Comments from the EMEA Trading Conference 2009

"With over 500 senior level delegates in attendance, the event bucked the recent trend of poorly attended conferences, and provided attendees with the opportunity to discuss conference topics with their peers from other firms during the networking breaks."
Automated Trader
March 19 2009

Media Partners

Our media partners include:

Automated Trader
Automated Trader is the first global magazine dedicated to automated and algorithmic trading, and offers in-depth business and technical coverage through comprehensive news, features, in-depth articles on best practice/techniques and detailed user case studies. In addition to thousands of CTAs, hedge funds, proprietary trading operations and conventional asset managers globally, Automated Trader is also read by all major sellside participants in automated and algorithmic trading.

Best Execution
Best Execution is not a new concept although it has taken on new meaning with the passing of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) in the UK and Regulation National Market System (NMS) in the US. The definitions of the two sets of regulation may vary, but the impact is profound and is reverberating not only across the US and Europe but also the Middle East and Asia. We keep readers abreast of the technological, legislative and operational developments & industry trends that are changing the face of the global capital markets. We not only assess the new entrants and products in the marketplace but also examine how the incumbent firms are meeting the new challenges.

Electronic Trading
A-Team Insight, financial IT's leading online news and PDF service, delivers insight for Financial Technology Executives on the stories, trends and topics that matter. The Electronic Trading Channel of A-Team Insight covers the business of electronic trading with insight into how sell-side firms leverage new technologies and how buy-side firms turn new capabilities into superior financial performance and business processes. Topics include algorithmic trading models, matching systems, OMS systems, liquidity aggregators, transaction messaging/protocols and more. Complimentary access for qualified senior managers at financial institutions: www.A-TeamGroup.com/complimentary-access.

Euromoney Handbooks
Euromoney Handbooks is a division of the Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC group. We specialise in producing sector specific publications, built on incisive comment and market-driven analysis. We do this by building relationships with leading opinion-formers – in turn their contributions form the basis of our Handbooks. This gives them unparalleled exposure amongst their peers; as they set the agenda, their organisations are recognised as industry leaders, and our Handbooks become the primary source for investors, senior corporate executives and market intermediaries worldwide.

Financial News
Financial News is the leading source of news and analysis for the European asset management and investment banking industry. With a dedicated team of sector specialists covering trading, technology, exchanges, derivatives and clearing - as well as in-depth coverage of investment banking, asset management - Financial News delivers exclusive news, in-depth analysis and commentary to a senior audience across the industry every day on its website and every week in the newspaper and in a series of specialist supplements, reports and events.
Finextra
Finextra Research provides an independent online resource – www.finextra.com – to serve the information needs of the worldwide financial technology community. It covers finance-specific innovations, services, solutions, applications and technologies.

Services include a global financial technology newswire; a daily e-newsletter with the latest headlines and industry research, articles, white papers and case studies; video and audio content; market data; jobs board and weekly careers newsletter; and sector specific breaking newsflashes by e-mail. It also operates The Finextra Community, an interactive blogging and professional networking service for the global financial technology industry.

Finextra also provides a database of 31,000 financial technology news stories, a comprehensive solutions directory and a catalogue of company announcements from all major technology providers to banks and financial institutions.
FIXGlobal
The FIXGlobal Journal is the FIX Protocol's official journal and key information / educational initiative for the global institutional electronic trading industry.
FIXGlobal is a truly global forum to encourage greater transparency of the issues and debates on all matters FIX and electronic trading. FIXGlobal is driven by the industry for the industry. With editorial contributions gathered from diverse corners of the electronic trading world, highlighting the broad spectrum of FIX-related technology implementation (or the lack of it). Whether you're looking for case studies on adoption of electronic trading strategies, buy-side FIX adoption, the finer points of algorithmic trading, or kick starting wider adoption of FIX for fixed income, the Editors hope that there will be something for everyone who dips into FIXGlobal.
Hedge Funds Review
Hedge Funds Review is the market leading magazine for information about global hedge funds.
This definitive information source provides hedge fund managers, investors and service providers with in-depth news and analysis on the trends and developments that will affect their day-to-day business and investment decisions.
Hedge Funds Review is the only truly global hedge fund publication that provides you with information all year round. With daily online news, twice weekly email alerts, monthly magazine and supplements and a website that is packed with searchable content – you will never miss a major news story or event.
This year we celebrate our 10 year anniversary as the most established and respected hedge fund publication around.
Take a free 1 month trial to Hedge Funds Review and receive full online access to the subscriber website and get a free copy of the magazine, go to www.hedgefundsreview.com/trial

The Trade
THE TRADE is a quarterly publication focused on institutional global securities trading. With a worldwide circulation of 7,000, THE TRADE is sent to named buy-side traders and operational heads of buy-side institutions and their sell-side counterparts. THE TRADE reports on key development areas from crossing and DMA to algorithmic trading and innovation in OMS.  Contact: francoise@thetrade.ltd.uk or Tel: +44 20 7400 7100 www.thetradenews.com