Christoffer De Geer is currently the Vice President of BT.CX, Swedens leading cryptocurrency and blockchain asset exchange. He has been active in the blockchain industry since 2013 and as an author and frequent speaker on the topic, you often find him in the media arguing with traditional finance about the validity of this transformative technology.
Torstone Technology is a leading global provider of cross-asset securities and derivatives post-trade processing technology. Using Torstone’s award-winning cloud-based platform, you can manage the entire cross-asset post-trade workflow, from trade capture, risk, analytics, confirmation and settlement through to reconciliation and accounting, all in a single, integrated platform. This helps you reduce costs, achieve greater control, minimise risk, and drive...
International Securities Services is a specialist publication dedicated to providing news and analysis on the securities services industry. We cover developments in custody, asset servicing, data management, operations, clearing and settlement, technology and regulations worldwide. Our goal is to provide relevant and timely content to market participants so they make the best informed decisions. Original content...
Turquoise is the European multilateral trading facility majority owned by London Stock Exchange Group in partnership with the user community. With a single connection, members can trade shares, depository receipts, ETFs, and European Rights Issues of 19 European countries with an Open Access model that allows members to choose among 3 interoperable CCPs to clear...
Rapid Addition – Electronic Trading Innovators Rapid Addition was an early pioneer in the development of advanced electronic trading technology and is recognised as a market leader in financial messaging protocols and scalable middleware. Our asset class and message protocol-agnostic platform provides a foundational building block that enables organisations to build electronic trading capabilities that...
Exactpro specializes in quality assurance services and related software development with focus on test automation for securities data distribution, trading systems, risk management, market surveillance and post-trade infrastructures. In May 2015 – January 2018, Exactpro was part of the Technology Services division of the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG). In January 2018, the founders of...
Liquidnet is a leading technology-driven, agency execution specialist that intelligently connects the world’s investors to the world’s investments. Since our founding in 1999, our network has grown to include more than 1,000 institutional investors and spans 57 markets across six continents. We built Liquidnet to make global capital markets more efficient and continue to do...
Itiviti provides nearly 2,000 financial institutions worldwide with flexible, cross-asset trading solutions that cover the full trade lifecycle. Through its commitment to technology innovation, relentless pursuit of workflow efficiency and an entrepreneurial culture, Itiviti is disrupting the industry with highly-scalable solutions that deliver unprecedented cost savings for clients. Itiviti was acquired by Broadridge Financial Solutions,...
Fidessa’s solutions are underpinned by efficient end-to-end workflow. Our low-latency DMA platform provides high-performance, scalable and consistent access to 200+ global markets to support brokers in delivering the low-touch, global, multi-asset execution capabilities their clients demand. Optimised trading capabilities include smart order routing, algo trading, sophisticated analytics and powerful risk management. Fidessa’s derivatives trading platform...
Kerstin is Managing Director of the Swedish Securities Dealers’ Association (SSDA) since 2006. Her first major task as managing director of SSDA was the MIFID 1 implementation; from dialoque with legislators and regulators to review of all SSDA selfregulation and standards. Under Kerstin’s leadership SSDA has continued to focus on serving and supporting its members in regulatory developments and infrastructure projects. The SSDA has also become more and more active on following the EU agenda, especially through an increased co-operation with the other Nordic associations and the establishment of the Nordic Securities Association.
Kerstin is active within the European Banking Association (e.g. chairing the Secondary Market WG) and the European Forum for Securities Associations. Kerstin is a board member of AP7 which is the stateowned alternative to the private investment funds offered by the Swedish premium pension system – AP7 has around 300 billion SEK under management.
Kerstin has a Master of Laws from the University of Lund. She started as a young lawyer in an investment firm in 1985. She joined Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken in 1991, first as a lawyer serving mainly the custody area and then as Head of Compliance in the investment bank arm. Kerstin has been an expert in several government investigations related to securities law and regulation.
