Mr Howard Tai

Senior Analyst
Aite Group

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Howard.

Day 1- Tuesday February 14th 2017

Tuesday, March 8th, 2016

Clearing houses- How do they see regulation driving their business and how will they disintermediate?
What are the alternative models for clearing and who can provide a reliable clearing service under the new requirements?
What are the economic benefits to clearing vs not clearing certain DX products?
Voluntary clearing- Will market participants now voluntarily clear FX products that do not fall under clearing requirements?
What will the knock on effects with the new guidelines and will the buy side favour certain strategies over others to mitigate this?

Friday, March 2nd, 2018

Analyzing the state of liquidity- What have been the key drivers to illiquidity in FX markets and what strategies can you exploit to over come them?
The link between volatility and illiquidity- How can you best manage your FX execution in volatile conditions?
Black swan risk mitigation- How can liquidity conditions be improved during times of market stress and how can you adapt your strategy to manage this?
Should the distribution of liquidity be more evenly spread between the top banks and the rest in order to facilitate a fairer Aggregating a fragmented market- How can technology help you understand liquidity conditions to help you make more informed trading decisions?
Hot potato trading- Does this represent the future for FX with reduced risk appetite and inventory on the sell side?

How do the traditional FX trading approaches need to change in order to prosper in a new FX structure?
What expertise and technological know how is now needed on the buy side in increasingly electronic markets?
How is the impact of senior staff leaving and reduced risk appetite impacting the required skillsets of buy side traders?
Is increased technology usage leading to the disintermediation of relationships between the buy and sell side?