Derivatives Forum Amsterdam 2024

We’re pleased to announce the next Derivatives Forum Amsterdam. This event will take place in-person, enabling you to take full advantage of exclusive networking opportunities with your peers.

Co-hosted with ABN AMRO Clearing Bank, we’re grateful to announce the support of Optiver and IMC as sponsors, and FIA EPTA and DUFAS as supporting partners.

Date: Thursday, 11 July 2024, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Location: ABN AMRO Corporate Headquarters

This year we’ll focus on the following topics:

Trends in derivatives trading
Capital market in Europe: how to make markets more attractive to retail participants
How European derivatives markets will benefit from meaningful change in IFR/IFD
Have Dutch Asset Managers embraced the use of Derivatives in their investment strategies
Energy and commodities

We’re looking forward to welcoming you again in Amsterdam, the epicenter of European prop trading.

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9:30 - 10:25 Registration
10:25- 10:30 Welcome & Housekeeping
10:30- 10:40 Welcome speech Robbert Booij, Designated CEO, Eurex Frankfurt AG Jan Bart de Boer, Chief Commercial Officer, ABN AMRO Clearing
10:40 - 11:00 Fireside Chat: Market drivers - market challenges Moderator: Carolin Roth, Financial Journalist and Moderator  Speakers: Rutger Schellens, CEO, ABN AMRO Clearing Tanya Pieters-Gorissen, Head of Capital Markets Integrity Supervision, AFM
11:00 - 11:45 Trends in Derivatives Trading This panel will discuss the latest industry trends, analyze the investment landscape and debate on the key drivers impacting derivatives trading performance. What is front of mind for heads of trading in 2024 and beyond? How is the geo-political situation affecting derivatives trading trends? What is the influence of AI and related technologies on the industry? Moderator: Carolin Roth, Financial Journalist and Moderator  Speakers: Randolf Roth, Executive Board Member, Eurex Frankfurt AG Further speakers to be announced
11:45 - 12:05 Coffee break
12:05 - 12:20 Fireside Chat How to build trust for retail investors in the EU capital markets? Why is retail participation so important for the EU capital markets? Will the current positioning, foreseen amendments in the European retail investment strategy (RIS), contribute to more retail participation? How to further engage retail investors in derivatives trading? Moderator: Carolin Roth, Financial Journalist and Moderator  Speakers: Randy Pattiselanno, Manager Strategy & Regulatory Affairs, DUFAS
12:20 - 13:05 Capital Market in Europe – how to make markets more attractive to retail participants How does the retail investor currently interact with European derivatives? How can Europe stimulate more retail participation? What is the role of different players (brokers, exchanges, market makers)? Is regulation fit for purpose as it relates to retail investors trading listed derivatives? Moderator: Lotte de Vos, Head of European Market Structure, Optiver Speakers: Jan Heyder, International Sales Manager, CapTrader Robin van Rijn, Executive Director Brokerage Europe, flatexDEGIRO Bank Philipp Schultze, Head of Sales Europe, Eurex Carl-Johan Munch-Jensen, Head of Trading, Swissquote
13:05 - 14:05 Lunch
14:05 - 14:20 Fireside Chat: A deep dive into the Europe’s STOXX 600 in light of AI and the current economic climate Moderator: Carolin Roth, Financial Journalist and Moderator  Speakers: Armelle Loeb-Darcagne, Executive Board Member, STOXX
14:20 - 15:05 Zooming into energy derivatives - significance, trends and market dynamics Energy derivatives and power derivatives aren’t new to the market but most certainly top of mind as more and more firms, trading traditionally financial derivatives, are seeking exposure and keen to trade further markets. What are the key trends in the European power markets How are the energy markets developing? Are energy derivatives the new financial derivatives? Moderator: Carolin Roth, Financial Journalist and Moderator  Speakers: Tom Frohnhoff, Senior Business Development, European Power Derivatives Martin Eichstädt-Krug, Managing Director, Head Global Markets & Clearing Germany, ABN AMRO Bank Further speakers to be announced
15:05 - 15:45 Coffee break
15:45 - 16:05 Fireside Chat: Solving the prudential puzzle: How European derivatives markets will benefit from meaningful change in IFR/IFD It is widely recognized that the European economy needs more vibrant and liquid capital markets to provide for the safety and wellbeing of European citizens. Derivatives markets are a key contributor to this. As policy makers are mulling over the ways to reinvigorate European capital markets, one critical element will need to be meaningful change to the prudential rules for investment firms (IFR/IFD). How have the IFR/IFD rules affected European liquidity providers? Why should all users of the derivatives markets care about these impacts? How we can turn things around to make European derivatives markets more globally competitive? Moderator: Carolin Roth, Financial Journalist and Moderator  Speaker: Piebe Teeboom, Secretary General, FIA European Principal Traders Association
16:05 - 16:45 Have Dutch buy side firms embraced the use of Derivatives in their investment strategies? How does the Dutch buy-side manage their risk using derivatives? How do structure product desks, asset managers and hedge funds leverage equity derivatives globally? How is the role of the market makers changing? Moderator: Piebe Teeboom, Secretary General, FIA European Principal Traders Association Speakers: Wilrik Sinia, Director, Mint Tower Capital Management Paul van der Meer, DCP Execution & Sales Lead, IMC Tjerk Bosse , Director, Head of Equity Derivatives Trading, Van Lanschot Kempen Andre Eue, Head of Market Development & Pricing, Eurex
16:45 - 16:50 Closing remarks
16:50 - 18:50 Networking drinks

9:30 - 10:25 Registration

10:25- 10:30 Welcome & Housekeeping

10:30- 10:40 Welcome speech

Robbert Booij, Designated CEO, Eurex Frankfurt AG
Jan Bart de Boer, Chief Commercial Officer, ABN AMRO Clearing

10:40 - 11:00 Fireside Chat: Market drivers - market challenges

Moderator: Carolin Roth, Financial Journalist and Moderator 

Speakers:

Rutger Schellens, CEO, ABN AMRO Clearing
Tanya Pieters-Gorissen, Head of Capital Markets Integrity Supervision, AFM

11:00 - 11:45 Trends in Derivatives Trading

This panel will discuss the latest industry trends, analyze the investment landscape and debate on the key drivers impacting derivatives trading performance.

What is front of mind for heads of trading in 2024 and beyond?
How is the geo-political situation affecting derivatives trading trends?
What is the influence of AI and related technologies on the industry?

Moderator: Carolin Roth, Financial Journalist and Moderator 

Speakers:

Randolf Roth, Executive Board Member, Eurex Frankfurt AG
Further speakers to be announced

11:45 - 12:05 Coffee break

12:05 - 12:20 Fireside Chat How to build trust for retail investors in the EU capital markets?

Why is retail participation so important for the EU capital markets?
Will the current positioning, foreseen amendments in the European retail investment strategy (RIS), contribute to more retail participation?
How to further engage retail investors in derivatives trading?

Moderator: Carolin Roth, Financial Journalist and Moderator 

Speakers:

Randy Pattiselanno, Manager Strategy & Regulatory Affairs, DUFAS

12:20 - 13:05 Capital Market in Europe – how to make markets more attractive to retail participants

How does the retail investor currently interact with European derivatives?
How can Europe stimulate more retail participation? What is the role of different players (brokers, exchanges, market makers)?
Is regulation fit for purpose as it relates to retail investors trading listed derivatives?

Moderator: Lotte de Vos, Head of European Market Structure, Optiver

Speakers:

Jan Heyder, International Sales Manager, CapTrader
Robin van Rijn, Executive Director Brokerage Europe, flatexDEGIRO Bank
Philipp Schultze, Head of Sales Europe, Eurex
Carl-Johan Munch-Jensen, Head of Trading, Swissquote

13:05 - 14:05 Lunch

14:05 - 14:20 Fireside Chat: A deep dive into the Europe’s STOXX 600 in light of AI and the current economic climate

Moderator: Carolin Roth, Financial Journalist and Moderator 

Speakers:

Armelle Loeb-Darcagne, Executive Board Member, STOXX

14:20 - 15:05 Zooming into energy derivatives - significance, trends and market dynamics

Energy derivatives and power derivatives aren’t new to the market but most certainly top of mind as more and more firms, trading traditionally financial derivatives, are seeking exposure and keen to trade further markets.

What are the key trends in the European power markets
How are the energy markets developing?
Are energy derivatives the new financial derivatives?

Moderator: Carolin Roth, Financial Journalist and Moderator 

Speakers:

Tom Frohnhoff, Senior Business Development, European Power Derivatives
Martin Eichstädt-Krug, Managing Director, Head Global Markets & Clearing Germany, ABN AMRO Bank
Further speakers to be announced

15:05 - 15:45 Coffee break

15:45 - 16:05 Fireside Chat: Solving the prudential puzzle: How European derivatives markets will benefit from meaningful change in IFR/IFD

It is widely recognized that the European economy needs more vibrant and liquid capital markets to provide for the safety and wellbeing of European citizens. Derivatives markets are a key contributor to this. As policy makers are mulling over the ways to reinvigorate European capital markets, one critical element will need to be meaningful change to the prudential rules for investment firms (IFR/IFD).

How have the IFR/IFD rules affected European liquidity providers?
Why should all users of the derivatives markets care about these impacts?
How we can turn things around to make European derivatives markets more globally competitive?

Moderator: Carolin Roth, Financial Journalist and Moderator 

Speaker: Piebe Teeboom, Secretary General, FIA European Principal Traders Association

16:05 - 16:45 Have Dutch buy side firms embraced the use of Derivatives in their investment strategies?

How does the Dutch buy-side manage their risk using derivatives?
How do structure product desks, asset managers and hedge funds leverage equity derivatives globally?
How is the role of the market makers changing?

Moderator: Piebe Teeboom, Secretary General, FIA European Principal Traders Association

Speakers:

Wilrik Sinia, Director, Mint Tower Capital Management
Paul van der Meer, DCP Execution & Sales Lead, IMC
Tjerk Bosse , Director, Head of Equity Derivatives Trading, Van Lanschot Kempen
Andre Eue, Head of Market Development & Pricing, Eurex

16:45 - 16:50 Closing remarks

16:50 - 18:50 Networking drinks

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