Darren Jer

COO & Co-Founder
MarketFactory

Darren has led sales and operations in the financial services markets for over a decade. He co-founded MarketFactory with a vision of providing clean, fast code to the FX market, following his role as Head of New Business Sales Americas for EBS / ICAP. Prior to joining EBS, he was a Sales Executive for IBM Wall Street accounts.

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Buy Side Only Platform Evaluation Day- September 13th 2016

Friday, December 9th, 2016

13:15 Platform Introduction: Meet the platforms - What are the key differences between the new initiatives and how can they help you overcome the liquidity drought?

Platforms include: Deltix, Edgewater Markets, Flextrade, MarketFactory, Quod Financial, Thomson Reuters, TradingScreen

An introduction to each platform today - What is their USP that is not offered anywhere else?
How can the initiatives help you source new liquidity pools in constrained markets?
Where are the new platforms up to in their onboarding life cycle and how successful has the process been?
What different eTrading protocols are available to the buy side and what benefits do they bring?

Rising Above The Current Market Order – 14th September 2016

Monday, January 9th, 2017

09:50 360° Perspective: How Is The Provision, Distribution And Consumption Of Liquidity Shifting Post Brexit? Shining A Light On The Blurring Boundaries Amongst FX Market Players

If there are fewer banks with sufficient capital to respond to sudden currency moves, how can the market respond to patchy liquidity and air pockets at times of market stress?How did the market react to the recent Brexit decision?
Is now the ideal opportunity for non-bank market makers to step up to the plate? How are they changing the dynamics of the FX industry and what are the resulting opportunities and dangers for the buy side?
Will there be increasing consolidation among venues and providers ahead, and if so how will this impact buy side firms as they becoming increasingly focused on finding ways to lower trading fees?
As the FX ecosystem becomes more complex, how can firms create a better means for assessing FX trading opportunities via access to dealer, non-traditional dealer, and platform liquidity?
Do real money buy side firms need to develop a prime broker relationship?