Mike du Plessis

Managing Director, Global Head FX, Rates & Credit Execution Services
UBS Investment Bank

Mike is a Managing Director and Global Head of FX, Rates & Credit Execution Services at UBS Investment Bank. Mike joined UBS in 2013 to oversee the fixed income execution services business that brings together IRS agency execution with the traditional listed derivatives business. Mike began his career in 1989 with an internship at Asea Brown Boveri Metals Ltd, a category 2 member of the London Metal Exchange, where he developed an early passion for exchange based trading. After completing formal training on the County NatWest capital markets graduate program, he moved to the floor of the London International Futures Exchange in 1992. Mike has spent the 23 years since in the listed and cross rates sales business; including roles at Aubrey G Lanston, Lehman Brothers, and as an equity partners at Cube Financial (subsequently acquired by Societe Generale). Prior to joining UBS, Mike served as European Head of Listed Derivative Sales at Deutsche Bank.

Mike holds a BA with Honors in Banking and Finance from City of London Polytechnic and has served as a Board Member of FIA Europe.

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Summit Day 1

Friday, February 6th, 2015

16:20 Sell Side Keynote: Combating the secondary market liquidity crunch- How are banks reinventing their business models to better meet your needs in light of Dodd Frank and Basel III increasing capital demands?

How is the sell side optimizing their capital in a less liquid more regulated and lower return world to better support the buy side?
What types of e-trading technology is the sell side using to maximize efficiency of their dealing activity and pass on cost savings to the buy side?
In light of the move from a principal model of trading to an agency, broking-centric trading model which players are leading the way in offering the buy side innovative solutions?
As the sell side deal with the costs of regulation, what types of products and services should the buy side expect to see from their tier I and tier II brokers?