PostTrade 360° Amsterdam 2022

Bastiaan Aalders, Head of the Netherlands, Asset & Wealth Management Consulting, Alpha Financial Markets Consulting

As the dust settles after the Brexit-induced shift of trading activity to Amsterdam two years ago, let’s get an overview of where the market is moving now, across asset classes, and what will be the keys to long-term continued success.

Simone Huis in 't Veld, CEO, Euronext Amsterdam

The takeover of the Netherlands’ market-leader KAS BANK, by France-based CACEIS in 2019, was one of the European custody-bank industry’s most transformative events of the decade, not to mention its local impact in the country. From his position as executive chairman of the KAS BANK, then deeply involved with the operational aspects of the merger, Sikko van Katwijk played a key role through the process. In this session, hear his story of how the merger came about, what considerations were made before the decision – and what change it is enabling in the Dutch securities services landscape.

Sikko van Katwijk, Executive Committee, CACEIS

Whether we seek to trade profitably or to do the post-trade processing efficiently, sourcing and dealing with data sets is pretty much what fills our work day – a fact that has only been emphasised by recent reforms and trends in the ESG space.

Join the session to spotlight aspects like …

• what good ESG data management and strategy is about,

• the link between data analytics and business strategy,

• the role of the user in data quality, especially with ESG

• the growth of market data costs.

Moderator: Angie Adams, Data Consulting Manager, Alpha Financial Markets Consulting

Panellists:

Gijs Spijkers, CPO Investment Management & Analytics, VLK Investment Management

Ward Willemsen, Team Manager Data Management, APG

Moderator: Valentijn Wiegel, Head of Network Management, ABN AMRO Clearing Bank

Panellists: 

Tim Beckwith, Head of Commercial Services & Business Development, EuroCCP

Brendon Bambury, Head Sales and Relationship Management UK, Nordics and Benelux, SIX

Ricky Maloney, Head of Buy Side Fixed Income Sales, Eurex

Eric Bey, Head of Clearing Services, Euronext

James Stacey, Commercial Services Director, LCH

With a background as a pioneering practitioner in investments ESG, as well as a writer and scholar, Martina Macpherson has grown a strong following as an influencer in the area. Since June, she is the Head of ESG Product Management for SIX – responsible for product strategy, management and go-to-market for the company’s data and analytics ESG / SDG product offering. Meet her for an inspiring talk on how to make sustainability data management a natural component of business and investor decision-making.

Martina Macpherson, Head of ESG Product Management, Financial Information, SIX

Moderator: Virginie O'Shea, CEO & Founder, Firebrand Research

Panellists: 

Marc Weijkamp, Domain Expert Securities Operations, ABN AMRO

Richard Ozinga, Head of Product Management EMEA, Deutsche Bank

Pardeep Cassells, Head of Securities and Claims Products, AccessFintech

In the US, the central securities depository DTCC leads a determined campaign to shorten the settlement cycle for equity trade, from a T+2 basis to T+1. Across the many nations of Europe, a similar move would take a lot of coordination but still seems to be the direction things are going. This session discusses what it means for infrastructures, and how market participants should prepare to maximise the benefits and minimise the hassles.

Moderator:  Alan Goodrich, Regional Sales Manager - Benelux, Nordics, Baltics & SEE, ERI BANCAIRE

Panellists:

Erik Veerman, Senior Advisor Market Infrastructures, ABN AMRO

Andrew Douglas, Managing Director & Head of Government Relations EMEA & APAC, DTCC

Kamala Kannan, Director, Product Management, S&P Global Market Intelligence

Richard Ozinga, Head of Product Management EMEA, Deutsche Bank 

On the back of automation along the whole value chain, retail investors are meeting trade commissions already at or near zero. And emerging “fractionalisation” means they don’t even have to trade in full shares or bonds; thus new investment opportunities open for them, for example in ETFs, bonds and even alternative assets like art pieces. 

This raises questions from all perspectives. What is the business model of zero-commission brokers? What capabilities are required in the  post trade operations? How does it change the behaviour of consumer investors and their contribution to market liquidity? And – with the GameStop drama still in memory – what new risks is it bringing for different market participants and service providers?

Moderator: Wail Azizi, Chief Strategy Officer, Equiduct

Niek van Rens, COO, BUX