Enhancing Your ETF Execution Strategy
We will discuss the points below and discover the answers during the webinar. This will then be followed by a short Q&A to conclude the session.
Discussion points:
- Fixed Income flows taking the lead
- Understanding ESG data
- The next hot sector: Will it be crypto?
- Exchange vs RFQ: Where is the better price?
- Assessing growth in automation
- Ensuring best execution: Large, contingent & difficult trades
Speakers
Athanasios Psarofagis
ETF Analyst
Bloomberg Intelligence
Athanasios Psarofagis is an ETF analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence. Prior to joining Bloomberg, he held roles in ETF groups at OppenheimerFunds and IndexIQ. Before that, he was in product development at Nasdaq. He has a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Connecticut.
Jason Conan-Davies
Head of Trading
Nutmeg Saving and Investment Limited
Jason is head of trading at Nutmeg, the largest digital wealth manager in the UK. With responsibility and oversight of Nutmeg's daily trading and operations functions, his role sees him managing the trading processes for over 100,000 UK retail investors. Jason joined Nutmeg in 2017, bringing a wealth of experience in exchange traded funds and trading from previous roles, including SEI Investments. Jason has 14 years' experience in the banking industry working for companies such as Lehman Brothers, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank. He holds a degree in International Business Studies.
Bernardus Rcelofs
Head of ETF Institutional Sales & Trading
DRW
Bernardus currently leads DRW’s ETF institutional sales and trading activities globally. A leader in the ETF industry in Europe and Asia, he has worked for almost two decades with ETF market makers, issuers, exchanges and institutional investors. Nardus started his ETF career at HVB/Unicredit as an ETF Sales & Advisory specialist, where he was responsible for developing and positioning HVB’s/Unicredit’s ETF business in Europe. He then joined Flow Traders as the Global Head of ETF Sales Trading, where he established and managed the first non-bank market maker ETF sales trading desks in Europe & APAC covering institutional investors. Earlier in his career, Nardus had senior roles at HVB/Unicredit and Commerzbank as Equity Capital Market specialist responsible for acquisition and distribution of equity and equity-linked offerings.
Tudor Maxim
ETF trader
Optiver
Tudor has been part of the European equity ETF team for the past 3 years, helping fuel Optivers’ growth to one of the top market makers in Europe. As an execution trader, he is the first point of contact between end users and the other traders. He also communicates with Optivers’ network of brokers, handles incoming price requests and ensures an overall smooth trade process.
Simon Barriball
Head of ETF & Portfolio Trading
Virtu ITG Europe Limited
Simon Barriball is responsible for ETF and Portfolio Trading at Virtu ITG Europe LTD. He has been with Virtu for 6 years having moved to ITG in 2014 to set up their ETF trading desk prior to the acquisition of ITG by Virtu Financial in 2019. Prior to Virtu he spent 19 years at Robert Fleming, Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse in a number of equity and ETF roles.