How does your desk actually compare? This session puts the questions that never get asked publicly to the full conference room — anonymously — and turns the live results into a benchmark discussion with senior practitioners. Panelists will respond to and discuss the polling findings in real time. Every attendee receives the full findings in The ELS 2027 State of the Desk Report.

The outsourced trading decision is no longer a small-firm conversation — and many firms that made the call three years ago are revisiting it. This debate-format session, held under the Chatham House Rule, puts the real numbers and real experiences on the table. Pre-signup preferred.

• Execution quality, cost, and coverage: what independent analysis of live data shows — not the provider pitch

• What you give up that doesn't show up in the fee comparison — and what you gain that doesn't either

• How the provider landscape has expanded — and where the capability gaps still sit

• The firm profiles where outsourcing genuinely makes sense in 2027 — and the ones where it doesn't