TradeTech FX USA 2017 (past event)
February 13 - 15, 2017
Contact Us: 44 (0) 207 367 9576
Pete Eggleston
CEO
BestX
Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Pete.
Download The Latest AgendaDay 1- Tuesday February 14th 2017
Tuesday, March 8th, 2016
14:00 360 Perspective: FX Best Ex strategy selection- How can you establish when to use different execution strategies to meet your best execution needs?
- Clarifying best execution- What really is the best investment process, what practices can you follow and how can you prove it?
- Strategy selection- How can you fully understand what is the right strategy for the right environment?
- Bilateral vs. automated execution- How can you establish which method of execution is best suited for certain market conditions?
- Risk transfer vs. Algos- What tools are available and essential to help you meet your best execution obligations?
- Delivering liquidity- How are the sell side overcoming their liquidity constraints to continue to offer a reliable service to the buy side in order for them to meet their best execution needs?
16:55 Oxford Style Debate: True or False- Last look is a major hindrance and should be removed from FX markets
- True or False- The removal of last look would be a major detriment to FX markets
- What is the logic behind last look and what are the triggers for rejecting the tickets?
- Does last look hinder ‘fair market’ conditions and benefit the sell side too or is it a fair and open methodology?
- Can banks be more transparent with how they handle client flows?
- Last look standardization- Should all liquidity providers adhere to last look standards in order to improve transparency and help regulate the usage of last look?
Day 2- Wednesday February 15th 2017
Friday, March 2nd, 2018
13:40 360 Perspective: Debating the 4pm FIX - What are the pros and cons for trading at this benchmark?
- Changes to the benchmark- what have been the mechanical changes to the 4pm FIX and what else is to come to make this a safer, more reliable benchmark?
- What are the alternatives to trading at the 4pm FIX and how can you realistically move away from this benchmark?
- What benefits can trading at other times of the day bring with regards to pricing and liquidity?
- Debate- Should the window be extended further to make it even less susceptible to price fixing or is 5 minutes sufficient?