Q15-SP was created for service providers considered by our buy and sell-side members to be most relevant in areas such as liquidity provision, OMS, EMS, clearing and settlement and enabling technologies. Q15-SP members get together with other Q15 members every 6 months at the executive breakfast meetings and at the bi-annual Q150 network events held at the gherkin.

Objectives:

Improve communication between Q15 members and the service providers that are integral to their business

Ensure outcomes are strategically driven by offering membership to CEOs, Presidents and Managing Directors

Provide a continuous loop of information between all parties by inviting Q-15 buy and sell-side members to address the Q15-SP breakfasts and vice versa

Bring all members together at the bi-annual Q150 network events  

Composition:

Members ranked liquidity providers, clearing houses, oms and ems providers, systems integrators etc. by relevance / strategic importance to their firms. Those results were then correlated and invitations extended to suppliers who most closely matched members' needs, ensuring Q15-SP membership represented the best fit for all.

The inaugural Q15-SP meeting was launched on 30th March 2010.  Current members are:

• BATS Trading: Mark Hemsley, CEO Europe
• Bloomberg: Ben MacDonald, Global Head of FI Trading Products
• Caplin Systems: Paul Caplin, CEO
• CME Group: Robert Ray, Managing Director International Products and Services
• ITG Europe: Michael Sparkes, Director & Managing Consultant
• Liquidnet Europe: John Barker, Managing Director
• Market Axess: Paul Ellis, Head of Market Axess Europe
• MTS Markets: Jack Jeffery, CEO
• SunGard: Ryan Keough, Segment President, Global Trading
• TradeWeb: Andrew Bernard, Managing Director