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ITS Summit NYC 2018 Podcast: Ensuring Best Execution Compliance in a Multi-Venue Environment

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Best execution, smart order routing and finding liquidity were under the spotlight during a panel session at A-Team Group’s recent Intelligent Trading Summit in New York City. So too, was the SEC’s ‘maker taker’ pilot designed to generate data that will provide the Commission and market participants with information to facilitate an informed, data driven discussion about transaction fees and rebates, and their impact on order routing behaviour and execution quality.

  • Moderated by: Haim Bodek, Managing Principal, Decimus Capital Markets, LLC
  • Eric Karpman, Independent Trading Technology Expert
  • Michael Beth, Vice President, Equity & Derivative Trading, WallachBeth Capital
  • Saurabh Srivastava, Senior Vice President, Electronic Trading, Jefferies
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