09:30

Registration

10:00

Welcome

How is Trading in Mexico Evolving?

This technically focused session will look at the issues, challenges and opportunities brought about by the technical and regulatory developments emerging in the Mexican markets, such as the decision of the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (BMV) to implement the RINO rules and to move to FIX. It will also look at the impact of these on the Mexican markets and the solutions available to help the industry manage these changes.

Moderator

Alex Lamb, Executive Board Member, RTS Realtime Systems Group

Speakers

Luis Acevedo, COO, MexDer, Mexican Derivatives Exchange  
Alice Botis, Head of Business Development Latin America, Fidessa  
Hector Casavantes, Director of Electronic Trading Services, Finamex
Alfredo Guillen Lara, Transactional Services Director, Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (BMV)

The FIX Protocol: A Guide to Implementation

This session will open with an overview of the FIX Protocol and the functionality offered by different releases. It will then deliver a guide to implementation, whilst sharing knowledge and experience from lessons learnt from previous implementations, enabling delegates to benefit from this excellent educational opportunity and achieve optimum results from their next FIX project.

Presenter

Kevin Houstoun, Co-Chair FPL Global Technical Committee, Chairman and Founder, Rapid Addition 

Speakers

Marcio Castro, Co-Chair FPL Latin America Subcommittee, IT Officer, Trading Systems, BM&FBovespa   
Chava Palma, Managing Director, Alyar Global
Gloria Roa Béjar, Director, BBVA Bancomer Derivatives  
Dan Watkins, Global Business Development & Marketing, CMA 

11:45

Coffee Break

FIXatdl^SM: Generating Efficiency Gains and Cost Savings for the Algorithmic Trading Community

In March 2010 FPL released a new industry standards-based messaging language for algorithmic trading strategies, the FIX algorithmic trading definition language (FIXatdl^SM).  This interactive session will introduce the real opportunities that FIXatdl will offer to the trading community. It will explore the support it offers, the benefits it seeks to achieve and how firms are now actively using FIXatdl to effectively meet business requirements.

Presenter / Moderator

Kevin Houstoun, Co-Chair FPL Global Technical Committee, Chairman and Founder, Rapid Addition 

Speakers

Spiros Giannaros, VP Sales – Americas, Charles River  
Jose Luis Romero, IT Executive Director, Interacciones   
Daniel Yu, Head of US Sales, RealTick  

Using FIX to Achieve a Low Latency Solution

The global trading community is focused on reducing latency throughout the trading process. This information packed session will focus on identifying where latency exists within the trade lifecycle and recommend the best practices that can be followed to achieve a low latency FIX solution.

Presenter / Moderator

Kevin Houstoun, Co-Chair FPL Global Technical Committee, Chairman and Founder, Rapid Addition 

Speakers

Marcio Castro, Co-Chair FPL Latin America Subcommittee, IT Officer, Trading Systems, BM&FBovespa  
Mario Chuman, Managing Director, CMA
George Kledaras, Chairman, FIX Flyer  
Enrique Ramirez Zarco, Sub Director – Investment & Risk Banking Systems, BBVA Bancomer  

The FIX Protocol: Offering Mexican Firms Cost Savings and Efficiency Gains

The free and open FIX Protocol messaging standard is used by many firms across the globe to enable electronic trading.  In multiple markets it has achieved mass adoption as buy-side and sell-side firms, Exchanges/ECNs, vendors and regulators from across the globe continue to utilize the standard to achieve their business goals.

This session will explore the opportunities that FIX offers to the Mexican trading community addressing questions such as:

• What asset classes and sections of the trade life-cycle will FIX support?
• To what degree is it used in Latin America and other markets globally?
• How will it help my firm comply with the new RINO rules in Mexico?
• How will it change the way I connect to the Bolsa?
• What is the economic rationale for adopting FIX?
• Do firms really achieve return on investment and what are the key efficiency gains that can be enjoyed?
  

Presenter

Courtney Doyle McGuinn, FPL Operations Director  

Moderator

Alfredo Guillen Lara, Transactional Services Director, Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (BMV)  

Speakers

Adolfo Aldama, JP Morgan, Vice President Head of IP Technology Mexico
Marcio Castro, Co-Chair FPL Latin America Subcommittee, IT Officer, Trading Systems, BM&FBovespa  
Luis Carballo, Director of Software Engineering, Mexican Stock Exchange Group  
Amilcar Elorza, COO, Asigna
Billy Ochoa, ETD’s Director, Banco Santander
Brian Ross, CEO, FIX Flyer 

Trading In and Out of Mexico

This session will look at the new market participants wishing to trade from overseas into the Mexican market and the benefits this could present to the local trading community. It will explore the key trends emerging in the local market, the connectivity options available to firms wishing to trade locally and how FIX presents a greater opportunity for Mexican firms to trade more easily internationally.

Moderator

Chava Palma, Managing Director, Alyar Global

Speakers

Jorge Alegria, Senior Vice President of Markets and Data Services, Mexican Stock Exchange 
Spiros Giannaros, VP Sales – Americas, Charles River  
Laurence Latimer, SVP & Managing Director, Trading & Client Connectivity – Americas, SunGard  
Sebastian Rey, Electronic Sales Director, GBM 
Guillermo Zevada Pérez, Institutional Sales Director, Accival Banamex Casa de Bolsa  

Algorithmic Trading: What are the Options Available to the Mexican Trader?

This session will feature a series of case studies exploring different execution algorithms, the circumstances when they should be used and the benefits they could deliver to your trading desk.

Presenter / Moderator

Kevin Houstoun, Co-Chair FPL Global Technical Committee, Chairman and Founder, Rapid Addition 

Speakers

Luis Acevedo, COO, MexDer, Mexican Derivatives Exchange 
Lucia Caamaño, Technical Support Manager, IXE
Drey Dias, LatAm Trading Systems Director, Bloomberg
Kurt Huhner, Business Development - Americas, Enterprise, Fidessa
Mauricio Trigueros Ramirez, Head of Equity Trading, GBM

High Frequency Trading

This session will seek to explain what high frequency trading means, the costs, risks and opportunities it presents. It will look at how the Mexican market has evolved, the extent to which High Frequency Trading is now being used and the potential it offers locally. Additionally, the session will explore co-location, who is using it, what are the client requirements and how is it working in Latin America more broadly?

Presenter / Moderator

Dan Watkins, Global Business Development & Marketing, CMA 

Speakers

Hector Casavantes, Director of Electronic Trading Services, Finamex 
Alejandro Creixell C, Managing Partner, Bulltick Capital Markets
Timo Pentner, Managing Director, Americas, RTS Realtime Systems Group
Phillipe Thomas, Managing Director, Ullink 
Guillermo Zevada Pérez, Institutional Sales Director, Accival Banamex Casa de Bolsa

18:00

Closing Speech