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Welcome to the
FPL African Briefing 2010

Created by Members of the African Trading Community, For the African Trading Community

"Our members organise our events to address the business and technical issues faced by their local financial communities that are also part of a global market. Our events are, like FIX itself, the most cost-effective way of reaching those local financial communities, in breadth and in depth"

Chris Pickles, Co-Chair FIX Protocol Global Events Committee,
Head of Marketing - Financial Markets & Wholesale Banking, BT Global Services



The FPL African Briefing will provide an unrivalled opportunity for industry representatives to participate in a forum where the real issues, challenges and opportunities impacting the region’s electronic trading community will be addressed. Through a series of presentations and panel sessions this one day event, closing with networking drinks, will offer an invaluable and informative experience for local market participants who will benefit from:

  • An interactive program that truly addresses market needs, providing impartial, high quality content
  • The knowledge and experience of industry leading speakers
  • Separate business and technical streams that generate intelligent debate and educational opportunities
  • Significant networking opportunities throughout the day and into the evening at the post-event cocktail party


A dedicated team of industry practitioners from the FIX Protocol African Working Group, including senior representatives from some of the region’s leading investment firms, who have a detailed understanding of the challenges facing the markets today, are driving the event agenda to ensure it meets the trading needs of firms in Africa in 2010.


2010 Topic areas will include:

  • Algorithmic Trading and the strategies available to the African trader
  • High Frequency Trading & Smart Order Routing - how these are evolving in the African markets
  • The opportunities & challenges of trading in Africa
  • Key trends emerging in the local market and how to trade more easily internationally
  • T+3 in South Africa and its effects in 2010 post impact
  • The future impact of hedge funds in Africa
  • The potential of the recently released FIX algorithmic trading definition language (FIXatdlSM) to generate significant cost saving and efficiency gains for all market participants involved in the algorithmic trading process
  • Using FIX to address real business issues impacting the African market