Cost of Investing

A chance to benchmark your own firm and gain pratical insight across a unique spread of topics.

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The only interactive, cross-industry meeting
helping asset owners and asset managers
find alpha

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“A very forward thinking event”
Vijay Kasarabada, global head of technology,
Lazard Asset Management

Cost of Investing will cover critical challenges facing the future of the industry, as identified by the industry and our editorial teams from Risk.net and WatersTechnology.

Distilling the opportunities for cost saving into six key themes

Automation
  • Small trades
  • Next-gen automated trading
  • Algo wheels
  • Stock picking
  • Backtesting quant strategies
  • Trade documentation
  • Trade settlement
  • Client reporting
     
Best execution
  • What is best ex?
  • Timestamps        
  • TCA
  • Clobs vs streams
  • Blocks, portfolio, lists
  • C2C trading/P2P netting
  • Buy side central risk books
  • Dealer APIs
People and organisation
  • Training and skills
  • Offshoring
  • Outsourced execution
  • Outsourced PB / clearing / custody
  • Agile tech dev
  • Total cost of ownership model
Software and systems
  • EOMS
  • Desktop interop
  • In-house connectivity
  • In-house and 3rd-party connectivity
Post-trade
  • FCM costs
  • Collateral optimisation
  • UMR threshold
  • The future of settlement
  • Regulatory reporting
Supplier savings
  • Symphony vs Bloomberg
  • DIY indexes / benchmarking
  • Smarter use of research
  • Capture and use own data

Who you will meet

At Investec we believe that every client is unique, and we pride ourselves on providing a personalised service. With us, you won't be just a number, but a name that we know and understand.
Our fresh perspective is rooted in experience and expertise, allowing us to provide you with the best possible solutions.
Our dedicated team are looking forward to seeing you at this year’s BrokerExpo to show you how we can simplify the complexities of insurance premium finance and help you to service your clients with ease. 

The AXA Commercial team is looking forward to meeting and catching up with you at Broker Expo 22! There’ll be representatives from across SME, Vantage mid-market, Schemes and Broker Elevate, who’ll be on hand to find the right cover and services to help you and your clients go further. So come and join us for a coffee - and don’t miss the broker-focused sessions on the Content Zone we’re sponsoring, which is right next to our stand.

STAND DETAILS:

Stand Number: Sponsor Zone 3  

Stand: 41

Legal & General are one of the UK’s leading financial services companies and have been insuring homes for over 90 years.

Come and see us at Stand 48 to meet our dedicated Broker Team and find out how we’re using technology and automation to improve the claims process.

You’ll also have the chance to win one of our famous brollies. We look forward to seeing you there.

https://www.legalandgeneral.com/gibroker/

Partner with us

The event will bring together 300 senior stakeholders – including 200 CIOs and COOs from asset owners, pension funds, hedge funds and asset managers with over $11 trillion USD under management – alongside representatives from leading investment banks and every other part of the investing value chain. The format of the events in our global series will be entirely interactive, with practical workshops, peer-to-peer roundtables and live feedback to new ideas presented.

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Thoughts on Cost of Investing

A very forward thinking event
Vijay Kasarabada, global head of technology, Lazard Asset Management
An interesting event, there's real value in the entire industry coming together like this
Velson Horie, head of investment management change - Europe, Fidelity International
A great event concept that I haven't seen anywhere else. Volt is looking for service providers who can help them cut costs, so meeting tech vendors is attractive
Patrick Säfvenblad, partner and chief investment officer, Volt Capital Management

Partners

The world's leading source of in-depth news and analysis on risk management, derivatives, regulation and investing.

Since 1985, WatersTechnology have been serving the financial community with independent expert journalism.

We have invested time and effort in speaking to you to see what kind of service you would like from us. Our information is now delivered faster, more frequently and is easier to navigate.

Our mission is to provide our customers with relevant and premium financial technology content in one place. More than just a website, www.waterstechnology.com is a multi-channel business intelligence platform that professionals within financial-market technology will learn to rely on and use as a working tool as the site will be interactive allowing you to comment and engage with other users.

Chartis Research is the leading provider of research and analysis on the global market for risk technology. Our goal is to support companies as they drive business performance through improved risk management, corporate governance and compliance. We also help clients make informed technology and business decisions by providing in-depth analysis and advice on virtually all aspects of risk technology.

Chartis is focused solely on risk and compliance technology, giving us a significant advantage over other market analysts. Our analysts and advisors have decades of hands-on experience of implementing and developing risk management systems and programs for Fortune 500 companies and leading consulting houses.

 

https://www.chartis-research.com/

FX Week has been the leading information service for the global foreign exchange industry since 1990 – reporting on and analysing the latest market developments and currency forecasts, and people and company moves, as well as providing crucial regulatory updates. It is recognised as the most credible publication in its field.

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