Third Annual
Conference
Best Execution
How to Measure It -- How to
Achieve It
January 23, 2007
Bayards, New York City
(Map)
Preliminary Agenda
8:30 Breakfast with Exhibitors
9:00
Chairperson’s
Opening Remarks
Jos Schmidt,
Partner
Capco
9:15
Opening
Roundtable: What Does Best Execution
Mean
Today? How Is It Affected by the Quest
for
Liquidity?
Moderator:
Lloyd Altman,
Senior Vice President, Consulting
Random Walk Computing
Panelists:
Guy Cirillo,
AES Global Channel Sales Manager
Credit Suisse
Jarrod Yuster,
Global Head, Portfolio and Electronic Trading
Merrill Lynch
Joseph Wald,
Chief Executive Officer
EdgeTrade, Inc.
Gregory Treacy,
Senior Vice President
NeoNet Securities, Inc.
10:00
Achieving Best
Execution: A Practical Guide
Moderator:
Murray Finebaum,
President & CEO
FutureTrade
Panelists:
Eugene Choe,
Vice President
Credit Suisse
Thorsten Schmidt, CFA,
First Vice President, Global Algorithmic Trading
Instinet LLC
John Wightkin,
Managing Partner
QSG
Wayne Wagner,
Senior Advisor, ITG Solutions Network
Former Chairman, Plexus Group
10:45 Refreshment Break with Exhibitors
11:15
Impact of
Soft Dollar Regulations on Buy-Side,
Sell
Side and Vendor firms
Moderator:
Lee Pickard,
Partner
Pickard and Djinis LLP
Panelists:
Kevin Petrello,
Sr. Vice President, US Head of Commission Management
Lehman Brothers
Stephen L. Schardin,
Managing Director and President
Charles River Brokerage, LLC
Robert Boylan,
Vice President
Credit Suisse
Robin Hodgkins,
President
Cogent Consulting, LLC
11:45
Applying Technology to Achieve Best
Execution
Moderator:
Louise Westerlind,
Analyst,
Institutional Securities and Investments
Celent, LLC
Panelists:
Marie Giangrande,
Vice President Strategic Alliances, Enterprise
Information Solutions
Reuters
Robert Kissell,
Head of Quantitative Trading Strategy
JP Morgan
Lisa Ortmayer,
Director of Product Planning
Mantas, Inc.
Andrew Kagan,
Director of Market Access
Lava Trading
Vijay Oddiraju,
Chief Executive Officer
Volante Technologies, Inc.
12:30 Luncheon with Exhibitors
1:30
Chief
Compliance Officer
Roundtable:
Compliance
with
New and Existing SEC Guidelines
Moderator:
Diane E. Ambler,
Partner
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP
Panelists:
Richard Biegen,
Managing Director, Director of Global Compliance
AIG Global Investment Group
George Travers,
Chief Compliance Officer
Golden Tree Asset Management
Jeffrey B. Cobb, Esq.,
Partner
Cobb & Eisenberg LLC
2:15
The Internal Market and Market
Consortiums:
Best
Interest of the
Customer or Inherently Conflicted?
Moderator:
Brad Bailey,
Senior Analyst
Aite Group
Panelists:
Ralston Roberts,
Senior Vice
President
SunGard BRASS
Chris Kelley,
Executive Vice President
Fidessa
Anthony Hallinger, Director
Pershing LLC
3:15
Refreshment Break with Exhibitors
3:30
Transaction
Cost Analysis: Measuring the Total
Cost of
Trading
Moderator:
Stephen A. Berkowitz
The Berkowitz Group, Incorporated
Panelists:
James F. Bryson,
Senior Managing Director
Elkins/McSherry, LLC
Robert Kissell,
Head of Quantitative Trading Strategy
JP Morgan
Bill Conlin,
Chief Operating Officer
Abel/Noser Corp.
4:15
Impact of Electronic Trading
and Advanced Execution
Strategies Such as Algo Trading and DMA on
Best
Execution
Matthew Celebuski,
Senior Managing Director
Bear Stearns
4:45 Conference Adjourns
