Best Execution webcast

As a result of extreme market conditions, securities markets around the world are working on how best to achieve optimal execution. How can they gain an insight into transaction cost analysis and how is this affected during erratic market behaviour? And which is most effective way for determining performance benchmarks.

* Typically what are the variables that need to be considered when providing clients with a service that qualifies as meeting "best execution" criteria? What role does technology play in supporting such variables?
* Has the market witnessed the emergence of new or more important criteria/challenges that need to be considered/managed as part of a best execution service? If so, what are these variables?
* Do smart order routing (SOR) tools provide brokers with the ability to differentiate themselves from one another when it comes to best execution? If so, what are the attributes of the ideal SOR tool?
* To what extent has market and liquidity fragmentation affected the ability to adhere to best execution mandates? How do brokers and buy-side firms address this issue through the use of technology?
* How effective are TCA tools (transaction costs analysis) in providing firms with close to real-time analysis of their executions?

Speakers:
* James Rubinstein, Director of Algorithmic Trading, UBS
* Stephen Temes, Founder and Managing Partner, Lincoln Capital LLC
* Mike Googe, TCA Product Specialist, Bloomberg EMS
* Stuart Grant, Financial Services Business Development, Sybase
* Victor Anderson, Editor-in-Chief, Waters (Moderator)

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