Later this month, I’ll be moderating a panel session at The Mankoff Company’s 2nd Annual Ultra Low Latency Event: Trading Opportunities and Developments in FX & Other Asset Classes – High Frequency Trading, Algorithms & Best Execution.

Phew, that’s a bit of a mouthful. Still, I’m expecting it to be an excellent evening, with over 120 people attending.

I went to Stacey Mankoff’s previous HFT event in London, back in November last year, and I really liked her format of an evening session with two lively and interactive panel discussions followed by networking over drinks and canapes.

For the upcoming event, which will be taking place at the Grange Holborn Hotel on the evening of March 23rd, there will again be two panel sessions. The first will focus on regulations and changes in market structure. The second, which is the one I’ll be moderating, will focus more on the technology side of things.

We’ll be taking a look at what kind of technology decisions firms need to make when implementing multi-asset class HFT strategies, with a particular focus on the “build versus buy” argument. We’ll also be looking at some cross-asset strategies themselves, particularly those that involve FX components, drilling down on the challenges of where and how to collect accurate data, how to analyse it, use it and trade on it, across increasingly fragmented markets.

Another area we’ll be focusing on is risk, particularly the risks that arise from a technology standpoint when trading across asset classes.

Joining me on the panel will be Rakesh Shah, Managing Director of Kingly Capital, Sebastian Yoon, VP of Financial Network Services at CFN Services,Paul Rushton, Consultant at Chronos Technologies, Peter Van Kleef, CEO of Lakeview Arbitrage and Hendrik Klein, Owner of DaVinci Invest.

The event is free of charge to Buy-Side Traders, Proprietary Traders, Hedge Funds, CTAs, Portfolio Managers and Asset Management Firms. Others pay £175.

To register, visit http://www.themankoffcompany.com/FXLondonHFT/