Conference Agenda

22 OCTOBER 2025 (Wed)

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

Time Topics
8:30am Registration
9:00am
Welcome Remarks

Eugene Budovsky, Co-Chair, Australia Working Group - FIX Trading Community, and Executive Director, Equities - Goldman Sachs

9:05am
Regulatory Fireside Chat: Navigating Transparency and Regulatory Priorities in Evolving Markets
  • Amanda Zeller, Senior Executive Leader, Market Integrity - ASIC

Moderator:

  • Eugene Budovsky, Co-Chair, Australia Working Group - FIX Trading Community, and Executive Director, Equities - Goldman Sachs
   
9:35am
Modernising Market Structure in Australia: Regulation, Innovation and the Algorithmic Future

Panelists:

  • Brett Backhouse, REST Super
  • David Rabinowitz, Head of Global Index Analytics and Asia Pacific Market Structure – UBS

Moderator:

  • Clare Witts, Head of APAC Equity Market Structure - J.P. Morgan
   
10:15am
Digital Assets & Tokenization: A Strategic Side Note

Panelists:

  • Caroline Bowler, CEO - BTC Markets
  • Kate Cooper, CEO – OKX Australia
  • Sagar Desai, APAC Head for Wholesale Client Business – Coinbase Institutional

Moderator:

  • Mark Monfort, NotCentralised
     
10:55am Coffee Break
11:20am
Trading Meets Transformation: Fresh Ideas from Fintech and Beyond

Panelist:

  • Danielle Gerace, Senior Country Officer - Broadridge
12:00nn
Fireside Chat: As Markets Transform — How Do We Stay Ahead, Not Just Keep Up?
  • Greg Yanco, Former Executive Director of Regulation and Supervision - ASIC

Moderator:

  • Emma Quinn, President - Cboe Australia
 
12:30pm Networking Lunch
1:40pm
Pioneer Perspective: The Origin of Ultra-Low-Latency Trading and Where it is Taking Us
2:00pm
Catalysing Australia’s Capital Markets: Balancing Reform, Investor Access and Innovation

Panelists:

  • Carole Comerton-Forde, Professor of Finance – University of Melbourne
  • James Giarratano, Vice President, Head of Sales - Cboe
  • Ben Russell, Preqin (Blackrock)
 
2:35pm
The Evolving ETF Landscape: Innovation, Access and the Road Ahead

Panelists:

  • Mark Collett, Vice President - ETF Capital Markets – BlackRock
  • Oran D’Arcy, Head of Listings, Asia Pacific Region - Cboe
  • Daniel Young, Citi
  • Representative from ASX

Moderator:

  • Jessica Leung, Portfolio Manager - Global X ETFs, and Representative - Women in ETFs APAC
   
3:15pm Coffee Break
3:40pm
From Best Practice to Next Frontier: Algo Wheels, Broker Reviews, and IOI Intelligence

Panelists:

  • Sam Shteingart, Bloomberg
  • Representative from Vanguard
4:20pm
Beyond the Bell: Preparing for a 24/5 Market Reality

Moderator:

  • Murrough O’Brien, Co-Chair, Asia Pacific Steering Committee – FIX Trading Community
5:00pm
Closing Remarks

Yemi Oluwi, Co-Chair, Australia Working Group - FIX Trading Community, and Principal Business Analyst - Nasdaq

5:05pm
End of Conference
5:05pm - 7:00pm Networking Cocktail Reception
Sponsored by Cboe

*For enquiries, please email barbara.law@fix-events.com.
Last Updated: 15 September 2025

Fix-Events - Copyright 2025.