Zack Ellison

Director, US Public Fixed Income
Sun Life Investment Management

Sun Life Investment Management’s teams currently manage over $110 billion in assets for the Sun Life Financial group of companies, and Zack is responsible for trading corporate credit in the financial, utility, transportation, retail, consumer, food, beverage, and aerospace & defense sectors. As a trader Zack has views on market structure and liquidity that are informed by practical experience and enhanced by consistent dialogue with both buy-side and sell-side traders, and Zack has previously provided expert views on how the market structure needs to be directed and defined in order to make markets more transparent, more liquid, and less risky.

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Empowering The Buy Side

Friday, February 6th, 2015

14:00 360° Perspective: Buy side to buy side trading- Is this the best alternative means to source liquidity?

As banks balance sheets become strained and the buy side continues to grow, the pressure to develop new trading models has increased. There are a whole bunch of new ideas that the industry is talking about, and one of the more popular strategies has been buy side to buy side trading. This panel is made up of speakers at the forefront of fixed income innovation, who have different views on what method of trading will be best to source liquidity. Attend this session to learn:

- Why have there been so many failed attempts at buy side to buy side trading models?
- As volatility increases and rates begin to move, will buy side to buy side platforms take off in the market?
- In what way is the existing trading model limited in terms of sourcing liquidity and achieving best execution?
- Is it possible that buy side to buy side trading will take over the market?
- What can be done to move the buy side over to a price maker/price taker model of trading?

16:00 360° Perspective: Who should you partner your desk with to improve your trading capabilities?

This buy side panel, with leading industry figures, will summarise the key themes of the day on the changing market structure and its impact on your trading desk. They will discuss which partners are best placed to help you source liquidity, reduce costs and ultimately prosper in a new fixed income market. With the panel consisting of industry pioneers from across the spectrum, they will be providing their expert views on:
- Who are the main providers of liquidity in the new market?
- Which is the best combination of brokers and platforms you need to prosper?
- What technology can help you reduce costs and achieve best execution?
- What systems and processes can best help you overcome the liquidity drought?