TradeTech 2026
2026 is the year that TradeTech moved to Amsterdam, reflecting the growing importance of new liquidity providers, notably Optiver, whose CEO gave tantalising hints about his firm’s central risk book. Lit venues are fighting a rearguard battle against the buyside’s growing embrace of bilateral trading. Retail was one place the two adversaries met, in a panel that I chaired.
But the big theme of the conference was generative AI, despite veteran buyside traders’ keen awareness of vendor hype. Firms like Norges Bank have embraced large language models on an industrial scale, challenging more traditional buyside players to up their game.
Global Trading’s team was busy at the conference; expect to read plenty more about it.
Nick Dunbar, Editor
TradeTech reports
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