San Francisco Trading Technology Summit 2016

Key Topics

• The implication of the lack of liquidity on banks, trading firms and the buy-side
• What is liquidity today? understanding who is actually accessing it and at what cost?
• How to overcome mini flash crashes? should it be monitored by regulators? which market is most exposed to mini crashes?
• Are we prepared for a liquidity crisis?
• Trading strategies
• How liquidity differs between markets
• What are bitcoin and blockchain?
• Developments in transaction cost analysis (tca): do they live up to industry requirements?
• The emerging role of derivative instruments and impact on digital currency trading
• The rise and fall of bitcoin- to what extent is the risk rewarded? how susceptible to cyber threats is bitcoin in comparison to more traditional methods?
• Applying the blockchain technology to achieve efficient trading, settlement and other capital markets uses
• Valuation challenges of digital currencies and how this impacts strategies, portfolios, etc
• Transparency - partially public/open ledgers
• The suitability of blockchain, particularly for permissioned groups with known participants. practical challenges of blockchain`s adoption
• Optimal vendor management, contract negotiation and slas
• Enhancing your technology infrastructure to increase your performance, agility and speed of change
• Sourcing and retaining it talent
• Outsourcing issues