Live Updates: Finance Magnates London Summit 2016

We are live at the Finance Magnates London Summit 2016.

Finance Magnates London Summit is the largest trading industry conference in Europe. Held for the fifth consecutive year, the London Summit includes exhibitions and panel discussions with dozens of speakers from leading firms who analyze, discuss and debate recent trends and market events.

With a variety of networking sessions featuring top executives and workshops, this year's emphasis will be on the institutional FX community, as well as regulatory issues ahead of MiFID II.

The morning schedule is set to kick off at 10:30 BST with Seminar 1: 'Reducing costs and averting risks with Blockchain Blockchain Blockchain comprises a digital network of blocks with a comprehensive ledger of transactions made in a cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin or other altcoins.One of the signature features of blockchain is that it is maintained across more than one computer. The ledger can be public or private (permissioned.) In this sense, blockchain is immune to the manipulation of data making it not only open but verifiable. Because a blockchain is stored across a network of computers, it is very difficult to tampe Blockchain comprises a digital network of blocks with a comprehensive ledger of transactions made in a cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin or other altcoins.One of the signature features of blockchain is that it is maintained across more than one computer. The ledger can be public or private (permissioned.) In this sense, blockchain is immune to the manipulation of data making it not only open but verifiable. Because a blockchain is stored across a network of computers, it is very difficult to tampe Read this Term technology' alongside 'The future of trading starts today' in the Workshop Room.

In order to provide ongoing coverage of new products, panels and happenings, Finance Magnates will be posting live updates throughout the day. Keep your eyes on this page for a full recap of what is going on.

Here we go...

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And the winners are...

Read more here.

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CMC joins the ranks of the Finance Magnates Awards with the best CFDs broker award...

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Finance Magnates London Summit Awards Ceremony 2016.

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Coming soon!

Finance Magnates Surprise Guest Show and Awards Ceremony 17.00 - 18.00

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Some of the London Summit participants...

Join us @financemagnates #londonsummit16 @eToro @SpotOption @leveratelive @FXCM @FXCMUK @miller_tal pic.twitter.com/PSwHI6XwVl

— Fibonatix (@fibonatix) November 15, 2016

Live from the @financemagnates #LondonSummit16! Explore #FX space with a True Prime of Prime is and meet our Team if you haven't yet. pic.twitter.com/m7i4RSzkja

— Advanced Markets (@amiforex) November 15, 2016

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Nir Yaffe – VP product manager and head of the R&D department at SpotOption in action...

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Abide's Mark Kelly joins panel of experts at #londonsummit16 to debate FX reporting obligations under #MiFIR pic.twitter.com/76ksH71ldB

— Abide Financial (@Abide_Financial) November 15, 2016

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Shortly taking place:

Panel 4: Regulation Regulation Like any other industry with a high net worth, the financial services industry is tightly regulated to help curb illicit behavior and manipulation. Each asset class has its own set of protocols put in place to combat their respective forms of abuse.In the foreign exchange space, regulation is assumed by authorities in multiple jurisdictions, though ultimately lacking a binding international order. Who are the Industry’s Leading Regulators?Regulators such as the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority ( Like any other industry with a high net worth, the financial services industry is tightly regulated to help curb illicit behavior and manipulation. Each asset class has its own set of protocols put in place to combat their respective forms of abuse.In the foreign exchange space, regulation is assumed by authorities in multiple jurisdictions, though ultimately lacking a binding international order. Who are the Industry’s Leading Regulators?Regulators such as the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority ( Read this Term in FX ahead of MiFID II 15.15 - 16.00

Seminar 5: The transition of institutional technology to the retail market 15.15 - 16.00 Workshop Room: Multi-product and platform opportunities for financial derivative 15.30 - 16.00

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The tweets keep flowing...

Today we are at the @financemagnates Right now listening to the top global CEOs of the trading industry #londonsummit16 pic.twitter.com/h9a5sEKfye

— Qbitia (@Qbitia) November 15, 2016

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Playtech saw in us strategic thinking, new acquisitions on the way: CFH's CEO #londonsummit16 @playtech_ #B2B pic.twitter.com/lqu7j2Vo1W

— Finance Magnates (@financemagnates) November 15, 2016

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The industry's c-level segment is literally all in one place #londonsummit16 pic.twitter.com/MNKYIejZjm

— Finance Magnates (@financemagnates) November 15, 2016

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Repealing Dodd-Frank will save FXCM $5-10 million, says CEO Drew Niv.

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Anthony Papaevagorou, Head of Sales at MetaQuotes Software:

“MT5 was previously struggling to keep up with MT4 and our other offerings, we are victims of our own success....MT5 has become a new generation platform and have seen greater growth in the platform over MT4 in every month since July 2016...Do not expect to see any developments to come out of MT4 ever again. It's slowly dying out...100% of our efforts are invested in MT5".

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Workshop: OpenAPI and OpenBank: Facilitating authentic and unique client experiences through collaboration

Christopher Truce, Director of OpenAPI, Saxo:

“We are currently in a new economy...Presently the user comes first with an emphasis on generating value – what is needed is an API technology stack...Value is created with aggregated services, though this is shifting to a more experience-based economy...Institutions are focused on a client tailored experience towards the individual, which has spurred themes from big data to other areas...Presently there is an emphasis on driving up economic value through providers’ ability to offer customer experience – we see this with full stack businesses."

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Kicking off with Dave Sutter from Fluent on Blockchain technology. #londonsummit16

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Nicc Lewis, CMO of Leverate:

Workshop: The future of trading starts today

“Regulations will become more prominent within the fintech industry....Mass media brings mass traffic and you need to know how to deal with it...We need to start building tools to move into the future, starting with automation."

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