The document provides an agenda for the TradeTech Japan 2011 conference, which will take place on June 7-8 in Tokyo. The conference focuses on leveraging Japanese market fragmentation and trading system upgrades to maximize domestic trading opportunities, particularly for buy-side traders. Over 100 senior buy-side traders from major Japanese asset managers and hedge funds are expected to attend. Panel discussions will cover topics such as the performance of algorithmic trading in the Japanese market, exploiting opportunities from market fragmentation, and using cutting-edge technology to gain a trading edge.
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As we were going to press, the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit Japan.
The entire team at WBR express our sincere sympathy and support for the people of Japan and will be
contributing a portion of TradeTech Japan’s revenue to Japan’s recovery and rebuilding operations.
DOMESTIC BUY SIDE TRADERS EXCHANGE AND PTS REPRESENTATIVES
Shunsuke Nishino Takashi Nakamura Yusuke Sakai Takashi Hiratsuka Yoshinori Suzuki Tal Cohen Yoichi Ishikawa
General Manager, Head of Trading Head of Trading Chief Trader - Asset Managing Director CEO Executive Officer
Head of Trading TOKIO MARINE T&D ASSET Management Division & CIO CHI-X GLOBAL KABU.COM
DAIWA SB ASSET MANAGEMENT RESONA BANK TOKYO STOCK
INVESTMENTS MANAGEMENT EXCHANGE
INDUSTRY EXPERTS JAPANESE HEDGE FUND MANAGERS
Tomio Sumiyoshi Jun Uno Neil Katkov Sadakazu Osaki Shinichiro Shiraki Shinichiro Nagai Goro Ohwada
Representative and Professor and Director Senior Vice President, Head of Research Chairman & Director Senior Manager - President & CEO
Managing Director WASEDA UNIVERSITY Head of Asia Center for Knowledge MONEX Investment Group AINO INVESTMENT
GREENWICH GRADUATE SCHOOL CELENT Exchange & Creation ALTERNATIVE GCI ASSET CORPORATION
ASSOCIATES JAPAN OF FINANCE, (a part of Oliver Wyman) NOMURA RESEARCH INVESTMENTS MANAGEMENT
ACCOUNTING AND INSTITUTE
LAW
INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS LEADING SELL SIDE
John Fildes Philip York John Lim Kim Man Li Naoki Kamiyama Zach Tuckwell
Strategic Director CEO Trader Head of Asia Electronic Chief Equity Strategist, Managing Director
GETCO EMPYREAL PRUDENTIAL ASSET Trading Sales Japan MORGAN STANLEY
INVESTMENTS MANAGEMENT GOLDMAN SACHS DEUTSCHE
GROUP SECURITIES
Principal Partner Strategic Partners Exchange Partners
HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2011
✦ Complete coverage of the latest PTS developments
with C-level representatives from all of the major trading
venues speaking at the event
✦ Arrowhead a year on: Tokyo Stock Exchange share their Associate Partners
experiences of Arrowhead’s launch year and plans for
the future
✦ More domestic Japanese buy side traders speaking than
ever before
✦ Dedicated section giving complete coverage of High
Frequency Trading in Japan
✦ Top level panel sessions on Smart Order Routing, Dark
Pools, Transaction Cost Analysis, Commission Sharing
Agreements and more
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2. BIGGER and BETTER...
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TradeTech Japan is back for its 5 year and once again brings you the most important content and most
influential speakers from the Japanese trading community.
Held on 7-8 June in Tokyo, the packed agenda will cover crucial topics in one of the world’s largest equities
markets. With huge developments underway in market fragmentation and the high frequency trading space, now
more than ever, it is crucial that you stay up-to-date with the changes in order to position yourself for the new
opportunities that are arising.
Buy side, buy side, buy side:
Who was in the room at
TradeTech events are known throughout the world as the TradeTech Japan 2010 and who
only ones that bring the buy side community together.
No other conference can guarantee that over 50% of the
you can expect to meet in 2011…
audience will consist of senior traders and decision makers
from institutional investors, asset managers and hedge Buy-side - Long Only
funds. Last year we had over 175+ influential buy side and Asset Management 25%
are confident of even more in 2011. Buy-side - Hedge Funds
and Fund of Funds 13%
Other 4%
Buy-side - High
Frequency Traders/
Over 100 buy side attendees confirmed Consultants 1% Prop Traders 3%
as of March 2011 including senior representatives from:
Clearing Buy-side - Investment
✦ 21st Century Asset Management Houses 1% Dept. of Japanese
Banks 2%
✦ 8 Peak Capital Central Banks 1%
✦ ACA Global Regulators 1% Brokers 25%
✦ Allen Investment Advisors
✦ APS Asset Management Vendors 19% Exchanges / PTSs 5%
✦ Asahi Life Asset Management
Buy-side - Long Only Asset Management 25%
✦ ASTMAX Investment Buy-side - Hedge Funds and Fund of Funds 13%
✦ AXA Rosenberg Investment Management Buy-side - High Frequency Traders/Prop Traders 3%
✦ Bank of Japan Buy-side - Investment Dept. of Japanese Banks 2%
Brokers 25%
✦ BlackRock Japan
Exchanges / PTSs 5%
✦ BNP Paribas Investment Partners Vendors 19%
✦ BNY Mellon Asset Management Japan Regulators 1%
✦ Bridge Capital Central Banks 1%
Clearing Houses 1%
✦ Chuo Mitsui Asset Trust & Banking
Consultants 1%
✦ Daiwa Asset Management Other 4%
✦ Daiwa SB Investments
✦ Gartmore Japan
✦ Government Pension Investment Fund
✦ Horizon Asset International Japan 81%
✦ ING Mutual Funds Management
✦ JP Morgan Asset Management
✦ Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management
✦ Nikko Asset Management
✦ Nissay Asset Management
✦ Nomura Asset Management Europe 2% Hong Kong 7%
✦ Phillip Financials United States 2% Singapore 4%
✦ Rheos Capital Works Australia 2%
✦ Sparx Asset Management Rest of Asia 2%
✦ Stat Arb Japan 81%
✦ State Street Global Markets Hong Kong 7%
✦ Sumisho ElecTrade Singapore 4%
Australia 2%
✦ Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management Rest of Asia 2%
✦ T & D Asset Management United States 2%
✦ Trading Central Europe 2%
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3. Seminars and panels were timely and relevant to current market conditions, even gave some insights on the near
future of Japanese markets. Over the years, I have noticed an increasing number of buy side representatives,
especially Head of Trading from the domestic side, showing their awareness to collect market information by
y
...the one with the buy side
attending the event.
Spyridon Mentzas, Electronic Trading Development Consultant
MIZUHO SECURITIES
Good mix of buy and sell side
participants all gathered for the
betterment of the industry
Mac Barry
Senior Vice President,
Head of Trading in Asia
Yoshinori Suzuki, Managing Director & Chief LAZARD ASSET The Robot Man – Fresh from appearing
Information Officer, Tokyo Stock Exchange MANAGEMENT in a Bruce Willis movie, Professor Hiroshi
updates delegates on Arrowhead Ishiguro was a big hit with delegates
Provided a thorough overview
and understanding of trading
and technology in Japanese
markets
Giovanni Beliosi
Chief Executive Officer
Our conference was packed with many senior buy side trading luminaries
FGS CAPITAL
Unwinding with a few drinks after the
conference Our algo trading panel proved to be very popular with the delegates
Being new to the Asian financial landscape,
An excellent combination TradeTech Japan was a very informative
of thought-provoking and view of the current state of technology
informative discussions side- in the evolving Japanese market, not
by-side with an excellent only from the presentations and panel
networking opportunity. The discussions, but also from conversations
Japan focus was both insightful held with peers in the industry.
and encouraging – whilst the
economy generally does not Eric Elvambuena, Senior Engineer
attract the headlines as do the Sealing a deal EAGLE 7 TRADING
other more aggressive centers
within Asia, Japan is clearly
making significant advances
and continues to justify its
position as the largest financial
market in APAC.
Colin Silvester
Country Manager Japan
IPC Our exhibition saw a record number of 375 attendees flocked to TradeTech Japan
29 sponsors in 2010 over the course of the 2 days
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4. CONFERENCE DAY ONE • 7 June 2011, Tuesday
08.00 Registration and morning coffee and opportunity to view exhibition 10.30 Morning coffee and opportunity to view exhibition
08.50 Chair’s opening remarks 11.10 Performance of algorithmic trading and Japanese market themes
- Analysis of Deutsche Bank’s recent studies into the Japanese algorithmic
09.00 Arrowhead one year on: How has the dynamic new trading system affected the trading market
Japanese market and what can traders expect to come - Understanding how best algos can be implemented in different market conditions
Hailed as the answer to Japan’s previously slow and inefficient trading system, Naoki Kamiyama, Chief Equity Strategist, Japan, DEUTSCHE SECURITIES
Arrowhead has proved a huge success, increasing speed and volumes whilst
tightening spreads. Here, Tokyo Stock Exchange explain their experiences of running 11.40 The role of algorithmic trading in Japan: Strategies, players and results
the cutting edge system and what other initiatives we can expect as the exchange The role of algo trading is growing steadily with the introduction of Arrowhead. This
continues to prove itself as a dominant trading hub in Asia PANEL
DISCUSSION panel brings together a range of experts to address the development and discuss how
- Arrowhead one year on – What lessons have we learnt? traders can maximize the benefits of technology and smart programming to gain profit
- How will the TSE continue to compete against the other regional exchanges? from the markets
- How will the TSE respond to the continuing growth of PTS venues? - Market overview on the scale of algo trading in Japan and future projections for
Yoshinori Suzuki, Managing Director & CIO, TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE its growth
- Understanding the players: Are domestic players catching up with overseas
09.30 Understanding the fragmentation of the Japanese market and exploiting traders when using algos to trade Japan or is the vast majority of trading still
trading opportunities from outside Japan?
PANEL With the overall trading volumes estimated at 1% of the daily TSE amount (Feb 2011), - Analyzing how well algos adapt to market conditions under the new
DISCUSSION
PTSs are slowly, but surely, announcing themselves to the Japanese market. This Arrowhead system
panel examines their growth, the pros and cons of each and discusses whether we will - Will the new trading landscape allow for the doubling of algo trading as predicted
ever see the 30-40% volumes as in the US and Europe by Celent
- Understanding the role of the PTS in the Japanese market – Volumes, prices, Moderator: Neil Katkov, Senior Vice President, Head of Asia, CELENT (a part of
liquidity, risk and spreads Oliver Wyman)
- How does the TSE view the competition – Should they simply decrease tick size to Takashi Hiratsuka, Chief Trader - Asset Management Division, RESONA BANK
take out PTSs competitive advantage? Zach Tuckwell, Managing Director, MORGAN STANLEY
- Is a MiFID style regulation required for PTS to really take off in Japan and in
Asia generally? Kazu Ooki, Head of Sales Japan, ICAP ELECTRONIC BROKING
Isao Hasegawa, Director, Equities, TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE 12.30 Lunch and opportunity to view exhibition
Tal Cohen, CEO, CHI-X GLOBAL
Kotaro Yamazawa, Senior Executive Director & J-GATE Project Owner
OSAKA SECURITIES EXCHANGE
Yoichi Ishikawa, Executive Officer, KABU.COM
Masami Hatakeyama, Co-CEO, SBI JAPANNEXT
Shunsuke Nishino, General Manager, Head of Trading, DAIWA SB INVESTMENTS
Robert Dykes, CEO, TORA TRADING
STREAM A: PLENARY STREAM STREAM B
14.00 Chair’s opening remarks Chair’s opening remarks
14.10 Delivering next generation algorithmic strategies to grasp increasingly complex Overview of the changing derivatives market and what this means for
trading opportunities buy side traders
With fragmentation increasing in Asia, and particularly in Japan, the development of With the OSE recently launching their J-GATE system and the TSE looking to
advanced algorithmic strategies able to adapt and profit from changing market conditions increase competition with improvements to their T-Dex+ systems, it is clear that
is crucial. This session delivers a case study in what the buy side should be looking for and the high frequency race is now on for different asset classes. How will this and
what is needed to create robust and efficient algorithms other changes affect the role of the traditional equity trader?
- Building flexibility to ensure your algo can adapt to changing market conditions - An overview from the exchanges on recent developments and future plans
- Best usage and analysis of market reference data to ensure you read the market correctly - Understanding the role of derivatives in managing risk
- Predicting the next generation of algos Akira Tagaya, Sales Director, Derivatives, TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
Takashi Hiratsuka, Chief Trader - Asset Management Division, RESONA BANK Kotaro Yamazawa, Senior Executive Director & J-GATE Project Owner
OSAKA SECURITIES EXCHANGE
Using cutting edge technology to gain a trading edge PANEL Examining the state of the Japanese hedge fund industry and
DISCUSSION
PANEL Trading and technology have never been so closely linked, with your systems speed and future outlook
DISCUSSION accuracy crucial to your success. This panel covers the very latest developments and how More investors are moving away from traditional domestic equities based
you can use technology to give yourself an edge. investments in favor of alternative products and strategies. This panel brings
- Integrating cutting edge new products with legacy systems together some of the leaders in the Japanese hedge funds field to discuss their
- Assessing whether to build or buy and implications for both outlooks for the industry
- Understanding the limits of your capabilities in the arms race to zero latency Moderator: Stefan Nilsson, President, TOKYO HEDGE FUNDS CLUB
- Using cloud technology for efficient resourcing John Inamine, Head of Alternative Investment Strategies, SPARX
- Assessing at what point your technology spend stops delivering ROI
Shinichiro Shiraki, Chairman & Director, MONEX ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
Moderator: Neil Katkov, Senior Vice President, Head of Asia, CELENT (a part of Oliver Wyman)
Shinichiro Nagai, Senior Manager – Investment Group, GCI ASSET
Mike Powell, Global Head of Enterprise Real-Time Solutions, THOMSON REUTERS MANAGEMENT
Kelvin Chiu, Co-CTO, SBI JAPANNEXT Goro Ohwada, President & CEO, AINO INVESTMENT CORPORATION
15.30 Afternoon coffee and opportunity to view exhibition
16.00 Be first, be fast, be safe HEADS OF TRADING, BUY SIDE SUMMIT
Whether you’re buy side or sell side, three things are now critical to run an effective
algorithmic trading environment: productivity, speed and oversight. Changes in algorithmic Japanese Speaking buy side Heads of Trading roundtable participants include:
trading technology are driven now more than ever by changes in regulation. Drawing on Takashi Nakamura, Head of Trading, TOKIO MARINE ASSET MANAGEMENT
global trends and experiences gained from customer deployments worldwide, this talk will Sachiko Kozakura, Head of Tokyo Dealing Desk, BNP INVESTMENT PARTNERS
describe best practices to use when building, buying or using an algorithmic trading system. Hiroyuki Yamaoka, Head of Trading, NISSAY ASSET MANAGEMENT
Further, the talk will discuss new surveillance requirements to suit current and future trading
Greg Atkinson, Global Head of Trading, NIKKO ASSET MANAGEMENT
environments, in response to regulatory change.
Sho Osanai, Senior Dealer, GARTMORE INVESTMENT JAPAN
Giles Nelson, Deputy CTO, PROGRESS SOFTWARE
16.30 Understanding the role of dark pools in the fragmenting trading marketplace
Dark pools are proving a venue of choice amongst international buy side firms keen to
PANEL
DISCUSSION ensure that large block trades do not affect market prices before completion. However, they
are not short of controversy with new rules being considered in the US and Europe. With
fragmentation continuing in Japan the role of unlit venues is still unclear and this panel will
discuss how the experts see their development.
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Yoshitaka Yamada, Head of Trading, SUMITOMO MITSUI ASSET MANAGEMENT
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CONFERENCE DAY TWO • 8 June 2011, Wednesday
08.00 Registration and morning coffee and opportunity to view exhibition 12.40 Lunch and opportunity to view exhibition
08.50 Chair’s opening remarks 14.00 Trading desk infrastructure: What do domestic buy side look for?
PANEL - What stops domestic buy side from enhancing their trading desk: Cost,
09.00 Greenwich Associates 2011 report on Japanese equities market DISCUSSION implementation or information?
The commissions paid for Japanese equity trades fell 20% year-on-year in 2010, - What are the main challenges and motivations of domestic buy side when it comes
mainly due to a growth in electronic trading and a broadening of portfolios by domestic to using new technology?
Japanese institutions. Here Greenwich Associates share the reasons for this and other - What does the buy side want from an OMS/EMS?
findings from their recent report into Japan equity markets Yasuaki Sumimoto, General Manager, Trading Division, MUFJ ASSET MANAGEMENT
- Analysing domestic appetite for Japanese stocks – Past, present and future Kenichi Shikano, Senior Trader, CHUO MITSUI TRUST AND BANKING
- Understanding why institutional Japanese equities trading is slowing and what this
means for buy and sell side Masaya Fujii, Senior IT Manager, NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT
- Predictions for an increase in low-touch trading methods and what brokers need to
do to stay competitive 14.50 Evaluating how the growth of HFT will affect the trading landscape in Japan
The High Frequency Trading trend has swept across Asian markets at an amazing
Tomio Sumiyoshi, Representative and Managing Director rate recently, and our afternoon sessions look at the huge developments from different
GREENWICH ASSOCIATES JAPAN K.K. angles to help you understand what HFT is, if you should use it, and what it means for
the market as a whole. In the first of three sessions, Professor Uno gives us a detailed
09.30 Regulatory overview of the trading landscape in Japan overview of the HFT story in Japan
With new trading options opening up and the growth of algo and HFT trading, Japan - Assessing the appetite for High Frequency Trading amongst Japan’s asset managers
is catching up with the Western world as far as trading opportunities are concerned. - Predicting the growth of the strategy over the next 5 years
However, the new opportunities bring challenges, not least regulatory ones and with - Evaluating the effect that HFT will have on overall market volatility
the political instability it can be hard to predict upcoming legislation. Here a leading - Comparing the Japan outlook to that in Europe and US
regulatory expert addresses some of the major considerations and likely future
developments shaping the Japanese trading landscape Jun Uno, Professor and Director
- Historical development in Japanese market regulation WASEDA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF FINANCE, ACCOUNTING
- Understanding the development of PTSs and what regulation is likely to follow AND LAW
- Taking the lead from the US and Europe and applying RegNMS and MiFID Committee Member
principles to the unique Japanese market GOVERNMENT PENSION INVESTMENT FUND
Sadakazu Osaki, Head of Research Center for Knowledge Exchange & Creation, 15.40 Afternoon refreshment & networking break
NOMURA RESEARCH INSTITUTE
16.10 Debunking the myths about High Frequency Trading
10.00 Recent developments in academic research on execution strategies and GETCO is a registered market maker which provides continuous two-sided markets,
transaction costs: A Bank of Japan case study by posting both buy and sell orders, in thousands of securities on major exchanges
CASE STUDY Bringing together detailed research from a range of sources, this session from the Bank around the world. Here they address some common misconceptions about what high
of Japan explores the overall development in trading transactions, analyzing speed frequency actually means
and price. Different models are covered and SOR will be looked at in order to help you - High Frequency Trading is a timeframe, not a strategy
achieve best execution in your trades. - Market making and high volume liquidity provision
- Theoretical models and empirical analyses on efficient algorithms for block - Market microstructure and its implications in Japan
order executions
- Academic models of HFT strategies John Fildes, Strategic Director, GETCO
- Smart order routing algorithms in the presence of hidden liquidity
- An economic model of inter-market competition 16.40 To what extent will the High Frequency Trading growth affect equity markets
in Japan
Yoshihiko Sugihara, Deputy Director and Economist PANEL Having heard two opinions of what HFT is and how it is developing in Japan, this panel
INSTITUTE FOR MONETARY AND ECONOMIC STUDIES, BANK OF JAPAN DISCUSSION gives you the opportunity to hear from all sides of the story and question the experts on
how its development will affect you
10.30 Morning coffee and opportunity to view exhibition - Understanding the requirements of your trading system and matching them to your
high frequency ambitions
11.00 Utilizing efficient Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) to understand and improve - Assessing whether HFT is for you: At what point does the cost of faster trading
your execution prices outweigh the benefit gained?
PANEL
DISCUSSION - Understanding where trades were matched in the fragmented market and whether
they achieved best execution Moderator: Hiroshi Matsubara, Marketing Director, Japan, FIDESSA
- What should the buy side demand from their brokers in analysis John Fildes, Strategic Director, GETCO
- Are TCA results provided by the sell side entirely accurate when demonstrating best Jun Uno, Professor and Director
price matching? WASEDA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF FINANCE, ACCOUNTING
Takashi Nakamura, Head of Trading, TOKIO MARINE ASSET MANAGEMENT AND LAW
John Lim, Trader, PRUDENTIAL ASSET MANAGEMENT Committee Member
GOVERNMENT PENSION INVESTMENT FUNDS
Kim Man Li, Head of Asia Electronic Trading Sales, GOLDMAN SACHS
Philip York, CEO, EMPYREAL INVESTMENTS GROUP
11.50 What will the role of Commission Sharing Agreements (CSAs) take in the
Japanese equity market 17.30 Chairman’s closing remarks
PANEL Unbundling of research and execution services provided by brokers is now widespread
DISCUSSION 17.40 Close of conference
in Western markets and is a valuable tool for minimizing costs. With more demand
and discussion in Asia for the practice, and the emergence of bodies like the Asian
Association of Independent Research Providers (AsiaIRP) in the region will we now see
similar moves come to Japan?
- Assessing buy side appetite for separate research and executions expertise
TradeTech Japan is the first tradi
- Overcoming parliamentary and industry challenges preventing the development of ng conference after the
unbundling in Japan launch of TSE’s Arrowhead. A grea
- Case studies of working practices from other equity markets
t opportunity for industry
participants to review progress/issu
Moderator: Joji Watanabe. Managing Director, INSTINET es and share ideas.
Kenichi Shikano, Senior Trader, CHUO MITSUI TRUST AND BANKING
Christina Makiguchi
Director, Head of AES Japan
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investments, wealth management, insurance, banking staff worldwide. Nomura’s unique understanding of Asia
optimal price discovery and execution. complete spectrum of services from pre-trade analytics
and pension markets. enables the company to make a difference for clients
and execution to post-trade execution performance
The EBS platform delivers orderly, transparent, efficient through three business divisions: retail, wholesale (global
analysis and commission management. We offer a
and highly liquid trading opportunities and supports a wide markets, investment banking, and other wholesale),
comprehensive algorithmic trading suite and various
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direct market access (DMA) strategies, including our
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smart order routing technology and our dark liquidity pool
trading organisations. having established the
aggregator. Whether you are connecting to us via a third-
world’s first major electronic trading venue in 1969, one
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of the first recognized U.S. ECNs in 1997 and the first
Spot, EBS Spot Ai (API), EBS Prime and EBS Global Stanley Passport execution management system, our
pan-European MTF in 2007. Through its subsidiaries and
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affiliates, Instinet operates two distinct business lines:
trade portfolios, single stocks, ETFs, options, futures, asset trading, portfolio analysis,
a global network of agency-only brokers that seek to
swaps, and foreign exchange. Our team is committed to compliance, market data and
help institutions lower overall trading costs and improve
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electronic trading products, including smart-routing,
Suisse provides its over 85% of tier-one, global financial institutions, across
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clients with private both the buy-side and sell-side. Fidessa’s network carries
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banking, investment banking and asset management $800 billion of flow a month between 2,400 buy-sides and
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businesses, which aim to improve the efficiency of capital
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markets globally by providing high-performance, low-cost
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alternative execution venues and the technology required
the world. Operating in 57 locations across 30 countries, supports over 26,000 users across 950 clients, serving
to power them. Instinet is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
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