Agenda Snapshot

• The morning will begin with a presentation on the impact of trading costs in 2008 – and how they are affecting the selection of buyside firms, and sellside execution partners. Three panels will follow the sequence of these decisions – from Plan Sponsor, to Buyside Desk, to Sellside execution partner.
• The afternoon will examine the latest trends in US execution dynamics, followed by a discussion on buyside liquidity sourcing in the current environment. The panels will explore how these new dynamics are helping, or complicating the buyside trader’s task of executing large positions.
• The day will end with a wrap-up panel that will address issues brought up throughout the day and to answer the question: “are we better off now than we were four years ago”?

Today there are more algorithms, more dark pools and more venues to trade equities than ever before. But to borrow a frequently asked question from the political landscape this election year: Are you better off today than you were four years ago?

Following up on previous years’ success, Traders Magazine LIVE: Block Trading Drill Down will take a holistic approach to examining the current state of Institutional Block Trading. The morning session will follow the money trail and analyze the “trading pyramid,” with the pension funds/plan sponsor sitting at the top. The afternoon’s focus will be marketplace-centric.

As always, this conference will be forward-thinking. But the guiding question to the day’s discussion will not only provide a rudder to the discussion, but also place the current world of block trading into an easy-to-understand context that will serve as a benchmark: “Are we better off now than we were four years ago?”