A Look Inside The Modern Trading Desk

Rory Winston

Director, eFX (Electronic FX)
Commerzbank

Rory Winston is a Director at Commerzbank AG working on eFX liquidity management, augtomated execution and trading algorithms and big data analytics. He has a wide range of experience in financial markets, telecommunications, and technology startups spanning Europe, Australia and Asia. He currently works on a real-time foreign exchange trading system that trades billions of Euro each day on the wholesale and interbank foreign exchange markets.

He holds an MSc in Applied Computing from NUI Galway and a Masters in Finance from London Business School.

Abstract

High-level topics will be

• Introduction
• Overview of the Foreign Exchange (FX) market - history, structure and main players
• How the FX market is evolving - challenges and opportunities
• Inside the modern trading desk
• Technology and trading - algo trading / big data / automation / DIY trading
• The trading desk of the future - Careers in FX and trading