, Senior Vice President, Head of Electronic Execution Sales, DAIWA SECURITIES AMERICA INC.
Mark Palmer, President and COO, STREAMBASE SYSTEMS, INC.
Timothy W. Reilly, Managing Director, Head of Electronic Execution Sales, CITI MARKETS & BANKING
Jarrod Yuster, Managing Director, Global Head of Portfolio and Electronic Trading, MERRILL LYNCH

10.50

Morning break and networking opportunity

11.20

PRESENTATION: Managing liquidity in a fragmented market

  • Creating a customized, aggregated book to achieve best execution
  • Liquidity sharing agreements and their effect on industry consolidation
  • Implementing Reg. NMS and MiFiD definitions of best execution

Robert Kissell, Head of Quantitative Trading Strategy, JPMORGAN CHASE

11.50

PANEL: Using intelligent algorithms to source liquidity

  • Best practices for using algorithmic trading in dark pools
  • Optimizing an array of algorithms for different market conditions
  • Combining liquidity seeking algorithms with best execution requirements
  • Benchmarking algorithmic performance
  • Time to roll your own

Moderator: Matthew Simon, Analyst, TABB GROUP

Jeff Brown, Senior Vice President, Electronic Brokerage Services, FIDELITY CAPITAL MARKETS SERVICES
David Margulies, Director of Algorithmic Execution, WEEDEN & CO. L.P.
Rishi Nangalia, Managing Director and Head of Business Development, Electronic Trading, GOLDMAN SACHS
Jamil Nazarali, Managing Director, Head of Electronic Trading Group, KNIGHT
Thomas Parry, Director of Algorithmic Trading, PLIMSOLL CAPITAL, LLC

12.50

Lunch break and networking opportunity

1.50

PRESENTATION: Measuring effectiveness of dark pools – successful strategies for trading and achieving best execution

  • Aggregating dark pools
  • Predicting liquidity in dark pools
  • Avoiding toxic dark pools

Dmitri Galinov, Director, Advanced Execution Services, CREDIT SUISSE

2.20

PANEL: Building the Better Mouse Trap: Home Grown vs. Vendor-Provided trading technology?

  • Forgoing the broker – the buy-side challenges of taking on the trading responsibility
  • Using exchange-provided execution tools
  • Developing the infrastructure to handle complex trading environments
  • Deploying low-latency execution infrastructures
  • Offsetting increasing technology costs with soft dollar arrangements

Moderator: Matthew K. Samelson, Senior Analyst, Securities & Investments Practice, AITE GROUP, LLC

Scott Atwell, Manager FIX Trading and Connectivity, AMERICAN CENTURY INVESTMENTS & Co-chair of Global Steering Committee, FIX PROTOCOL LTD
Sinan Baskan, Director, Financial Markets Solutions, SYBASE
Ju Joh, Chief Technology Officer, CAPSTONE INVESTMENT ADVISORS
Raman Kannan, Chief Technology Officer, ROSENBLATT SECURITIES, INC.

Jeff Wootton, VP Product Strategy, Executive Team, ALERI

3.10

Afternoon break and an opportunity to network

3.40

PANEL: Achieving best execution: benchmarks and transaction cost analysis

  • Attracting order flow through effective transaction measurement
  • Designing flexible TCA tools to allow for multiple benchmarks
  • Choosing the best benchmark: VWAP and beyond
  • Pre-trade tools and real time monitoring

Moderator: Laurie J. Berke, Senior Consultant, TABB GROUP

Robert Almgren, Founder and CQO, QUANTITATIVE BROKERS
Josh Levy, Managing Director, TACTICAL ASSET MANAGEMENT
Gaurav Mundra, Vice President, Head of Transaction Cost Analysis, Advanced Execution Services, CREDIT SUISSE
Ruth Colagiuri, Director, Electronic Trading, MERRILL LYNCH
Chris Willox, Director of Trading, FENIMORE ASSET MANAGEMENT

4.30

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Robert L.D. Colby, Deputy Director, Division of Trading and Markets, SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

5.00

Chairman’s closing remarks

5.10

Best Execution cocktail reception

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