Christoph Hock

Head of Trading
Union Investments

As the Head of Trading at one of Europe’s leading asset managers, Christoph manages trading activities for the entire portfolio including cash equities, listed and OTC derivatives, funds and ETFs and possesses extensive experience in portfolio management and trading. At Union Investments, Christoph is currently exploring new ways to integrate a multi-asset trading strategy and improve trading capabilities going forward. He will be sharing his practical experience on the opening panel of day 2, offering you the opportunity to takeaway top tips on how to go about integrating multi asset trading capabilities on your trading desk.

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Christoph.

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Exploring Next Generation Fixed Income Trading

Wednesday, February 10th, 2016

09:10 All Star Panel: Making multi-asset trading a reality- What are the people, processes and technology requirements needed?

As capital markets advance and buy side trading desks become more independent and self conscious, a trend that has begun to gather pace recently is the prospect of a multi-asset trading desk. With increased correlation and interconnection between asset classes, alongside the ever increasing need for belt tightening, buy side firms at the very forefront of the industry have begun to explore the idea of a multi asset trading desk. This ‘All Star Panel’ is a must attend session where you will find out:

What are the drivers for a multi asset trading desk and what instruments can you use to streamline your trading processes?
Can buy side traders become multi asset and multi skilled themselves or is this beyond the realms of possibility?
How can you make trading more efficient by multi skilling your traders?
What products and market conditions can facilitate multi asset trading?
Outlining the costs and implementation requirements for multi asset trading- What technology enables a multi asset strategy?

11:45 360° Perspective: The equities automation journey- Which transferable lessons can be applied to accelerate your eTrading capabilities?

As you know, the fixed income industry is presently going through exciting change not too dissimilar to the equities evolution 10-15 years ago. In recent times, there have been some correlations and firms have started to utilise equities technology to their fixed income trading desks. This senior level panel brings together three experts who also have a strong background in equities who will share their top tips on technological synergies you should look out for. Attend this panel to find out:

Recognising the key differences between equities and fixed Income- What can you learn from the technology boom in equities and what does this mean for fixed income?

Is the equities evolution a reliable indicator of where fixed income markets are heading, or will fixed income markets behave in a different manner?

Will the e-trading innovation lead to more dark pools in fixed income?

Technology boom- What tools will be essential to improve your fixed income trading capabilities?