Roll Up Your Sleeves at a Finance Magnates London Summit Workshop
- Gain insight from key professionals contributing their expertise and experience in the trading industry.

At the London Summit, attendees will take part in exhibitions, parties, keynote speeches, networking opportunities and an award ceremony. This may sound like a lot, but we at Finance Magnates want to pack even more into the event! And so at the London Summit 2015 we are hosting a series of workshops presented by people with invaluable experience of the industry. The workshops are guaranteed to be an educational experience, and we are proud to present you with the lineup of speakers here. Before you set out to learn more about the workshops, make sure to register to the event as the event draws near and places are running out.
Howard Bick, Optimove

Howard Bick is the Director of New Business and Legal at Optimove, a customer retention platform which utilises predictive software to personalise advertising campaigns. He will be presenting the workshop 'Retention Lab- Scientific Trader Marketing', in which he will discuss techniques for extracting and utilising customer data, something which is extremely important for brokers in the Forex Forex Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world’s largest trading market by volume. According to the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) latest survey, the Forex market now turns over in excess of $5 trillion every day, with the most exchanges occurring between the US Dollar and the Euro (EUR/USD), followed by the US Dollar and the Japanese Yen (USD/JPY), then the US Dollar and Pound Sterling (GBP/USD). Ultimately, it is the very exchanging between currencies which causes a country’s currency to fluctuate in value in relation to another currency – this is known as the exchange rate. With regards to freely floating currencies, this is determined by supply and demand, such as imports and exports, and currency traders, such as banks and hedge funds. Emphasis on Retail Trading for ForexTrading the forex market for the purpose of financial gain was once the exclusive realm of financial institutions.But thanks to the invention of the internet and advances in financial technology from the 1990’s, almost anyone can now start trading this huge market. All one needs is a computer, an internet connection, and an account with a forex broker. Of course, before one starts to trade currencies, a certain level of knowledge and practice is essential. Once can gain some practice using demonstration accounts, i.e. place trades using demo money, before moving on to some real trading after attaining confidence. The main two fields of trading are known as technical analysis and fundamental analysis. Technical analysis refers to using mathematical tools and certain patterns to help decide whether to buy or sell a currency pair, and fundamental analysis refers to gauging the national and international events which may potentially affect a country’s currency value. Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world’s largest trading market by volume. According to the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) latest survey, the Forex market now turns over in excess of $5 trillion every day, with the most exchanges occurring between the US Dollar and the Euro (EUR/USD), followed by the US Dollar and the Japanese Yen (USD/JPY), then the US Dollar and Pound Sterling (GBP/USD). Ultimately, it is the very exchanging between currencies which causes a country’s currency to fluctuate in value in relation to another currency – this is known as the exchange rate. With regards to freely floating currencies, this is determined by supply and demand, such as imports and exports, and currency traders, such as banks and hedge funds. Emphasis on Retail Trading for ForexTrading the forex market for the purpose of financial gain was once the exclusive realm of financial institutions.But thanks to the invention of the internet and advances in financial technology from the 1990’s, almost anyone can now start trading this huge market. All one needs is a computer, an internet connection, and an account with a forex broker. Of course, before one starts to trade currencies, a certain level of knowledge and practice is essential. Once can gain some practice using demonstration accounts, i.e. place trades using demo money, before moving on to some real trading after attaining confidence. The main two fields of trading are known as technical analysis and fundamental analysis. Technical analysis refers to using mathematical tools and certain patterns to help decide whether to buy or sell a currency pair, and fundamental analysis refers to gauging the national and international events which may potentially affect a country’s currency value. Read this Term industry. Optimove's solutions play a key role in the forex industry, and this workshop promises to be very educational.
Nicc Lewis, Leverate

B2C marketing is one of the vital pillars of success for a forex broker. The VP of Marketing at Leverate, Nicc Lewis, has over a decade of experience in digital marketing, operating at the highest levels in the companies where he has worked. He will be presenting a workshop entitled 'Traders Who Convert Themselves', where he will explain how to optimise conversion and retention.
Piotr Drzewiecki, XTB

Eyeing a Warsaw IPO, XTB is a major European brokerage house, established in more than 15 countries in Europe. With over a decade of success, what better person than this company's CEO to summarise the accumulated knowledge of so much experience and present it to you? Piotr Drzewieki will be giving the workshop 'The Biggest Mistakes That Brokers Make and How To Avoid Them'.
Andrew Ralich, oneZero

The FX landscape is constantly evolving, and for brokers, it is important to have a good understanding of all the options available to them regarding Risk Management Risk Management One of the most common terms utilized by brokers, risk management refers to the practice of identifying potential risks in advance. Most commonly, this also involves the analysis of risk and the undertaking of precautionary steps to both mitigate and prevent for such risk.Such efforts are essential for brokers and venues in the finance industry, given the potential for fallout in the face of unforeseen events or crises. Given a more tightly regulated environment across nearly every asset class, most brokers employ a risk management department tasked with analyzing the data and flow of the broker to mitigate the firm’s exposure to financial markets moves. Why Risk Management is a Fixture Among BrokersTraditionally the company is employing a risk management team that is monitoring the exposure of the brokerage and the performance of select clients which it deems risky for the business. Common financial risks also come in the form of high inflation, volatility across capital markets, recession, bankruptcy, and others.As a countermeasure to these issues, brokers have looked to minimize and control the exposure of investment to such risks.In the modern hybrid mode of operation, brokers are sending out the flows from the most profitable clients to liquidity providers and internalize the flows from customers.This is deemed less risky and are likely to incur losses on their positions.This in turn allowing the broker to increase its revenue capture. Several software solutions exist to assist brokers to manage risk more efficiently and as of 2018, most connectivity/bridge providers are integrating a risk-management module into their offerings. This aspect of running a brokerage is also one of the most crucial ones when it comes to employing the right kind of talent. One of the most common terms utilized by brokers, risk management refers to the practice of identifying potential risks in advance. Most commonly, this also involves the analysis of risk and the undertaking of precautionary steps to both mitigate and prevent for such risk.Such efforts are essential for brokers and venues in the finance industry, given the potential for fallout in the face of unforeseen events or crises. Given a more tightly regulated environment across nearly every asset class, most brokers employ a risk management department tasked with analyzing the data and flow of the broker to mitigate the firm’s exposure to financial markets moves. Why Risk Management is a Fixture Among BrokersTraditionally the company is employing a risk management team that is monitoring the exposure of the brokerage and the performance of select clients which it deems risky for the business. Common financial risks also come in the form of high inflation, volatility across capital markets, recession, bankruptcy, and others.As a countermeasure to these issues, brokers have looked to minimize and control the exposure of investment to such risks.In the modern hybrid mode of operation, brokers are sending out the flows from the most profitable clients to liquidity providers and internalize the flows from customers.This is deemed less risky and are likely to incur losses on their positions.This in turn allowing the broker to increase its revenue capture. Several software solutions exist to assist brokers to manage risk more efficiently and as of 2018, most connectivity/bridge providers are integrating a risk-management module into their offerings. This aspect of running a brokerage is also one of the most crucial ones when it comes to employing the right kind of talent. Read this Term, connectivity and aggregation. OneZero has an impressive track record developing low-latency software systems for the foreign exchange, commodities and futures markets. Andrew Ralich, the CEO and co-founder of OneZero and a long time Finance Magnates expert, will be running the workshop 'Evaluating connectivity, risk and aggregation solutions in the evolving FX marketplace'.
Ran Cohen, Traders Education

Ran Cohen is the founder and CEO of Traders Education, a company that offers an education service by traders, for traders. It has a track record of innovation in this field, and has been shortlisted for a Finance Magnates Award for 'Best Education Service Provider For Traders'. Ran will be presenting the workshop 'How to Convert and Retain Retail Clients', in which he will explain techniques that brokers can use to build a strategy that will lead them to financial success.
Solomon Amoako, Sedo

In today's technology driven world, one's domain name is an increasingly significant factor in the success of their business. Sedo is a domain marketplace, one of the largest in the world. Solomon Amoako, an executive of this company that has over $6 million of transaction volume a month, will run the workshop called 'Choosing A High-Impact Domain - Key to Success'. He will discuss just how important domains are, and how to find one that is appropriate for your business.
Marco Baggioli, ADS Securities

The world of trading was hit hard by the SNB crisis, and is even now still feeling the effects. Marco Baggioli is running the workshop 'Integral Trading and Prime of Prime Principals', which are two of the ways that the trading industry responded to the crisis. Marco is the Chief Operating Officer at ADS Securities, one of the companies shortlisted for the award of 'Best Forex Broker', a pedigree which guarantees an extremely enlightening and worthwhile session.
At the London Summit, attendees will take part in exhibitions, parties, keynote speeches, networking opportunities and an award ceremony. This may sound like a lot, but we at Finance Magnates want to pack even more into the event! And so at the London Summit 2015 we are hosting a series of workshops presented by people with invaluable experience of the industry. The workshops are guaranteed to be an educational experience, and we are proud to present you with the lineup of speakers here. Before you set out to learn more about the workshops, make sure to register to the event as the event draws near and places are running out.
Howard Bick, Optimove

Howard Bick is the Director of New Business and Legal at Optimove, a customer retention platform which utilises predictive software to personalise advertising campaigns. He will be presenting the workshop 'Retention Lab- Scientific Trader Marketing', in which he will discuss techniques for extracting and utilising customer data, something which is extremely important for brokers in the Forex Forex Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world’s largest trading market by volume. According to the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) latest survey, the Forex market now turns over in excess of $5 trillion every day, with the most exchanges occurring between the US Dollar and the Euro (EUR/USD), followed by the US Dollar and the Japanese Yen (USD/JPY), then the US Dollar and Pound Sterling (GBP/USD). Ultimately, it is the very exchanging between currencies which causes a country’s currency to fluctuate in value in relation to another currency – this is known as the exchange rate. With regards to freely floating currencies, this is determined by supply and demand, such as imports and exports, and currency traders, such as banks and hedge funds. Emphasis on Retail Trading for ForexTrading the forex market for the purpose of financial gain was once the exclusive realm of financial institutions.But thanks to the invention of the internet and advances in financial technology from the 1990’s, almost anyone can now start trading this huge market. All one needs is a computer, an internet connection, and an account with a forex broker. Of course, before one starts to trade currencies, a certain level of knowledge and practice is essential. Once can gain some practice using demonstration accounts, i.e. place trades using demo money, before moving on to some real trading after attaining confidence. The main two fields of trading are known as technical analysis and fundamental analysis. Technical analysis refers to using mathematical tools and certain patterns to help decide whether to buy or sell a currency pair, and fundamental analysis refers to gauging the national and international events which may potentially affect a country’s currency value. Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world’s largest trading market by volume. According to the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) latest survey, the Forex market now turns over in excess of $5 trillion every day, with the most exchanges occurring between the US Dollar and the Euro (EUR/USD), followed by the US Dollar and the Japanese Yen (USD/JPY), then the US Dollar and Pound Sterling (GBP/USD). Ultimately, it is the very exchanging between currencies which causes a country’s currency to fluctuate in value in relation to another currency – this is known as the exchange rate. With regards to freely floating currencies, this is determined by supply and demand, such as imports and exports, and currency traders, such as banks and hedge funds. Emphasis on Retail Trading for ForexTrading the forex market for the purpose of financial gain was once the exclusive realm of financial institutions.But thanks to the invention of the internet and advances in financial technology from the 1990’s, almost anyone can now start trading this huge market. All one needs is a computer, an internet connection, and an account with a forex broker. Of course, before one starts to trade currencies, a certain level of knowledge and practice is essential. Once can gain some practice using demonstration accounts, i.e. place trades using demo money, before moving on to some real trading after attaining confidence. The main two fields of trading are known as technical analysis and fundamental analysis. Technical analysis refers to using mathematical tools and certain patterns to help decide whether to buy or sell a currency pair, and fundamental analysis refers to gauging the national and international events which may potentially affect a country’s currency value. Read this Term industry. Optimove's solutions play a key role in the forex industry, and this workshop promises to be very educational.
Nicc Lewis, Leverate

B2C marketing is one of the vital pillars of success for a forex broker. The VP of Marketing at Leverate, Nicc Lewis, has over a decade of experience in digital marketing, operating at the highest levels in the companies where he has worked. He will be presenting a workshop entitled 'Traders Who Convert Themselves', where he will explain how to optimise conversion and retention.
Piotr Drzewiecki, XTB

Eyeing a Warsaw IPO, XTB is a major European brokerage house, established in more than 15 countries in Europe. With over a decade of success, what better person than this company's CEO to summarise the accumulated knowledge of so much experience and present it to you? Piotr Drzewieki will be giving the workshop 'The Biggest Mistakes That Brokers Make and How To Avoid Them'.
Andrew Ralich, oneZero

The FX landscape is constantly evolving, and for brokers, it is important to have a good understanding of all the options available to them regarding Risk Management Risk Management One of the most common terms utilized by brokers, risk management refers to the practice of identifying potential risks in advance. Most commonly, this also involves the analysis of risk and the undertaking of precautionary steps to both mitigate and prevent for such risk.Such efforts are essential for brokers and venues in the finance industry, given the potential for fallout in the face of unforeseen events or crises. Given a more tightly regulated environment across nearly every asset class, most brokers employ a risk management department tasked with analyzing the data and flow of the broker to mitigate the firm’s exposure to financial markets moves. Why Risk Management is a Fixture Among BrokersTraditionally the company is employing a risk management team that is monitoring the exposure of the brokerage and the performance of select clients which it deems risky for the business. Common financial risks also come in the form of high inflation, volatility across capital markets, recession, bankruptcy, and others.As a countermeasure to these issues, brokers have looked to minimize and control the exposure of investment to such risks.In the modern hybrid mode of operation, brokers are sending out the flows from the most profitable clients to liquidity providers and internalize the flows from customers.This is deemed less risky and are likely to incur losses on their positions.This in turn allowing the broker to increase its revenue capture. Several software solutions exist to assist brokers to manage risk more efficiently and as of 2018, most connectivity/bridge providers are integrating a risk-management module into their offerings. This aspect of running a brokerage is also one of the most crucial ones when it comes to employing the right kind of talent. One of the most common terms utilized by brokers, risk management refers to the practice of identifying potential risks in advance. Most commonly, this also involves the analysis of risk and the undertaking of precautionary steps to both mitigate and prevent for such risk.Such efforts are essential for brokers and venues in the finance industry, given the potential for fallout in the face of unforeseen events or crises. Given a more tightly regulated environment across nearly every asset class, most brokers employ a risk management department tasked with analyzing the data and flow of the broker to mitigate the firm’s exposure to financial markets moves. Why Risk Management is a Fixture Among BrokersTraditionally the company is employing a risk management team that is monitoring the exposure of the brokerage and the performance of select clients which it deems risky for the business. Common financial risks also come in the form of high inflation, volatility across capital markets, recession, bankruptcy, and others.As a countermeasure to these issues, brokers have looked to minimize and control the exposure of investment to such risks.In the modern hybrid mode of operation, brokers are sending out the flows from the most profitable clients to liquidity providers and internalize the flows from customers.This is deemed less risky and are likely to incur losses on their positions.This in turn allowing the broker to increase its revenue capture. Several software solutions exist to assist brokers to manage risk more efficiently and as of 2018, most connectivity/bridge providers are integrating a risk-management module into their offerings. This aspect of running a brokerage is also one of the most crucial ones when it comes to employing the right kind of talent. Read this Term, connectivity and aggregation. OneZero has an impressive track record developing low-latency software systems for the foreign exchange, commodities and futures markets. Andrew Ralich, the CEO and co-founder of OneZero and a long time Finance Magnates expert, will be running the workshop 'Evaluating connectivity, risk and aggregation solutions in the evolving FX marketplace'.
Ran Cohen, Traders Education

Ran Cohen is the founder and CEO of Traders Education, a company that offers an education service by traders, for traders. It has a track record of innovation in this field, and has been shortlisted for a Finance Magnates Award for 'Best Education Service Provider For Traders'. Ran will be presenting the workshop 'How to Convert and Retain Retail Clients', in which he will explain techniques that brokers can use to build a strategy that will lead them to financial success.
Solomon Amoako, Sedo

In today's technology driven world, one's domain name is an increasingly significant factor in the success of their business. Sedo is a domain marketplace, one of the largest in the world. Solomon Amoako, an executive of this company that has over $6 million of transaction volume a month, will run the workshop called 'Choosing A High-Impact Domain - Key to Success'. He will discuss just how important domains are, and how to find one that is appropriate for your business.
Marco Baggioli, ADS Securities

The world of trading was hit hard by the SNB crisis, and is even now still feeling the effects. Marco Baggioli is running the workshop 'Integral Trading and Prime of Prime Principals', which are two of the ways that the trading industry responded to the crisis. Marco is the Chief Operating Officer at ADS Securities, one of the companies shortlisted for the award of 'Best Forex Broker', a pedigree which guarantees an extremely enlightening and worthwhile session.