2024 Plato Market Innovator (MI3) Conference
Working with academia to improve the markets of tomorrow
On Thursday 20th of June 2024, Plato Partnership will hosted its eighth Market Innovator (MI3) Academic Conference at One Moorgate Place in London.
MI3 is where the leading academics and practitioners meet to discuss the most pertinent topics in capital markets.
Bart Zhou Yueshen from the Singapore Management University won the Best Paper Award for his research titled “Anticompetitive Price Referencing”, co-authored by Vincent van Kervel from the Universidad de los Andes.
2024 MI3 Agenda
Morning
08:00 – Event registrations open & breakfast served
08:30 – Welcome from Mike Bellaro, CEO of Plato Partnership, and Carole Comerton-Forde, Professor of Finance at The University of Melbourne
08:40– Anticompetitive Price Referencing - presented by Bart Zhou Yueshen, Singapore Management University, discussed by Sabrina Buti, Universite Paris Dauphine
09:30 – Taxing Financial Transaction in Multiple Markets - presented by Vincent Wolff, University of Zurich, discussed by Tobias Dieler, University of Bristol
10:20– Morning tea
10:50 – Algorithmic Pricing and Liquidity in Securities Markets - presented by Jean-Edouard Colliard, HEC Paris, discussed by Patrick Chang, Oxford University
11:40– Plato commissioned research: Two presentations, 15 minutes per presentation, 5 mins Q&A
Importance of mid-point crossing - Laurence Daures, ESSEC Business School
Declining liquidity in European Equities markets - Jose Penalva, Universidad Carlos III
12:20 - Lunch
Afternoon
13:20 – Industry Panel - How to make European Markets More Competitive (panellists below)
14:20 – Afternoon tea
14:50 – Incentives to Lose: Disclosure of Cover Bids in OTC Markets - presented Ruslan Sverchkov, Warwick Business School, discussant Jamie Coen, Imperial College Business School
15:40- Closing remarks
15:50 – Drinks reception
Thank you to our Program Committee for reviewing all of the research: Sabrina Buti Jean-Edouard Colliard Laurence Daures Thierry Foucault Björn Hagströmer Sophie Moinas Richard Payne Barbara Rindi Yazid Sharaiha Erik Theissen Ingrid Werner.
MI3 Industry Panel - How to make European Markets More Competitive
The 2024 MI3 Conference featured a panel of leading market participants, researchers and exchanges discussing the most pertinent topics facing Europe, and how they affect competitiveness in the global marketplace.
Meet the Panellists…
Moderated by Rebecca Healey
Managing Partner at Redlap Consulting
Lara Shevchenko
Senior Policy Advisor - Market Structure, FIA European Principal Traders Association
Laetitia Visconti
Former Head of Market Structure, Independent
Niki Beattie
CEO, Market Structure Partners
Marcus Stuttard
Head of UK Primary Markets & Head of AIM, London Stock Exchange
Anish Puaar
Head of European Equity Market Structure, Optiver
Mentoring at MI3
For a second year, Plato Partnership joined AmplifyME and Work in Fintech to bring young, ambitious students and recent graduates to the MI3 Academic Conference.
These early career candidates attended all parts of the MI3 Conference, partnered with an experienced market participant or academic to guide them through the presentations and discussions. These mentors also introduced candidates to senior industry representatives and helped them network at the event.
We also hosted career and resumé workshops at the conference where candidates received one-to-one advice from experienced mentors on their CVs and career plans.
A mentoring project with a mission to inspire young professionals and empower students from disadvantaged backgrounds to build careers and companies in Fintech
Founded in 2009, AmplifyME is the world’s leading provider of simulation based experiences in finance. We partner with hundreds of top financial and educational institutions to connect students and graduates with real opportunity
Market Innovation
Watch Plato Partnership CEO Mike Bellaro and Carol Comerton-Forde, Finance Professor at the University of Melbourne, discuss Plato Partnership, the MI3 Initiative, its role in the market and how it brings innovative answers to market structure problems by combining the expertise of academics and practitioners.