Buy Side Innovation Day | 9th February

9:00 am - 9:05 am Welcome Address: Jodie Paula Cohen, Event Producer, WBR

9:05 am - 9:10 am Chair’s Opening Remarks

9:10 am - 9:30 am Head of Trading Opening Keynote: The Future of FX: How are trading desks and the FX market being re-shaped as the evolution of AI, tokenization and Sunday trading evolves faster than expected?

Yudhveer Chaudhry - Global Head of FX Trading, BlackRock

9:30 am - 10:05 am Panel: Best Ex: How can you navigate unique datasets, counterparty friction, analytics and auto-execution thresholds to optimize your execution strategies in real-time?

Joe Rothwell - Senior Director, Global Multi-Sector Fixed Income, Manulife Investment Management Taylor Haberstock - Global Trader, Morgan Stanley Investment Management

10:05 am - 10:25 am Interview

10:25 am - 10:45 am Interview: FX Outlook & Strategy: How did FX markets respond to heightened market volatility in 2025 and how can you find alpha and manage risk in a politically charged investment landscape?

Dori Levanoni - Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager, Capstone Investment Advisors

10:45 am - 11:25 am Panel: Capital Markets in 2026: How are persistent trade tensions, political unpredictability and portfolio diversification away from US markets shaping FX trading and investment strategies?

Ash Shetty - SVP, Portfolio Manager and Risk Strategist, PineBridge Investments Candice Bangsund - Vice President & Portfolio Manager, Global Asset Allocation, Fiera Capital Mabrouk Chetouane - Head of Global Market Strategy, Natixis Michael J. Sager - Managing Director & Head, Multi-Asset & Currency Management, CIBC Asset Management

11:25 am - 11:50 am Keynote: Myth busting GenAI: How to harness GenAI for smarter trading and investment decisions

Iro Tasitsiomi - Principal Data Scientist, T. Rowe Price