Second Annual
Half-day Workshop on
Best Execution
How to Measure It -- How to
Achieve It
May 3, 2006
Holiday Inn Select Government Center, Boston
(Map)
Agenda
12:30 Registration and Luncheon with Exhibitors
01:10 Chairperson's
Opening Remarks
David Easthope,
Analyst, Securities & Investments
Celent
01:15 Achieving Best
Execution: A Practical Guide
Moderator:
Wayne Wagner,
Consultant
OM/NI, A Consulting Partnership to ITG Solutions Network
Panelists:
Thorsten Schmidt,
First Vice President, Algorithmic Trading
Instinet
Michael Boyd,
Senior Equity Trader
Davis Securities
John Wightkin,
Managing Partner
QSG
02:00
Impact of
Electronic Trading and Advanced Execution
Strategies Such as Algo Trading and DMA on
Best
Execution
Moderator:
Stanley Sakellson,
Chief Information Officer
Spartan Technologies, LLC
Panelists:
Joseph Saluzzi,
Partner
Themis Trading
Michael Richter, Executive Vice President
Lime Brokerage
Stephen Bain, Director, Equity Execution Services
RBC Capital Markets
02:30
Chief
Compliance Officer
Roundtable:
Compliance
with
New and Existing SEC Guidelines
Moderator:
Michael S. Caccese,
Partner
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP
Panelists:
Jeffrey B. Cobb, Esq.,
Partner
Cobb & Eisenberg LLC
Joseph McGill, Chief Compliance Officer
UBS Global Asset Management Inc.
Len Amoruso, Chief Compliance Officer
Knight Capital Group
03:15 Refreshment Break with Exhibitors
03:30
Impact of
New Soft Dollar Regulations on Buy-Side,
Sell
Side and Vendor firms
Moderator:
Robin Hodgkins,
President
Cogent Consulting LLC
Panelists:
Stephen Schardin,
Managing Director - President
Charles River Brokerage, LLC
Joseph McGill, Chief Compliance Officer
UBS Global Asset Management
Tim O'Halloran, Managing Director
Westminster Research Associates
04:15
Tools for Achieving Best Execution: Technology,
Internalization and Transaction cost Analysis
Moderator:
Adam Honore,
Research Director, Securities & Investments
Aite Group
Panelists:
Robert Kissell, Vice President
JP Morgan
Robert Almgren, Managing Director
Banc of America Securities
David Depew, Managing Director
Putnam Investments
David Mortimer, Managing Director, Algorithmic & Program
Trading
Piper Jaffray
05:00 Workshop Adjourns
