European Trading Forum
The Dorchester
London, England
Breakfast
Conference Opening & Welcome
Keynote Address
The CIO-Head Trader Partnership: Turning Theory into Practice
The chief investment officer and the head trader play pivotal roles at a hedge fund. This session - featuring CIOs and traders from some of the industry's most successful firms - will present case studies delving into the dynamics of that relationship, and offer insights into how the more theoretical realm of investment strategy is applied to day-to-day trading strategy.
Coffee Break
A Roadmap for the Hedge Fund-Brokerage Relationship
The partnership between fund managers and their brokers is intimate and vital. Involving a range of services, including prime brokerage, securities lending and trading technology, the partnership between funds and brokers has many possible benefits - and potential pitfalls. In this panel, executives from both sides of the relationship will discuss what managers look for and what their brokers can provide.
Building a Trading Infrastructure
Trading operations are critical for hedge funds of all sizes and track records. In this session, both established and emerging managers will identify the latest trends in building an efficient trading infrastructure, and shed light on key issues including building vs buying, staffing and streamlining front and back offices.
Luncheon
Trading Advisor Roundtable
Managers trading futures have long resided on the cutting edge of technological development within the hedge fund sector. This panel, featuring some of Europe's best-performing trading advisors, will spotlight the next generation of innovation for the broader industry.
Refreshment Break
FX Focus: Finding Returns in a Challenging Currency Climate
With the markets in turmoil and the US dollar continuing to tumble, the foreign exchange market presents both pitfalls and opportunities. Our panel of leading currency fund managers and technologists will discuss where they’re placing their bets in the months ahead, and how their trading programs are providing them with a competitive edge.
Allocators and Operational Due Diligence
In the wake of recent high-profile fund blow-ups, investors are looking in ever greater detail at managers' trading operations. In this session, some of the industry's leading allocators will discuss what they look for in an asset management firm and how heavily they weight a fund's trading infrastructure in their investment decisions.