Elisa Menardo, Governmental Affairs EMEA, UBS Group Elisa Menardo works on European and UK securities regulatory policy issues, as well as broader European and UK government affairs for UBS. She develops UBS positions in coordination with colleagues from across the firm and represents UBS views to officials, regulators, clients and other key stakeholders in the...
Liz has over 25 years experience in market structure strategy, including innovation, restructuring, and regulation. From 2014 – 2023, Liz focused mostly on bond MiFID II/MiFIR advocacy, driving suitable corporate and sovereign bond transparency frameworks in both the EU and UK. Liz also chaired key industry taskforces such as: 1. CT Taskforce – At the...
Nick Idelson, Co-Chair Algo Trading Working Group, FIX Trading Community, Technical Director, TraderServe Nick, co-chair of the FIX Algo Trading WG, has over 30 years expertise in algo trading, including founding and managing teams for major banks and hedge funds as well as pioneering distributed algo trading and execution environments. Closely involved with trading regulation...
Peter Whitaker, Market Structure Strategist, Jane Street Peter Whitaker is a Market Structure Strategist covering European and Asian markets within Jane Street’s Institutional team. In this role, Peter analyses regulatory and market structure developments that impact trading and liquidity. He produces studies and shares insights with institutional clients including global asset managers, pension funds and...
Alison Hollingshead, Chief Operating Officer, Investment Management, Jupiter Asset Management Alison Hollingshead is Investment Management Chief Operating Officer at Jupiter, a role she took up in June 2022. Alison is responsible for managing the operational functions and activities of Investment Management, including line management of Trading and Investment Business Managers. Alison was previously Chief of...
Dr Rhys Bollen, Senior Executive Leader, Market Supervision, Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) Rhys leads ASIC’s Market Supervision team within the Markets group. He is responsible for the oversight of investment banks, market participants and issuers of complex retail products, and for monitoring trading activities across Australia’s equities, futures, and over-the-counter markets. His previous...
Samuel Livingstone, Head of Data Science, Jupiter Asset Management Sam Livingstone joined Jupiter in December 2018 and is the Head of Data Science. He is responsible for building out the Data Science proposition across Jupiter. Prior to joining Jupiter, Sam was a Data Scientist at Citadel (~$30bn US Hedge Fund) focusing on Global Equities, a Quant Researcher...
Commissioner Hester M. Peirce, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Hester M. Peirce was appointed by President Donald J. Trump to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and was sworn in on January 11, 2018. Prior to joining the SEC, Commissioner Peirce conducted research on the regulation of financial markets at the Mercatus Center at George Mason...
Luke Colairo, Head of Operations, BennBridge Limited Luke is the Head of Operations at BennBridge and has over 7 years’ experience in financial services. BennBridge, part of the Australian-based BFM Group, is a multi-boutique asset management firm that partners with boutique investment teams and provides them with all their non-investment support. Prior to joining BennBridge,...
