The Invitation-Only Forum for Heads of Equity Trading at Europe’s Leading Buy Side Firms

TradeTech Connect is the invite-only event for Heads of Equity Trading at Europe’s Leading Buy Side Firms. We provide high-level networking through a VIP, closed-door experience, supplemented by pre-qualified 1-1 meetings with hand-picked solution providers.

In November 2023, over 2 days we brought together Heads of Equity Trading at Europe’s Leading Buy Side Firms to the luxury venue, Sopwell House, St Albans! We hosted 19 engaging sessions to encourage benchmarking and learning from these senior peers. In addition, we offered 7 stand-alone 1-1 meeting slots; resulting in a total of 51 pre-qualified 30 minute meetings. Not just this, we also had networking experiences from our Networking Drinks Reception & our Three-Course Gala Dinner!

Our senior attendees represented some of Europe’s Leading Buy Side Firms, such as:

Capital Group, Fidelity International, Man Group, Wellington Management, Janus Henderson Investors, Baille Gifford, T.Rowe Price, UBS, Sarasin and Partners & Unigestion

The audience breakdown at TradeTech Connect read as follows:

View the full list of attendees here.

Our Firms Investment Priority

The Heads of Equity Trading that attended TradeTech Connect were the top decision makers and budget holders who are actively seeking new solutions. All our attendees had a minimum of £100 million in assets under management, with 33% of these having assets under management of £100 billion+.

With the extensive profiling and marketing campaign that happens in the lead up to the event, you can guarantee that deals are made across the 2 days.

Here is a look at the solutions our TradeTech Connect Heads of Equity Trading were looking to invest in, within the following 12 months:

An Unrivalled Speaker Faculty

Under Chatham House Rule, our 64 speakers hosted a mix of high-level strategic case studies and interactive discussions focused on the industries biggest growth priorities. Our audience were able to engage in high-level strategic case studies and interactive discussions to benchmark their equity trading plans. Our packed agenda of 19 sessions covered pressing industry topics, from Leveraging Advanced Analytics & Thriving in Future Markets to Embracing Generative AI & Overcoming the Liquidity Shortage.

• David Rukshin, CTO, WorldQuant
• Paul Battams, Head of EMEA Trading, BlackRock
• Alessia Berardi, Head of EM Macro and Strategy Research, Amundi Institute
• Tom Stevenson, Head of Equity Trading, EMEA, Fidelity International
• Adam Conn, Head Trading, Baillie Gifford
• Rachel Przybylski, Head of Business Delivery, Office of the CTO, Man Technology, Man Group
• Matt Howell, Global Head of Derivatives and Multi-Asset Trading, T. Rowe Price
• Virginie Saade, Head of Government and Regulatory Policy, Citadel
• Tim Mace, Head of Data and Machine Learning, Man Group
• Matthew McLoughlin, Chief Commercial Officer, Partner, Liontrust Asset Management

These are just a handful of the brilliant speakers we heard from at TradeTech Connect 2023.

Take a look at the full speaker line up and topics discussed by downloading our agenda here.

"An insightful few days with some exceptional minds around the table, I look forward to seeing you in Paris for TradeTech Europe." - Daniel Nelham, Senior Sales Executive, big xyt

Social Media was Buzzing

There was a great buzz on social media whilst TradeTech Connect was taking place. Here’s a look at some of our favourite posts on LinkedIn:

BehaviorQuant, Sponsor of TradeTech Connect – “Thank you, tradetech! Our team had an incredible time at this year's event, where we had the privilege of delivering a keynote and engaging in fruitful business meetings with fellow fintech enthusiasts. It was a fantastic opportunity to share our insights and innovations with the industry's finest. We're excited about the connections we've made and the potential collaborations ahead.”

big xyt, Sponsor of TradeTech Connect – “Great conversations had with many of the buy-side attendees, and a big thank you to all that attended our workshop on pre-trade data analytics.”

"A big thank you to the well drilled and professional team at TradeTech Connect for the excellent couple of days at the beautiful Sopwell House!" - Mark Montgomery, Strategy & Business Development, big xyt

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TradeTech Connect 2024 – 19 – 21 November

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