Interviewed by: Kevin McPartland

Viewed as an industry pioneer, Michael oversees a global trading team operating 24 hours per day responsible for the execution of long and short trades in over seventy-five markets. They also gathering intelligence on new instruments including hard currency and local currency debt. Having successfully steered Eaton Vance’s FX trading desk trough choppy waters in 2015, Michael will share his expertise on:

• Assessing the impact of the developing regulatory environment- What makes a compliant trading desk in 2016?

• What strategies can you exploit to ensure you are tapping into the best liquidity pools at the right times?

• In an increasingly electronic market, what are the latest technology trends you should be monitoring to improve your overall trading performance?

• Minimizing risk- How can you protect your desk when major tectonic shifts occur such as the SNB incident last January?

Both regulation and e-trading has changed the buy side perception of the sell side value proposition. As banks become more restricted on the risk they can take in FX markets, more agency like models have come to the fore. This contentious debate will provide both sides of the argument on what model is best suited for your trading operations. Attend this debate and decide for yourself:

• Is it now much more efficient for banks to act as agency and execute trades for clients, or is the principal model still the most reliable form of trading?
• Does increasingly electronic markets mean agency like models are inevitable in FX, or will principal based models remain the dominant form of trading?
• Will there always be the need for a principal broker in FX or are they a dying breed?
• Do the advantages of e-trading such as improved reliability outweigh the disadvantages such as the loss of the human touch in FX trading?