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The agenda for the information packed FPL Canadian Trading Conference has just been released. This carefully planned one day event is expected to attract more than 400 market participants from across the Canadian buy-side, sell-side, exchange/ECN, vendor and analyst community, providing a forum for the industry to meet and exchange ideas focused on the critical issues facing the Canadian markets. The line-up of speakers features leading Canadian and global experts in electronic trading, selected based on their extensive knowledge and experience, making attending the 2011 FPL Canadian Trading Conference one of the most effective ways to get up-to-date information about the latest trading developments. In just one day, the packed agenda will inspire intelligent debate, provide a forum for discussion, challenge your perceptions, provide insight on emerging prospects and provide you with the information needed to enable your firm to trade more effectively. The comprehensive agenda will discuss a wide range of topics across separate business and technical streams, including: • The evolving global political climate and its potential impact on the way we trade over the next 12 months • The challenges of accessing liquidity in the increasingly fragmented Canadian market environment including: trading in dark pools and on crossing networks, market and opportunity impact, using smart order routing practices and algorithmic trading strategies • An analysis of the best practices for assessing how well Canadian investment managers and brokers perform in accessing the markets • The benefits, controversies and challenges Canadian institutional traders encounter when seeking to trade in an HFT environment • As liquidity continues to be divided between lit platforms and dark pools, and regulators are increasingly focused on transparency and market integrity, what does this mean for Canadian traders navigating these challenges? • Is the current Canadian regulatory framework fit to meet the challenges of the future? • Multi asset class platform convergence: how will it impact brokers, exchanges and technology providers over the coming 12 months? • Global exchange consolidation and its impact on the Canadian investment community • The FPL Technical Roadmap: What is in the pipeline and how will FPL be supporting the needs of the trading community in 2011 and beyond? • Implementing FIX: Transaction cost analysis, options and approaches • Developing a highly efficient and very concise protocol for HFT market access • Utilising the FIX Protocol to support multi-asset class trading • Taking your FIX implementation global For full agenda details please www.fixprotocol.org/canadianconference2011/program Register today to secure your free place! FREE passes available for all buy-side market participants and an allocation of FREE passes available for all FPL Member firms. To register please visit: www.fixprotocol.org/canadianconference2011/registration For further event information please visit: www.fixprotocol.org/canadianconference2011 [You can unsubscribe from this discussion group by sending a message to mailto:[email protected]] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Financial Information eXchange" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/fix-protocol?hl=en.
