Mark Kuzminskas

Global Head of Trading
The Boston Partners

As the Director of Equity Trading at The Boston Parteners (RIM), the $32 billion US asset management arm of Robeco Group, Mark Kuzminskas’s responsibilities include overseeing trading desks in Boston and NY; managing the technological and regulatory change as it impacts trading and the investment process; and heading up the Trade Management Oversight Committee which is charged with ensuring that Trading complies with the firm's best execution practices. Mark has spent a significant amount of time working to shrink the sphere of the investment process by dramatically improving the relationship between portfolio management and trading. He has also been looking closely at trader DNA and using data to analyze the corresponding trading behaviour and process. Based on this analysis, he has made significant improvements to the trading performance, and will be sharing this experience on Day 2 at the Equities Leaders Summit.

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Mark.

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December 1st – Tackling Current Priorities

Monday, January 12th, 2015

08:15 Chairpersons Opening Remarks

08:25 All-Star Panel: Exclusive update on buy side to buy side trading initiatives - How your trading desk can capitalize on this to source block liquidity

Can Luminex unlock enough liquidity to enable block trading?
Buy side owned trading venues: Will they have enough traction to revolutionize the way you trade?
Are homegrown buy side trading solutions the new execution platform of choice?
How is buy side to buy side trading transforming existing routes to market? How does it affect buy side to broker relations?

Moderated by:

Mark Kuzminskas, Global Head of Trading, The Boston Partners

09:40 Panel: Confronting fragmentation concerns: Can the US equity trading market be consolidated without eliminating competition, stifling innovation, raising transaction costs, and producing subpar performance?

Is consolidation in particular types of trading venues inevitable? Why has there not been more consolidation to date?
Is there a clear winner in each venue category for:

Re-aggregating liquidity
Offering technologically advanced and efficient trade execution
Ensuring market surveillance quality
Providing efficient pricing structures

Are all the arguments against market fragmentation commendable? - it degrades market quality, creates arbitrage opportunities, and deters transparency
Are all the arguments against consolidation commendable?

16:15 Updates From Creative Boardroom: Making Multi-asset trading a reality: How to break down barriers to reap the business benefits

17:35 Chairperson's Closing Remarks

December 2nd – Driving Future Profitability

Thursday, February 12th, 2015

09:50 All-Star Panel: How to foster a closer partnership between portfolio management and execution to capitalize on new alpha generation opportunities

How to take advantage of the trader's insight of market movements in the investment process
How to consolidate pre-trade cost information with portfolio direction to enable best execution
How to improve the relationship between portfolio management and execution to boost overall performance
How to streamline trading processes to guarantee trading activity is an accurate extension of the investment strategy