Robin Griffiths joined Cazenove Capital in 2008 as Technical Strategist providing strategic input and marketing support, primarily to Private Wealth Management. For over 30 years Robin Griffiths has been one of the most respected technical analysts of world stock markets, bonds, currencies and commodities. He became a technical analyst with WI Carr, based first in Hong Kong and then Tokyo before returning to London. During this time he started to develop his own trading system, analysing stock and market trends. He was then chief technical strategist with HSBC for over 20 years. His most recent position was as Head of Asset Allocation with Rathbones. Robin has been an advisor to the ECU fund, a hedge fund using technical analysis to capture movements in currencies since 1985 and latterly to the Rathpeacon fund, a long short equity fund concentrating on the largest 500 companies in the world by market capitalisation. Robin has 44 years investment experience.
Sandra Lee, Managing Director, is the Head of iShares, Asia Ex-Japan. Sandra is responsible for
setting business strategy and overseeing all distribution efforts of iShares Asia Ex-Japan business.
Sandra has over 17 years of experience in the investment management industry, having held
senior positions with major asset management firms and investment banks in Asia. She has
extensive experience with the retail and institutional business across Asia, leading the market in
terms of innovation, building new businesses, brand building, and new product development.
Prior to joining BlackRock, Sandra was Head of Sales and Marketing, and Head of the Institutional
Advisory Group, Asia Pacific for Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Since joining the
industry in 1993, Sandra has pioneered many new businesses, including:
· Building Hong Kong’s first retail mutual fund business as Head of Retail Business with
Jardine Fleming Asset Management (now JP Morgan Asset Management) and developing
Hong Kong’s first range of capital guaranteed funds;
· Launching Hong Kong’s first retail China A-share fund and “benchmark-agnostic” funds
platform as Head of Retail, Marketing and Product Development with HSBC Asset
Management; and
· Introducing and developing the Lyxor open-end funds and ETF platform to Asia as Head of
Retail Business, Asia and Chief Executive, China, Client Solutions Group, Global Equities &
Derivatives Solutions for Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking.
Sandra is also a major advocate of the investment management industry through her active
involvement with various industry and regulatory bodies.
Sandra was named as one of the 25 most influential women in asset management by
AsianInvestor in 2011. Sandra holds a Master of Business Administration from Stanford University
and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Loyola Marymount University.
Kevin Hardy is a Senior Vice President at The Northern Trust Company and is the Managing Director of The Northern Trust Company of Hong Kong Limited and the Head of Northern Trust Global Investments (NTGI) for the Asia-Pacific, responsible for Northern Trust's asset management business in the region.
Kevin assumed his APAC responsibilities in 2008 and directs the implementation of NTGI business strategy in the region and runs the Northern Trust office in Hong Kong.
Kevin joined NTGI in 2003 and has held positions as the Head of the Global Transition Management business, based in Chicago and the Head of International New Business (EMEA and APAC), based in London. In both roles Kevin was instrumental in enhancing both product awareness and distribution strategy through revising internal processes and improving internal and external marketing and communications.
Kevin has worked in the industry since 1993 and has gained valuable investment management experience in transition management, risk, quantitative asset management and structured products. He also holds series 7, 24 and 63 US securities licenses, the SFC Type 1 and Type 2 Hong Kong licenses, and is an active member of the FTSE index advisory committee.
Kevin gained a BSc with honours in business studies from the City University Business School, London.
As Chief Investment Officer for ING Investment Management Asia Pacific, Pranay is responsible for overseeing US$85bn in institutional, retail and insurance assets, invested in equity, fixed income and alternative strategies in the Asia Pacific region across 11 countries, with over 250 investment professionals. Pranay is Chairman of the Asia Pacific Investment Committee, and is a member of the Global Investment Leadership Team of IIM, which is responsible for the oversight of all investment activities across the world at ING. Prior to his appointment to Asia Pacific, Pranay was the Deputy CIO for ING Investment Management Europe, helping to oversee US$203bn of assets in Europe. Pranay joined ING in 2009 from the Pearl Group, U.K. where he was Deputy Chief Investment Officer and a Member of the Board from 2006-2009. At Pearl, Pranay was responsible for the overall framework for strategy and asset allocation and investment risk analytics for the $55bn portfolio, and also managed the $3bn Systematic Strategies Fund – a multi strategy hedge fund of funds.
From 2002 to 2006, Pranay was the Head of Global Quantitative Strategies at ABP Investments, Netherlands which is one of the largest plan sponsors in the world. Pranay was also a member of the Capital Markets Strategy Team guiding the investment of the $210 bn Capital Markets portfolio.
In his previous positions as Chief Investment Strategist for Asia for Societe Generale and Head of Quantitative Research for JP Morgan Chase Investment Management, New York, Pranay researched systematic investment processes, and managed investment teams in Asia, Japan, Europe and the US.
Pranay holds a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering specializing in Computer Aided Design, an MBA in Finance, and is a CFA charter holder. Pranay has twenty years of experience in investment management, having worked in the financial industry in Europe, UK, US and Asia.
Frank Henze is a Managing Director of State Street Global Advisors (SSgA). He oversees the SPDR ETF business in the Asia Pacific region and is based in Hong Kong. Frank is a member of SSgA’s Asia Pacific Executive Committee.
Frank joined SSgA in November 2010 in Hong Kong after spending most of his career in the financial service industry in London where he held positions in management consulting, business and financial planning, corporate strategy, business and product development. Prior to joining SSgA Frank had been instrumental in setting up and growing the European ETF businesses of Blackrock and the global ETF platform of HSBC.
Frank holds a master’s degree in business and economics form the University of Frankfurt, Germany and has spend time studying in Toronto and Paris.
Sammy Yip is Head of Business and Product Development at Lippo Investments Management Limited, where he specializes in developing Funds of Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and in offering ETFs advisory services to institutions in Asia.
Before joining Lippo, Mr. Yip was most recently Head of ETFs for Asia Pacific at State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), where he directed the ETFs business in the region by developing and promoting the product.
Before that, he was Head of Global Structured Products for Asia ex-Japan at SSgA, responsible for heading a team of portfolio managers in managing and indexing structured products strategies and ETFs listed in Hong Kong and Singapore, including the Tracker of Hong Kong (TraHK). He has also acted as an advisor for SSgA sub-advised ETFs in China, Taiwan and Korea. Between 1999 and 2005, Mr. Yip was a key participant in the creation and development of a number of the first ETFs in the region, including the first ETFs in Hong Kong (iTraHK), Singapore, China, Taiwan and Korea.
He is a member of FTSE TWSE Taiwan Index Series Advisory Committee and a member of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange’s Index Experts Committee.
Mr. Yip holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Commerce and Finance from the University of Toronto. He has also earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
Keith Chan, Head of Listed Products Sales, Global Markets of HSBC, is responsible for the sales and marketing of the bank's listed products including ETFs, warrants and callable bull/bear contracts (CBBC).
Mr Chan has over 13 years' experience in the financial industry. He appears frequently on various financial media providing comments on Hong Kong warrants and CBBC markets as well as speaks regularly at public seminars on listed products education. Prior to joining HSBC, he was Head of Warrant Sales at Macquarie Capital Securities.
Mr Chan holds a Bachelor of Commerce with a major in finance and accounting from University of Sydney.
Mr. McShane has been an Executive Director of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority for over 9 years. He heads the Regulation and Policy Division, which is responsible for investment regulation, policy development, research and legal services. Prior to his time at the MPFA, he held various senior roles with the Australian Securities Investment Commission (ASIC) and before that he also worked with the Investment Management Regulatory Organisation Ltd. (IMRO), the former fund management regulator in the United Kingdom. Prior to his regulatory roles he practised as a Barrister in Australia.
Mr York has over 20 years experience in funds management including, researching, optimizing and implementing trading models in global markets. Mr York commenced trading in 1992 and has worked with Gemini Asset Management since 2007 and joined as Partner in 2011. Gemini Asset Management is a Bermuda based fund manager specializing in Greater China equities.
Mr. Stuart Leckie is based in Hong Kong and advises on investments and pensions in Hong Kong and Mainland China. He is the author of books titled “Pension Funds in China” and “Investment Funds in China”. He is the Founding Chairman of the Hong Kong Retirement Schemes Association, acts as a trustee of a number of retirement schemes and is a Member of the CFA Institute Advisory Council.
Mr. Leckie worked in life insurance in the UK before moving to Hong Kong in 1979. He served as the Chairman of Watson Wyatt in Asia - Pacific and as Chairman of Fidelity Investments, Asia-Pacific. He has advised the Chinese Government on pension reform and advised the Hong Kong Government on the establishment of the Mandatory Provident Fund. He was a Director of Exchange Fund Investment Limited, which launched the highly successful Tracker Fund in Hong Kong.
Richard Coghlan, Head of Multi-Asset at Schroders (Hong Kong), is responsible for the multi-asset portfolio team in Hong Kong and overall responsibility of Schroder Asian multi-asset portfolios in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea. He has also been a member of the Schroder Global Asset Allocation Committee since March 2007.
Prior to assuming his current role in 2006, Dr. Coghlan was Head of Investment at Schroders Hong Kong, responsible for both the investment trust and corporate restructuring businesses. This followed his roles at Schroders Korea as manager of multi-asset portfolios and project leader of the Seoul Debt Restructuring Fund team.
Before joining Schroders in 2000, Dr. Coghlan was the Director of the Asian Finance and Investment Corporation, an affiliate of the Asian Development Bank, where he held responsibility for managing investments in Korea, China and India.
Dr. Coghlan also spent six years in environmental engineering, leading remedial investigations at hazardous waste sites.
Dr. Coghlan holds an MBA in Finance and Accounting from the University of Chicago, as well as a Master of Science degree and Ph.D. in Geochemistry from Brown University. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from Duke University.
Scott’s role at BEA Union Investment involves managing all of the multi-asset and multi-manager portfolios for the firm, including the flagship MPF products and the BEA Signature Portfolio Funds. He joined the firm to this role in early 2008, after having spent over 7 years with Watson Wyatt (WW). Latterly, he was head of manager research in Asia for WW, as well as being a principal investment consultant with responsibility for advising several key institutional clients on a diverse array of investment issues. Prior to his move to Asia in 2004, Scott worked in WW’s London office, with responsibility for a wide range of manager research issues and some mid-sized European clients. Before WW, Scott worked in the UK with the investment product development team at Commercial Union (now Aviva). He currently serves as one of the three international members of the Shanghai Stock Exchange and China Stock Index Advisory Committees. Scott graduated from Herriot-Watt University in Edinburgh with a First Class degree in Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (UK).
Richard Harris is the Chief Executive of Quam Asset Management, an independent boutique fund manager investing in the Future Markets of Asia.
He has 25 years in the investment markets and over 32 years of work experience. He is has lived in HK for 40 years, but has had spent many years on assignments in Europe and the US. He has considerable experience in Investment Management business-building in many countries.
He was previously Chief Executive of Port Shelter Investment Management, through which he was consulting to investing institutions, Fund Boards, expert witness panels, family offices and the HK Securities and Futures Commission; as well as assisting the multi-asset manager, Grace Financial, as Founding Managing Partner.
Mr. Harris was Director of Citigroup Private Bank specialising in Asia Region asset allocation, manager selection and portfolio construction (2004-8). He established Enterprise Private Capital in London in 2000, which launched an early-stage private equity fund that was subsequently sold to a competitor. From 1997, he was Director of Newton Investment Management (now BNY Mellon Group) in London where he chaired the divisional Global Investment Committee for private clients.
Richard was CEO of Jardine Fleming’s Private Bank in Hong Kong (now within J.P. Morgan) prior to which he managed JF active, research-based institutional pension, derivative and mutual funds worth over US$1 billion (from 1990 onwards). He began his investment career on the sell-side in 1986 with the stockbroker, Enskilda Securities, and established them in Hong Kong in 1988, serving on the Skandinaviska Enskilda Bank (HK) Management Committee.
He began his career in 1978 as a Chartered Engineer in Hong Kong and was awarded the Institution of Civil Engineer’s prize for the best young engineer of 1982. Richard Harris holds a First Class Honours degree from the London School of Economics / King’s College and a Masters' degree in Engineering Geology from Imperial College, London University.
He also holds a MBA from Harvard Business School; a certificate in Chinese from Peking University; and took Strategic Leadership at Stanford Business School. He has been registered by the authorities to provide investment advice and management in both the UK and HK.
Richard Harris was raised in Asia and Southern Africa, and has lived in China (Beijing), Europe and the US. He has extensive media and campaign experience from his time in UK politics (1996-7) and he is a regular Guest Host on CNBC and in industry conferences, as well as writing an investment strategy column for Quamnet. Richard is still playing rugby, after 47 consecutive seasons; is an aerobatic aircraft private pilot; and is married with two adult daughters.
Gary was past president, head of private bankers division of Bank of China’s first overseas private bank; formerly senior executive of UBS AG, EFG Bank and Royal Dutch/Shell Group. Gary is a seasoned Swiss banker in family office planning and management.
Gary sits in CPPCC Chaozhou City Committee and Chaozhou Xiangqiao Committee, and regularly speaks on China financial reform issues. Gary is an executive director, among nine globally, of International Teochew Youth Federation to help bridge the Chaozhou community with his finance professionalism. He is well-poised for taking ahead of market, thus better serve ethnic Chinese families in Asia and offshore SPV/SPC portfolios.
Gary is world's pioneer to advocate the idea of turning "Family Fund" to "Family ETF" under family offices to reap the benefits of family brand novelty, philanthropy and overall portfolio's enhanced risk/return profile of the passively managed asset.
Gary is present in Reuters, CNBC, ET, Phoenix, IQPC, WBR; provides daily Chinese commentary at JC Stock and other below-the-line sources.
John Schofield founded Hong Kong based Tempus Investment Research in 2003. The firm provides independent advice on Asian market strategy to a range of institutional investors. Tempus also now manages a small regional hedge fund, which has risen by 37% year to date. The research is based primarily on technical but also fundamental analysis. John believes that technical analysis, used judiciously, can give astute traders and investors a vital edge in today’s fast moving environment, but that it must be used in conjunction with fundamentals. John is one of the most experienced market analysts in the region with over 25 years in financial markets, including 19 years in Hong Kong and Japan. Immediately before starting Tempus, he was market strategist for Prudential-Bache Securities in Asia. Prior to that, he gained a wide knowledge of the equity, debt and currency markets from a broadly-based career with Lloyds Bank Group, HSBC and Schroders Asia.
Graham Bibby is the Chief Investment Officer and Chief Executive Officer of Richmond Asset Management Ltd. Graham has over 30 years experience in the financial field with over 25 years specializing in how to manage investment portfolios to maximize profits and minimize losses. He is a regular speaker at investment conferences and forums, he is the author of The Richmond Report and is a regular speaker on money programs such as Bloomberg TV, CNBC and BBC TV. Graham founded Richmond Asset Management Co., Ltd in Hong Kong in 1991 specifically choosing Hong Kong due to its positioning in Asia and the world. Richmond Asset Management is a boutique wealth manager under the authorization of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission. Since 1985 he has undertaken research in “what makes markets move”studying hundreds of years of Bear as well as Bull Market cycles. The resultant methodology utilizes a combination of fundamentals, technical and market psychology with the strategy of cutting losses and running profit in order to produce absolute returns in all market conditions.He has managed portfolios extensively along with his research team and has attracted a lot of press interest with his Funds Optimisation techniques. Mr.Bibby is a previous Chairman of the Technical Analysts Society of Hong Kong from 1996 to 1998 and is fully authorised by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission in the capacity as an Asset Manager and Securities Adviser. He is a sought after public speaker, appearing regularly on Bloomberg, CNBC Squawk Box and the Asia Market Wrap series. Major broadcasters including CNN, BCC ask Graham to interpret key market events on their networks. He is also a regular speaker at International Investment Forums, and is a keynote speaker in many Fund Management Conferences throughout Asia, providing key insights into all aspects of the markets and what makes them move. He regularly writes for a number of forums and publishes his own market commentaries, The Truth and Richmond Report.Chief Investment Officer Biography
Indian Capital Market
- Twenty + years of experience of intermediation in Indian equity and fixed-income markets
- Knowledge of depository and custodial system in India
- Clearing and settlement systems at BSE and NSE
- Overseas Capital Markets
- Procedure for ADRs / GDRs, FCCB
- Listing requirements at NYSE, NASDAQ, LSE, SINGAPORE and Luxembourg Exchange
- Clearing and settlement systems at NYSE, NASDAQ, LSE, LIFFE & SINGAPORE.
- Merchant Banking
- Primary issue management
- Private placement
- Listing requirement and compliance procedures
- Corporate finance: CP, debentures, cash management
- Derivatives & Risk Management
- Trading, clearing and settlement of exchange-traded derivatives
- SPAN margining system
- Portfolio hedging, re-balancing and insurance through index derivatives
- Dynamic trading strategies
- Portfolio immunization and management strategies for fixed-income portfolios
- Calibration and implementation of VAR risk model
WORK EXPERIENCE
Vice Chairman, Betala Stock Broking Ltd, a member of NSE with offices at Mumbai, Chennai and AhmedabadCEO: Volvie Capital Management P Ltd with office at Chennai, Mumbai, Singapore and New York. Director: Volvie Capital Management PTE Ltd, a Company incorporated in Singapore and working in the area of Fund Management and Registered with MAS as Exempt Fund Manager.
Mr. Daniel P.M. Jim, founder and Managing Director of Tripod Management Limited, has more than 11 years of experience investing in absolute return strategies and the Greater China equity markets. Mr. Jim spent the earlier years of his career with Nomura International expanding their Asian equity business and advising their proprietary desks in London and Hong Kong in carrying out events driven and relative value strategies in the Asian markets, as well as running and advising Asian equity portfolios for European institutional investors, among them mutual funds, insurance companies and super-nationals.
In 1999, Mr. Jim founded Tripod focusing in absolute return investments and has since then been running various multi-manager managed accounts and offshore funds, with mandates ranging from global to ones with a specific Greater China focus.
Mr. Jim has also been very active in carrying out educational work regarding absolute return investing in the Greater China region and has helped trained some more than 600 financial practitioners regarding the topic in conjunction with the Hong Kong Securities Institutes since the beginning of 2002.
Mr. Jim is a CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) charterholder, graduated with a Bachelor in Business Administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1991 and earned his Masters in International Economics and Management from the Business School of Bocconi University in Milan, Italy in 1993.
Leonardo made his first break into private banking at Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) Hong Kong. He then moved to Credit Suisse in Singapore, taking on the role of deputy team head in the bank’s first Senior Client Partner team, where he stayed until his co-founding of AL Wealth Partners At AL Wealth Partners he manages a diversified portfolio of global investments targeting absolute returns, specializing in macro-economic strategies, derivatives, foreign exchange trading, stock picking models and multiple asset classes.
Leonardo is also a guest lecturer for several higher learning institutions in Asia and also frequent speakers in investment & banking forums, including the Singapore Management University (SMU) where he runs wealth management seminars for banking professionals.
Wesley Hu is the CIO of GEN2 Partners Ltd., a hedge fund firm specializing in Asian markets. Prior to co-founding Gen2, Wesley was the co-portfolio manager of SAIL Advisor's $1.3 billion global fund of hedge funds. Wesley joined SAIL Advisors in August 2008 as the firm's global investment strategist. Previously, Wesley spent nine years with the Merrill Lynch Alternative Investments Division. From 2007 to 2008, Wesley was the head of investment research of Merrill Lynch Hedge Fund Development and Management group in Asia where he was responsible for investment analysis of Asia hedge fund managers and strategies. Wesley had held a variety of roles within the Merrill Lynch Alternative Investment Team in New York. Wesley was a senior funds analyst performing fund investment research and hedge fund due diligence. As a Senior Analyst and Portfolio Manager, he was responsible for searching, analyzing and monitoring hedge fund and private equity investments and providing portfolio construction services. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch in 2000, Wesley spent three years at Morgan Stanley as a quantitative analyst.
Wesley studied undergraduate Physics at Peking University, and went on to graduate with a Ph.D. in Physics from MIT in 1997. Wesley is a holder of CFA designation.
Mr Liem is currently the Chief Investment Officer for TTG (HK) Limited, a prominent wealth manager in Hong Kong. His main responsibilities are to formulate investment strategies and supervise the asset management functions of the business.
Prior to joining TTG (HK) Limited, he was a senior analyst with Aetos Capital Asia, an Asia Pacific focused real estate opportunistic investment hedge fund & private equity fund with an asset under management of approximately US$3 billion. He began his investment career as an investment banker with UBS Investment Bank.
Conrad has 20 years of experience in the investment industry. In the late 80’s, he began his career in Australia with the AMP Society. His first position in Asia was an Actuarial Analyst, specialising in pension and asset consulting. In the mid 90’s, he spent four years at Schroder as an Institutional Fund Manager.
He also joined Standard Chartered Bank as Actuarial & Investment Manager to develop their Mandatory Provident Fund product. Conrad also gained regional exposure through his five years with Fidelity as Investment Director in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and Singapore. Later, Conrad set up his own wealth management company for three years, specialising in ETF portfolio management. Prior to joining Lippo, he spent a year with State Street Global Advisors as a Portfolio Engineer.
Conrad was a Science Graduate of the University of Western Australia and received his Postgraduate Diploma in Finance Mathematics in New Zealand. He is currently a Fellow of the Security Institute of Australia (F.Fin).
Mr. A K Sridhar has over 25 years of experience in Finance and Funds Management area. Presently, Mr. Sridhar is the Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company, a joint venture life insurance Company, promoted by Bank of Baroda and Legal & General Group of UK. He looks after all the investment management functions of the Company along with a team of Fund Managers, Dealers and Research Analysts. In addition, he is on the various Board level committees on Product Development, Operations Management, ALM and Risk Management functions
Kingsley is the founding partner, and Chief Investment Officer and of Jevons Global, a proponent of global thematic investing, a style which seeks to capture value and trade opportunity in the perpetual unfolding of global macroeconomic trends. Jevons Global is a new entity devoted to bringing rigour and institutional-grade risk management to thematic investment products. The style and process are founded on prior experience in running a successful global thematic equities fund.
Prior to establishing the firm, Kingsley led Global Thematic Strategy for a major international investment bank. During that period he built a strategy, team, and track record of 32 months, including international client wins in Japan and Taiwan. Kingsley helped establish the Australian Value Equities business of AllianceBernstein LP in Sydney performing a quantitative portfolio management role along with a second role as Global Head of Quantitative Trading Research.
He has fourteen years experience in a variety of buy and sell-side quantitative equity roles at Macquarie Group, AllianceBernstein LP, CSFB and County Investment Management. Kingsley holds a PhD in Theoretical Physics from the University of Bristol and has completed the CFA. Kingsley appears frequently on CNBC and as a conference speaker on investment trends and as an authority on quantitative trading and the impact of new technology on markets.
Mr. Chow has over 10 years of investment experiences in equity markets. In January 2011, the Thomson Reuters Extel Asia Pacific Survey ranked Mr. Chow as one of the top three “Leading Buyside Individuals” in Asia for the second consecutive year. He is the sole portfolio manager of the Value Partners Hedge Fund, the only fund nominated as the “Best Greater China Hedge Fund” for 2 consecutive years at the Eurekahedge Asian Hedge Fund Awards 2010 and 2011.
Joined Value Partners in 2002. He has held a key leadership role in investment process of the Hedge Fund, including idea generation, investment research, strategy formation, and portfolio management, since becoming the fund manager of the VP Hedge Fund in 2007. In addition to bottom-up stock picking, he adds differentiated value by developing multi-strategies (including arbitrages, event-driven, cross-market long-short trading, and derivatives) and coaching analysts.Prior to joining Value Partners, he worked for the Australian Bureau of Statistics. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics with double majors in economics and finance from the University of Sydney.
Andrew has 22 years’ wealth management experience, including three years in the UK. Roles have included private client research, product development and management, marketing and general management.
Prior to establishing Tria in 2004, Andrew was Director of Products at Rothschild Australia Asset Management. Other roles have included Head of Corporate Superannuation at CBA.
At Tria, Andrew focuses on research, strategy development, and project managing complex new products and restructures.
Andrew has had several articles published, including two in JASSA discussing the meaning of product management in financial services; and why key people stay at their asset management firms.
Martin W. Hennecke is the Associate Director of Tyche Group Ltd, an established premier independent investment and financial advisory firm specialized in providing individually tailored discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning strategies.
Based in Hong Kong, Martin is a regular guest on international financial television programmes including CNBC, Bloomberg, TVB Pearl and contributes to various print publications, such as the Hong Kong Standard, Reuters and Marketwatch/WSJ.
After completing a 2-year banking trainee program in Germany he graduated with a first class honours degree in International Business Management from Oxford Brookes University (UK) in 2000 and joined Tyche Group Ltd in 2001.
Terence Francis Mahony is a recognised leader and pioneer in emerging market investing, with an extensive global financial career spanning over 40 years.
CURRENT DIRECTORSHIPS- Advance Developing Markets Fund Ltd. (Guernsey)
- Pacific Assets Trust, plc (London)
- Impax Asian Environmental Markets plc (London)
- Ranhill Berhad (Kuala Lumpur)
- Vina Capital Group (BVI)
- Lim Asia Special Situations Fund (BVI) • CITIC Capital Investment Management (Cayman)
- JOHIM Global Fund (Ireland)
- Polunin Capital EM Active Fund (Cayman)
- Caddis Emerging Markets (Cayman)
- Vietnam Azalea Fund Ltd. (Cayman)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
12/08-Present: Platinum Advisory International, Inc. Hong Kong
06/08-12/08: Chief Investment Officer at Indochina Capital Vietnam Holdings
11/00-06/08: Managing Director at IMS (Investment Manager Selection), HK/ KL/London
05/96-12/99: Managing Director, Emerging Markets Equities & President, TCW Asia Limited
10/93-4/96: Chief Investment Officer, Global Emerging markets and Member of the Global Asset Allocation Committee, HSBC Asset Management, Hong Kong
02/90-8/93: Director and Chief Investment Officer for Latin America, Baring International Investment Management Boston
1979-1990 PaineWebber International, New York, Hong Kong, Geneva
Executive Vice-President & Head of International Equity Sales (New York) Managing Director (Hong Kong)
General Manager - First Vice President (Geneva)
09/69-04/78: General Manager, White Weld & Co Inc, Geneva
01/66-07/68: International Trainee, Bank of London & South America Ltd, London and Zurich
EDUCATION
1968 - 1969 INSEAD, M.B.A, Fontainebleau,France
1962 - 1965 Oxford University (Jesus College), B.A. (Hons.) Modern Languages , Oxford, England
1956 - 1961 Ampleforth College, Yorkshire, England
NATIONALITY British. Raised in Latin America, France, Switzerland and the U.K. LANGUAGES English (mother tongue); French, Spanish (fluent); Portuguese, Italian, German (proficient)
Stephen is the Manager of the AQUA and Warrants unit at ASX and has responsibility for the development of ETFs, Managed Funds and Structured products on the ASX.
Stephen has held a range of positions across ASX since joining the organisation in 2004, including working for both ASX Compliance and ASX Business Development.
* Mr. Kamiya joined Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) after graduating from university in 1988. A vastly experienced staff member of TSE of 23 years, he is widely known in Japan for his expertise on indices. He also has cordial business relations with various ETF providers, index providers, investment banks and institutional investors both at home and abroad.
* Responsible for product development and marketing in the Listing Department, he created the listing system for ETFs at TSE and currently leads a team tasked to expand the ETF lineup at TSE. 103 ETFs are currently listed on TSE. This number has increased rapidly from 13 at the end of 2007. The TSE ETF market has also diversified beyond conventional domestic stock price indices and now covers a variety of different categories such as foreign stock price indices, as well as bonds, commodities, and real estate indices. 24 of the current listed ETFs are cross-listed issues such as SPDR® Gold.
* Before joining the product development team in the Listing Department, he was head of the index provider business for TOPIX (Tokyo Stock Price Index) and its related sub-indices. His contributions include developing a data service for index-related corporate action, index licensing and new indices such as S&P/TOPIX 150.
Experience:
2007 to Present Head of Product Development, New Listings Department 2004 to 2006 Head of Index Business, Information Services Department
Mr. Tai is the Head of Trading Division of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and he is responsible for trading operations, product and business development for securities and derivatives market. Mr. Tai joined the Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited, before its merger with the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, as the Head of Products in 1998. Before joining the Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited, he has worked in banking industry for more than 10 years and held various management positions in ABN-Amro Bank N.V., HSBC and Royal Bank of Canada. Mr. Tai holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree from the University of Hong Kong.
Reid Steadman is global head, exchange traded funds (ETF) licensing, at S&P. Based in Hong Kong, Reid is responsible for licensing Standard & Poor’s indices to key partners in Asia, Europe, and the United States for the creation of ETFs.
Prior to his current position, Reid was a member of S&P Indices’ marketing team and was responsible for cultivating relationships with pension fund administrators, pension consultants, and asset managers. Before joining Standard & Poor’s in 2003, Reid worked as an economist for the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Reid holds a B.A. in Economics from Brigham Young University. He also holds an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University, with emphases in Finance and Marketing.
Designation: Executive Director
Qualifications:
- B.Com
- M.M.S, Mumbai
- M.Sc. Economics, London
Age 45 yrs
Prior Experience He is B. Com., Master of Management Studies from Mumbai University and M. Sc. (Economics) in International Accounting and Finance from London School of Economics. He has obtained an FRM certification from Global Association of Risk Professionals. He has over 18 years of experience in the Capital Markets. He has worked with DSP Merrill Lynch Ltd., Mumbai for 14 years. During his tenure in DSP Merrill Lynch, he was Head of Debt Sales & Trading and Head of Equity Sales to FIIs. His last assignment was as Head of Derivatives. He has been involved in various committees and seminars to look into better functioning of the markets. He is working with AMC since April 2001.
Ken is Global Co-Head of Algorithmic Trading Products and Global Head of Algorithmic Framework at RBS. He has 10 years experience in algorithmic trading, both prop and agency, including several years at both UBS and JPMorgan. Prior to working in investment banking, Ken worked as a researcher in computational modelling, applying his models to a diverse set of scientific problems including plasma physics, hydrodynamics, computer vision, phylogenetics and population genetics. He has a PhD in Theoretical Physics from the Australian National University, as well as a PhD in Evolutionary Biology from the University of Western Australia
Bertrand is Global Head of Institutional Product Engineering for BNP Paribas. Based in London and Paris, his team provides Asset Owners, Asset Managers and Hedge Funds with innovative investment opportunities and hedging solutions on a global scale. Bertrand has worked for BNP Paribas for over 12 years in Structuring, Index basket options trading and FX options trading. Bertrand holds a PHD from Cornell University and a masters degree from Ecole Polytechnique.
Martin Robertson is Head of Equity Trading and Financing for BNP Paribas in Asia. BNP Paribas' Delta One desk is the largest in Asia, trading P-notes, equity swaps, forwards, index and single stock futures, dividends futures and swaps, and ETF's. Martin has run the desk in Asia for the past 9 years, following a 3 year stint in London with ING Barings. He holds a degree in pure mathematics from Strathclyde University, lives in HK with his wife and 3 1/2 children
Howard Lin is Head ETF Trader for LaBranche Structured Products Hong Kong and leads their Asia ETF desk. It acts as Authorized Participant Dealer and Designated Market Maker for the main regional ETFs. LSP specializes in global ETF market making, providing competitive liquidity throughout global hours for ETFs trading around the world.
Howard joined LaBranche after 5 years of derivatives trading in Europe with trading company Van Der Moolen, where he acted as Market Maker for the German Eurex options and implemented trading strategies for equity derivatives in the Hong Kong market.
Howard holds a Master of Science degree in Quantitative Finance from Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Christopher started his career in Prudential Asset Management (S) Ltd in Year 2008. He is responsible for dealing in Asia ex-Japan equities, Latam/EMEA equities, US ADRs/ETFs, London ETFs as well as Equity/Fixed Income derivatives.
Prior to joining Prudential Asset Management, he has over 9 years experience in the Futures Industry. In his early days, he was a Floor Trader in SIMEX (Open outcry) for 5 years before he moved on to Man Financial Institution Desk as a futures broker for another 2 years. At Man Financial, he managed the institutional clients' orders in the equity/interest rates derivatives on major exchanges. After Man Financial, Christopher joined a local bank as an Institution Desk Manager and is responsible in overseeing the overall execution and operations of the team.
Christopher holds a Bachelor of Business (Banking & Finance) from Monash University.
Education Background
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (China), PhD - Finance
University of Wisconsin, Whitewater (USA), MBA
Working Experience
2006---Now President & CEO, Polaris Securities Investment Trust Company
2004---2006 President & CEO, Polaris Securities (Hong Kong) Company
2001---2004 Vice President & COO, International Finance Department,
Polaris Securities Company
Award and Achievement
2002 National Manager Excellence Award – Planning Manager
2005 Golden Goblet Award – Outstanding Securities Expertise
2006 National Manager Excellence Award – Global Overseas-Chinese General Manager
2007 Golden Goblet Award – Financial Innovation Award
2007 Chinese Management Association - Mr. Lu, Fong-Chang’s Medal
2008 Asia Asset Management – CEO of the Year, Taiwan Region
2008 World Outstanding Chinese Entrepreneur Award
2008 Golden Commerce Award– Outstanding Entrepreneur Award
2009 Asia Asset Management – CEO of the Year, Taiwan Region
2009 Golden Goblet Award –Outstanding Entrepreneurial Leadership Award
2009 100 MVP Managers – Managers Monthly Magazine
2010 Worldwide Chinese Financial Elites Award for Outstanding Influence – 2010Lujiazui Summit of Worldwide Chinese Financial Elites
2010 Asia Asset Management – CEO of the Year, Taiwan Region
2011 Asia Asset Management – CEO of the Year, Taiwan Region
Others
2007-Now Chairman, Cross-Strait Asset Management Business Exchange Committee; Director of SITCA (Securities Investment Trust & Consulting Association of The R.O.C.)
2004-Now Commissioner, International Finance Committee,
TSA (Taiwan Securities Association)
2006-Now Publisher, “Pension & Asset Management”
2001-Now Instructor, Finance Department, National Taipei Business Colleague
2004-Now Assistant Professor, Finance Department, Shih-Chien University
Educated in University College Dublin and graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree. Strong track record with 23 years of experience in Investment Banking in London and Tokyo, co-founded JCN Network, and directed Research Department of WestLB Securities Pacific in Tokyo, VinaCapital and VinaSecurities before joining HSC.
Awards and Rankings
Listed as one of the top 15 Japan strategists by Asia Money in 2003.
Listed No 1 for Vietnam Equity Research in The FY2010 Thomson Reuters Extel survey and No 14 for Asia Macro and strategy.
Listed No 1 for Vietnam Equity Research in The 2011 All Asia Research Team Institutional Investor survey and also No 14 for all of Asia (excluding Japan).
Educated in University College Dublin and graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree. Strong track record with 23 years of experience in Investment Banking in London and Tokyo, co-founded JCN Network, and directed Research Department of WestLB Securities Pacific in Tokyo, VinaCapital and VinaSecurities before joining HSC. Listed as one of the top 15 Japan strategists by Asia Money in 2003. Listed No 14 for Asia excluding Japan Macro and Strategy and then HSC was listed No 1 for Vietnam Equity Research in the FY2010 Thomson Reuters Extel survey
Stewart Aldcroft has been in Hong Kong since 1985. He has had extensive experience in the asset management business, working for traditional fund houses such as: Schroders, HSBC, Franklin Templeton, Standard Chartered Bank, Investec, and in the Alternatives and Hedge Fund area for firms: Noble Investments and Horizon21. Most recently he has become involved in an ETF development project for Enhanced Investment Products (EIP) in Hong Kong. He has been on the Committee of the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association and held various other similar positions within the industry in Asia
Albert Cheng joined the World Gold Council, Singapore regional office in March 1993 as a Regional Manager, Planning and Business Development, Far East, becoming Managing Director, Far East in 2003 with responsibility for operations in the entire region. In addition, Albert was one of the 4 initial advisory council members appointed by the Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE) in 2002; he has maintained his appointment since and continues to be an advisory council member to the SGE today.
Prior to his many years in gold marketing, he was with Dentsu, Young and Rubicam, Hong Kong in the early 80's, where he was responsible for a number of popular and durable consumer products. He was Account Director when he left. His career in gold marketing began in July, 1985 when he joined the Royal Canadian Mint as a Manager for South East Asia. A graduate of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Mr. Cheng holds a degree in Business Administration with a major in Marketing.