8:50

Welcome Remarks

-         Matthew Lempriere , Co-Chair, Asia Pacific Education and Marketing Subcommittee, FIX Trading Community, and Head of Asia Pacific, BSO

9:00

Trading China – Are You Ready for the MSCI Inclusion?

#MSCI Inclusion #Stock Connect #Bond Connect

Panelists:

-         Martin David, Head of Trading, Asia, Executive Director, UBS Asset Management

-         Huiqing Li, Head of Market Promotion, Shenzhen Stock Exchange Hong Kong Subsidiary

-         Kitty Li, Managing Director, Head of Client Trading and Execution, UBS

-         Kevin Rideout, Managing Director, Market Development Division, Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd

Moderator: Jessica Morrison, Co-Chair, Asia Pacific Exchanges and Regulatory Subcommittee, FIX Trading Community, and Execution Services Sales Asia, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley

Session Introducer: Ben Morrison, Associate, Electronic Trading Sales, Morgan Stanley

9:40

Live and Upcoming Blockchain/DLT Applications

#DLT #No Longer a Hype #Clearing and Settlement

Panelists:

-         Raj Karkara, CRO and Director, tZERO

-         Jon Rout, Business Development Director, Asia Pacific, Digital Asset

-         Trevor Spanner, Group Chief Information Officer and Group Risk Officer, Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd

-         Carl Wegner, Managing Director, Head of Asia, R3

Moderator: Huayi Dong, Global Head of Electronic Trading Solutions, Daiwa Capital Markets

Session Introducer: Sara Lam, Business Development Manager, Asia, International Sales, ASX

10:20

Coffee Break

10:45

Sell-Side Value Added – The Emerging Trends

#Broker Offerings #Buy-side/Sell-side Relationship #Multi-Asset Trading

Panelists:

-         Christian Hauff, Co-Founder, Quantitative Brokers

-         Dan Miller, Head of Asia Pacific, Bloomberg Tradebook

-         David Rogers, Managing Director, Head of Trading, Asia-Pacific, State Street Global Advisors

-         Hani Shalabi, Co-head of Execution Services APAC, Deutsche Bank

-         Simon Williams, Managing Director, Head of APAC Equity Trading, BlackRock

Moderator: Mark Northwood, Founder, Bips Global Limited

Session Introducer: Nikki Tanner, Head of APAC Market Structure, Deutsche Bank

11:25

The Future of Trading

#Trading Technologies #AI/ML #Trading Automation #Multi-Asset Trading

Panelists:

-         John Adam, SVP, Senior Director, Portfolio Management & Trading Solutions, FactSet Research Systems

-         Patrick Mohr, Executive Director, Head of Execution Consulting, Instinet

-         Jim Northey, Consultant and Industry Standards Liaison, Itiviti Group AB, and Co-Chair, Global Technical Committee, FIX Trading Community, and Chair Elect, ISO TC68 Financial Services

Moderator: Stephane Loiseau, Managing Director, Head of Cash Equities & Global Execution Services - Asia Pacific, Societe Generale - Global Markets
Session Introducer: Malavika Shanker, Director, Electronic Trading Solutions, Societe Generale

12:00

Up Next: Next Generation Leaders

#FNG #Talents and Skills #Innovations

Panelists:

-         Tom Augarde, Vice President, Credit Suisse

-         Sejal Bajaria, Team Leader of FNG (FIX NextGen), HK & SG, FIX Trading Community, and Head of Sales for ASEAN, India & Australia, Ullink

-         Taylor Dixon, Executive Director, Electronic Trading, Equities, Goldman Sachs

-         Winnie Khattar, Head of Market Structure, Execution Consulting, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

-         Izzy Masters, Vice President, Quantitative Trader, Global Equities Trading, AB

Moderator:  Dillon McNiven, Executive Director, Head of Electronic Trading, Asia Pacific, Instinet

Session Introducer: Sejal Bajaria, Team Leader of FNG (FIX NextGen), HK & SG, FIX Trading Community, and Head of Sales for ASEAN, India & Australia, Ullink

12:35

Networking Lunch

1:35

Guest Keynote Speech: Lightning and the Next Generation of Financial Infrastructure

#Lightning network #The future #Cross-blockchain swaps #Decentralized exchange

-         Elizabeth Stark, Cofounder and CEO, Lightning Labs

Facilitator: Leonhard Weese , President, Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong

Session Introducer: Avril Parkin, Director of Client Technology, Thomson Reuters

2:15

Institutional Cryptocurrency Trading – The Evolving Ecosystem

#Crypto Funds #Market Structure #Platforms and Tools #It’s not about bitcoin #Trading Practices

Panelists:

-         Justin Chow, Head of Business Development, Asia, Cumberland

-         James Harris, CIO, Altairian Capital

-         Yu-Chi Lyra Kuo, Co-founder and CIO, a digital assets-focused hedge fund

-         Kevin Loo, Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer, CryptAM

-         SJ Oh, Vice President, Trader, Octagon Strategy

-         Sean Zhang, Advisor, Kenetic Capital

Moderator: Avril Parkin, Director of Client Technology, Thomson Reuters

Session Introducer: Michelle Liu, Technical Relationship Manager, Thomson Reuters

2:55

MiFID II - Month 5, What Have We Learnt?
#What has yet to happen? #FX and FI #Quantitative analysis #Blocks

Panelists:

-         Roland De Marsangy, Head of Business Development, Asia-Pacific, Liquidnet

-         John Mason, Global Head, Regulatory & Market Structure Propositions, Financial & Risk Division, Thomson Reuters

-         Ping Tan, Global Head of EFX Liquidity, Head of EFX Asia, and Director, Global Markets, FICC Trading, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Session Introducer: Abhishek Choudhary, Vice President, Head of Pan-Asia Execution Advisory Services, Citi

3:30

Coffee Break

3:55

Session Introducer: Max Young, Market Structure & Analytics, APAC, Deutsche Bank

Asia Trader Forum – Buy-side Priorities

#ATF #The Top Priorities

-         James S. Levy, Global Head of Trading & Head of Trading Asia-Pacific, HSBC Global Asset Management

4:15

A New Dawn for the Buy-side?

#Future of Buy-side Trading #Asia Pacific Markets #Global Trends #Talents and Tools

Panelists:

-         Frank Loughlin, Global Co-Head of Equity Trading, AB

-         Emma Quinn, Global Co-Head of Equity Trading, AB

-         Vishtaspa Rana, Senior Manager - Investment Operations, Tata Asset Management Ltd

-         Francis So, Co-Chair, Asia Pacific Steering Committee, FIX Trading Community, and Head of Trading Asia, BNP Paribas Dealing Services Asia

Moderator:  Josephine Kim, Co-Chair, Asia Pacific Steering Committee, FIX Trading Community, and Head of Asia Pacific Electronic Trading Sales, Asia Pacific Equities, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

4:55

Video Recap
#The Big Recap #It’s Funny #Joel #Damian

-         Joel Hurewitz, Managing Director, Head of Sales & Global Head of Broker Dealer Strategy and Product Development, Instinet

-         Damian Bierman, Co-Chair, Asia Pacific Technical Subcommittee, FIX Trading Community, and Head of Asia-Pacific, Portfolio Management & Trading SBU, FactSet Research Systems

5:05

Closing Remarks

-         Josephine Kim, Co-Chair, Asia Pacific Steering Committee, FIX Trading Community, and Head of Asia Pacific Electronic Trading Sales, Asia Pacific Equities, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

-         Francis So, Co-Chair, Asia Pacific Steering Committee, FIX Trading Community, and Head of Trading Asia, BNP Paribas Dealing Services Asia

5:15

Networking Cocktail @L16 Café & Bar till 8:00pm sponsored by Itiviti and ULLINK

3:00pm -4:30pm

Technical Breakout Session

#FIX Initiatives #Trade Automation #Multi-Asset Trading #FIX Orchestra #Crytocurrency Trading Demo

-         Damian Bierman, Co-Chair, Asia Pacific Technical Subcommittee, FIX Trading Community, and Head of Asia-Pacific, Portfolio Management & Trading SBU, FactSet Research Systems

-         Jethro Glover, Sales Director, Caspian

-         Jim Northey, Consultant and Industry Standards Liaison, Itiviti Group AB, and Co-Chair, Global Technical Committee, FIX Trading Community, and Chair Elect, ISO TC68 Financial Services

-         Daniel Shek, Co-Chair, Asia Pacific Technical Subcommittee, FIX Trading Community, and Product Manager - Asia, Bloomberg LP

-         Lisa Taikitsadaporn, Member, Global Technical Committee Governance Board, FIX Trading Community, and Technical Project Manager, FIX Trading Community, and Managing Partner, Brook Path Partners, Inc.

-         Gerrit van Wingerden, CTO & Co-founder, Caspian