All buy side and sell side ops primary passes are carefully vetted. If you register for a pass and do not qualify under our criteria (see below), your pass *will* be cancelled and you may not be informed.
Qualifying ‘buy-side’ firms are typically end-user clients with assets under management (AUM) exceeding $250m and no trading clients. Buy-side firms include asset managers, hedge funds, mutual funds, insurance companies, and pension funds.
Firms that have trading clients of their own—including sell-side institutions (Tier 1, 2, and 3 banks), broker-dealers, prime brokers, prime of primes, ETF providers, technology providers, platforms, and trading venues—do not fall within the definition of a ‘buy-side’ firm. Proprietary trading firms will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
Acceptance to other WBR events or previous editions of InvestOps has no bearing on eligibility for this or future events.
WBR reserves the right to make the final decision on qualification for each ticket type.
As a condition of your complimentary participation, you are required to refrain from attending unofficial networking events. All official networking events will be organised by WBR or its sponsors.
In addition to meeting the buy-side criteria or the Sell Side Ops criteria, you must be a senior decision-maker.
By registering, you agree that Worldwide Business Research may charge a “no-show compensation” fee of €450 + VAT if you, or an accepted substitute, do not attend the main two-day conference.
Acceptance to other WBR events or previous editions of InvestOps has no bearing on eligibility for this or future events.
WBR reserves the right to make the final decision on qualification for each ticket type.
You can review our full cancellation and substitution policy, as well as data protection guidelines here.