InvestOps USA 2025

March 10 - 12, 2025

JW Marriott Grande Lakes, Orlando

Michael Winnike

Managing Director, CSS Strategy & Market Solutions DTCC

Michael Winnike is DTCC’s Managing Director, Clearing & Securities Services (CSS) Strategy and Market Solutions, where he oversees strategic planning across the CSS business. Within this role, he partners across the organization to define strategic objectives, develop a holistic strategy that connects and aligns asset classes and market segments, and leads key enterprise-wide initiatives. In addition, Michael identifies new market opportunities to grow the CSS business and supports the development of innovative solutions to meet the evolving needs of DTCC’s clients.

Before DTCC, Michael served as Director, Market Structure within BlackRock's Global Trading organization where he was responsible for influencing and shaping market structure across asset classes and products. This included defining and implementing trading platform enhancements and managing BlackRock's clearing strategy and swap clearing relationships. Prior to this role, Michael was a member of BlackRock’s Prime Brokerage Financing team. Michael began his BlackRock career as a member of the Legal and Compliance Department, providing legal coverage for BlackRock’s derivatives and cash trading platforms.

Michael holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Whitman College.

Buy Side Innovation Day | 10th March

10:10 AM Panel Debate: Front-to-back vs Best of Breed Providers: How can you assess which tech platforms and tools are best equipped to support your trading strategies and how can you scale capabilities to further streamline the trade life cycle?

  • What are the major considerations when evaluating front to back trading platform vs building more bespoke post trade capabilities and systems? 
  • How can you best manage the migration from legacy platforms to next generation technologies? 
  • What are the various advantages and disadvantages of front to back platforms and best of breed set ups? 
  • Can front to back platforms truly support a multi asset trading strategy without any specialist systems servicing more complex asset classes? 

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

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