FX market volatility has been suppressed by central banks for almost a decade. But 2020 is like nothing we have ever seen before: a global pandemic, geopolitical tensions and unprecedented government stimulus bills. With all these unknowns, we are looking at a very uncertain and volatile end to the second decade of this century with potential shifts in world power, US dollar dominance challenged and the role of the world's institutions potentially changed forever.

PANEL 1: Currency Hedge Funds in 2020: Success stories and the best places to launch-part 1

PANEL 1: Currency Hedge Funds in 2020: Success stories and the best places to launch-part 2

With financial markets seeing trading costs drop dramatically over the years, many more hedge funds have entered the space. Additional entrants have brought with them more venues, more models and more technology innovation. Hedge funds greatly benefit from technology efficiencies by shortening the time-to-market, improving efficiency and margin management, decreasing trading costs and optimizing liquidity management. During this panel, experts from the field of technology will discuss technology solutions such as sophisticated front-office solutions that help achieve market-beating, risk-adjusted returns, as well as automated and integrated middle, and back-office infrastructures that deliver the operating and compliance efficiencies hedge funds need to control costs and maintain their profitability in an era of tightening fees.

PANEL 2: Technology for Currency Hedge Funds-Part 1

PANEL 2: Technology for Currency Hedge Funds-part 2

The umbrella fund structure makes it cheaper for investors to move from one sub-fund to another and also helps to reduce setup and maintenance costs for the investment manager. During this discussion, experts in the field will discuss various options for umbrella fund setups and weigh-in on the pros and cons of each solution, as well as diving deeper into the operational aspects of these structures.

PANEL 3: Turn-key hedge funds under a regulated umbrella-part 1

PANEL 3: Turn-key hedge funds under a regulated umbrella-part 2

While FX Market is the largest and the most liquid market in the world, it is also one of the least transparent. What are some of those well kept industry secrets? How can you access the market in a way that suits your strategy and investment objectives? How to find institutional providers and FX prime brokers? What are industry’s biggest challenges? Our expert team with combined FX industry experience of over 200 years, will look under the hood and attempt to answer many of these and other questions via series of podcasts where we will be discussing all things institutional FX, fintech and evolution of electronic currency trading. Tune in to listen to prominent guests and keep up with latest institutional FX trends and news.

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