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TradeTech 2018: The key
takeaways
SYSTEMATIC INTERNALISERS, PERIODIC AUCTIONS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, DATA AND DIVERSITY
WERE AMONG THE KEY TALKING POINTS AT THIS YEAR’S CONFERENCE.
T
his year’s TradeTech conference
has closed its doors and the
stands have been packed away, but
there was plenty to take away from
all the discussion panels, keynote
speeches and working groups across
the two days in Paris.
With the industry now firmly under
the thumb of MiFID II, many attend-
ees were looking forward to the see-
ing how the markets have adapted so
far and what needs to be addressed
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in terms of technology adoption and
market structure going forward.
Whether you stayed until the bitter
end or were unable to make it Paris
this year, here are some of the key
talking points from this year’s Trade-
Tech event.
MiFID II has largely won people over
but concerns still linger
This year’s conference was the first
following the introduction of MiFID
II and from the messages being sent
out from the panels and speakers, it
seems the industry has got on board
with the new regulations.
Of course, not everyone is fully
sold on the new landscape just
yet. T. Rowe Price’s Mehmet Kinak
didn’t pull any punches during one
panel discussion, labelling the new
regulatory regime “a mess” (see page
14), while Robert Ophèle, chairman
of French regulator the Autorité