David Bullen

Director Lorgwood Ltd

Buy Side Trading Innovation Day

1:40 PM Setting the buy side agenda for 2026: How can we identify key buy-side trading challenges and best collaborate with industry to set the 2026 agenda?

Day 1 | 15th October

8:35 AM Chairperson’s Opening Remarks and Market Overview

9:20 AM The View on Liquidity Panel: Leveraging bank and non-bank LPs: How can you improve liquidity sourcing to optimise bond trading performance in a fragmented and volatile market?

With liquidity dynamics shifting due to evolving market structures, diverse liquidity sources, and technological advancements, traders must rethink their execution strategies. This panel will explore practical approaches to optimising liquidity access, balancing traditional and non-traditional counterparties, and utilising cutting-edge tools for improved trade performance.

Day 2 | 16th October

9:00 AM Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

1:50 PM Oxford-Style Debate: Will traders of the future be coders or pure strategists?

Join a dynamic and thought-provoking debate where industry experts challenge conventional wisdom on the evolving role of traders. As automation, AI, and algorithmic strategies reshape financial markets, do traders need to become software engineers, or will AI take over coding, allowing human traders to focus purely on strategy and relationships?

FOR: The traders of the future will be software engineers first—those who don’t code will be left behind.

Louis Gargour, CIO & Managing Partner, LNG Capital

AGAINST: Coding will become obsolete for traders as AI automates execution, bringing the industry back to relationship-driven trading.

Valerie Nannette-Dan, Senior Trader, AXA Investment Managers

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining David.

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