Conference Agenda

20 November 2025 (Thursday)

Host: Edward Mangles, Regional Director, Asia Pacific - FIX Trading Community

Time Sessions
8:30am Registration
9:00am
Welcome Remarks
Co-Chairs, Singapore / SEA Working Group - FIX Trading Community
  • Abhishek Janaki, Head of Liquidity Sourcing APAC - Virtu Financial
  • Andrew Jim, Relationship Manager - Liquidnet
9:10am
Fireside Chat: Markets in Motion: Structure, Innovation & Market Mechanics
  • Winnie Khattar, APAC Head of Market Development - BlackRock
  • Larry Tabb, Director: Market Structure Research - Bloomberg, LLP

Moderator:

  • Jean-Remi Lopez, Senior Advisor, APAC - theValueExchange
10:00am
Accelerating Singapore’s Market Momentum: Liquidity Trends, Initiatives and Product Expansion

Bliss Chang, Senior Vice President, Securities Trading - SGX

10:15am Coffee Break
10:45am
Panel: Market in Focus: Vietnam’s Emerging Market Upgrades

Panelists:

  • James Busch, Head of Frontier Trading & Sales Trading; CEO - EFG Hermes Frontier and EFG Hermes (Singapore) Pte Ltd
  • Anthony Le, Director, Head of Institutional Sales & Trading - Vietcap Securities
  • Hang Le, Coordinator - Investment Advisory Group
  • Khashayar Surti, CFA, Head of Multi-Asset Trading, APAC - UBS Asset Management

Moderator:

  • J.P. Riña, Executive Director, Global Markets, UBS
11:35am
Panel: 24/5 Trading of the US Markets: Should Institutional Investors Take Notice?

Panelists:

  • Robb Baiad, Director, Sales & Trading - GTN
  • Jimmy Redbourn, Head of Electronic Trading, Asia Pacific - Instinet Pacific Limited
  • Alex T - Maybank

Moderator:

  • Abhishek Janaki, Co-Chair, Singapore / SEA Working Group - FIX Trading Community, and Head of Liquidity Sourcing APAC - Virtu Financial
12:15pm Networking Lunch
12:20pm to
1:20pm
FIX NextGen Lunch Roundtable (By invitation only)

Led by:

  • Ferris Kwan, Managing Director, Head of Front Office Technology, GIC
  • Paul Marshall, Managing Director, BlackRock
1:30pm
Panel: AI in Action: How Trading Desks are Experimenting with GenAI

Panelists:

  • Benoit Doumas, Chief Information Technology Officer - Eastspring Investments
  • Pooja Kumari, Director, APAC Head of Investment Tech Platform - BlackRock
  • Michael Smith, Head of Sales - Exactpro Systems Limited

Moderator:

  • Andrew Jim, Co-Chair, Singapore / SEA Working Group - FIX Trading Community, and Relationship Manager - Liquidnet
2:10pm
Fireside Chat: Foster Innovation and the Application of AI
  • Ankit Mittal, Co-Chair, Asia Pacific Steering Committee - FIX Trading Community, and Director – Head of Aladdin Product Marketing, APAC – BlackRock
2:40pm
Fireside Chat: Asia Unlocked: Liquidity, Access, and Innovation
  • Meiyan Ding, Head of Equity Derivatives Products, Global Markets - SGX
  • Kelly Kong, Electronic Trading Sales - Bank of America Securities
3:05pm Coffee Break
3:30pm
Panel: Are Tokenized Assets Ready for Prime Time?

Panelists:

  • Deborah Algeo, Managing Director of Singapore and Hong Kong - Zodia Custody
  • Boon-Hiong Chan, Head, Securities Market & Technology Advocacy APAC, Industry Applied Innovation Lead - Deutsche Bank
  • Sagar Desai, APAC Head for Wholesale Client Business – Coinbase Institutional
  • Andrew Scott, Head of Digital Assets - Marketnode

Moderator:

  • Edward Mangles, Regional Director, Asia Pacific - FIX Trading Community
4:10pm
Panel: Blueprint for the Truly Multi-Asset Trading Desk

Panelists:

  • Michael Bok, Head of Trading for Asia Pacific - Schroders Investment Management
  • Julien de Jaillon, Head Trader APAC Equity - PIMCO
  • Matthew McLoughlin, Strategic Growth Advisor - Prospera Fund Partners
  • Mike Powell, CEO - Rapid Addition

Moderator:

  • Roland de Marsangy, APAC Head of Sales - Liquidnet
4:55pm
Closing Remarks
5:15pm
Cocktail Reception Sponsored by ION Markets

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