Quant Finance

Market Microstructure, Liquidity & Automated Trading

Post-Conference Workshop (ii) : Market Microstructure, Liquidity & Automated Trading

11 March, 2016, Singapore

13:30 - 17:30 hrs SST

Against the backdrop of current market scenarios, Algorithmic Trading has attracted considerable attention. The concepts are multi-faceted and are globally applicable across all financial markets: equities, fixed income, currencies. This workshop provides an introduction to Market Microstructure and Liquidity Measures; then explores Optimal Trade Execution Strategies; discusses Trading Platforms and their features, and pre- and post-trade analytics.

The workshop will benefit the following groups: New recruits in Quant/Algo Trading groups in hedge funds and investment banks; Experienced traders will find it valuable to refresh their knowledge, since substantial changes have occurred in the way trading takes place in different venues (exchanges); Manual Traders who would like to enhance their skill-set; Trading managers who would like to start algorithmic trading desks/operations; Students in Masters courses in finance - the workshop will help them define novel areas of project opportunities.