Main Conference Day 1

08.00 Registration & coffee Registration & coffee

08.50 Chair’s opening address Larry Tabb, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, The Tabb Group Chair’s opening address Larry Tabb Chief Executive Officer and Founder, The Tabb Group Larry Tabb is founder and CEO of TABB Group, the financial markets’ research and strategic advisory firm focused exclusively on capital markets. TABB Group analyzes and quantifies the investing value chain from the fiduciary, investment manager, broker, exchange and custodian, helping senior business leaders gain a truer understanding of financial markets issues. Founded in 2003 [read more]

09.00 Exclusive insights session – A peek into what keeps heads of buy side and sell side awake at night Kent Rossiter, Head of Asia Pacific Trading, RCM, Allianz Global Investors Exclusive insights session – A peek into what keeps heads of buy side and sell side awake at night Kent Rossiter Head of Asia Pacific Trading, RCM, Allianz Global Investors Kent joined RCM in May 1999 as the Head of Regional Asia Pacific Trading and is based in Hong Kong, one of RCM’s three global trading desks. As at end of March 2012, Allianz Global Investors Group had assets under management in excess of EUR 295 bn. From 1996 until 1999, Kent was a Deputy General Manager of Asian Equity Sales at Nikko Securities. Prior to that, he was the Head o [read more]

09.25 TradeTech Global Sell Side Forum: Visions for the future of trading and investments Jose Marques, Global Head of Equity Trading and Managing Director, Deutsche Bank TradeTech Global Sell Side Forum: Visions for the future of trading and investments Jose Marques Global Head of Equity Trading and Managing Director, Deutsche Bank Global Head of Equity Electronic TradingAs a Global Head of Equity Electronic Trading, Mr. Marques oversees product development, distribution and marketing, and technology for the Equity components of the Autobahn platform. Jose Marques has 15 years of senior experience in electronic trading at firms including Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs. Mr. Marques holds a Ph. D. from the Uni [read more]

10.00 How can regulation help support the global recovery? How can regulation help support the global recovery?

10.40 Morning coffee and opportunity to visit the exhibition area Morning coffee and opportunity to visit the exhibition area

11.10 Panel: Attracting capital – Adapting to the evolving investor landscape Mats Sjostrom, Director of Business Development, Estlander & Partners Richard Armstrong, Founding Partner, Eureka Capital Partners Dave Foord, Director and Chief Investment Officer, Foord Asset Management Hugh Forward, Managing Member , Cross Border Alternatives Panel: Attracting capital – Adapting to the evolving investor landscape Mats Sjostrom Director of Business Development, Estlander & Partners Mats Sjöström joined Estlander & Partners in 2000 as a trader in their Helsinki office. Over the next few years he was also involved in fund valuation, compliance and product development. In 2005 Mats relocated to Hong Kong to oversee business development in the region. Still based in Asia, Mats is currently a Director responsible for client relati [read more] Richard Armstrong Founding Partner, Eureka Capital Partners Dave Foord Director and Chief Investment Officer, Foord Asset Management Dave Foord, Chartered Accountant (South Africa), is Chief Investment Officer at Foord Asset Management in South Africa. Educated at Prince Edward High School in Harare and at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, he commenced his investment career in the late 1970s at the country’s largest life assurer.  He co-founded Foord Asset Management in 1981 as an independent [read more] Hugh Forward Managing Member , Cross Border Alternatives After Graduating from Georgetown University in 1984, Mr. Forward entered the High Net Worth asset management business, with the Private Clients Group at Bankers Trust. Over the last 30 years, Hugh Forward has worked with a number of Single Family offices,and has worked at a number of well known Multi family offices including Bessemer Securities and Genspring Family Offices as well as co-founding a [read more]

11.50 Investors’ panel – The role of Hedge Funds in an investor’s portfolio in ensuring superior returns amidst global uncertainty Steven Keating, Investment Officer, The George Washington University Eleonore Dachicourt, Director, Hedge Fund Group, Deutsche Bank AG Roxanne Davies, Managing Director, Parly Singapore Pte Ltd. Daryl Liew, Head of Portfolio Management, Reyl Singapore Pte Ltd Didier Brizard, Head of Asia Pacific, Tiare Group Family Office Investors’ panel – The role of Hedge Funds in an investor’s portfolio in ensuring superior returns amidst global uncertainty Steven Keating Investment Officer, The George Washington University Steven Keating is an Investment Officer in the Investment Office of The George Washington University (GW) in Washington, DC. The GW Investment Office manages the University’s $1.3 billion endowment fund.  Mr. Keating’s responsibilities include identifying investment opportunities across all regions, sectors, and asset classes, recommending imp [read more] Eleonore Dachicourt Director, Hedge Fund Group, Deutsche Bank AG Eleonore Dachicourt, CFA is a Director with Deutsche Bank in Singapore. She runs the Portfolio Management / Hedge Fund Advisory business within the Asset and Wealth Management division of the Group. In this role her job is to advise clients (family offices, UHNWI, institutions) on their hedge fund portfolios. She also manages the Bank's internal Fund of Fund portfolios. Roxanne Davies Managing Director, Parly Singapore Pte Ltd. Roxanne Davies is the Managing Director of Parly Singapore PTE Ltd. Previously she held the position of Deputy General Manager at Parly Company SA heading investment advisory and research. Her previous roles were senior management and investment advisory roles at UBP, Lightyear Capital and HSBC specialising in alternative assets, and, doing specialized consulting work for hedge funds such as Moore [read more] Daryl Liew Head of Portfolio Management, Reyl Singapore Pte Ltd Daryl Liew is Head of Portfolio Management for REYL Singapore, a subsidiary of independent Swiss banking group REYL & CIE, holder of a Capital Markets Services Licence by the MAS under the Securities & Futures Act for Fund Management. With more than ten years of experience in the investment and wealth management industry, Daryl is in charge of managing REYL's Singap [read more] Didier Brizard Head of Asia Pacific, Tiare Group Family Office

12.30 Panel: Exploiting investment and trading opportunities available in a volatile climate to achieve returns David Roes, Chief Executive Officer, Asean Investment Advisors Pte Ltd Diego Parrilla, Chief Investment Officer, Nareco Advisors Lampros Vassiliou, Managing Partner, Teak Capital Partners Panel: Exploiting investment and trading opportunities available in a volatile climate to achieve returns David Roes Chief Executive Officer, Asean Investment Advisors Pte Ltd David Roes is the Chief Executive Officer of ASEAN Investment Advisors Pte Ltd, a fund management company based in Singapore. He is a co-founder and director of its hallmark fund, ASEAN Small Cap Fund, launched in 2005, which seeks to take advantage of Macro distortions across ASEAN/Asian markets when they appear, combined with traditional deep value bottom-up analysis in its target niche - small [read more] Diego Parrilla Chief Investment Officer, Nareco Advisors Lampros Vassiliou Managing Partner, Teak Capital Partners

13.00 Lunch and opportunity to visit the exhibition area Lunch and opportunity to visit the exhibition area

Stream 1: Trading StrategiesStream 2: Investment Platforms 14.00 Chair’s opening remarks Stream 1: Trading Strategies Bernard Lee, CEO, HedgeSpa Chair’s opening remarks Bernard Lee CEO, HedgeSpa Dr. Bernard Lee is Founder and Chief Executive of HedgeSPA (Hedge Funds and Sophisticated Products Advisors, a Singapore Government funded investment analytics start-up incubated by NUS Enterprise). Previously, he was Visiting Associate Professor of Economics (Practice) and Deputy Director, Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics at Singapore Management University. He holds a Ph.D. in Quant [read more] 14.00 Chair’s opening remarks Stream 2: Investment Platforms Paul Smith, Partner, AGS Capital Partners Chair’s opening remarks Paul Smith Partner, AGS Capital Partners Paul Smith is a founding partner of AGS Capital Partners a Hong Kong based provider of investment advice to families and other clients on investment in Asia. From 1996 to 2006, Paul was global head of HSBC PLC Alternative Fund Administration (previously the Bank of Bermuda Ltd) where he was responsible for the administration of over $250 billion of client assets. From 1984 to 1995, he was managing [read more]

Stream 1: Trading StrategiesStream 2: Investment Platforms 14.10 Panel: Assessing the attractiveness of commodities as an alternative asset class Stream 1: Trading Strategies Tan Tien Leong, Chief Investment Officer, AN Capital Pte Ltd Tetsu Emori, Chief Fund Manager, Astmax Co., Ltd. Lionel Semonin, Managing Director, Four Elements Capital Pte Ltd Panel: Assessing the attractiveness of commodities as an alternative asset class Tan Tien Leong Chief Investment Officer, AN Capital Pte Ltd Tan Tien Leong is a commodity trader who has extensive experience in the commodity markets. He is a Director of AN Capital Pte. Ltd., an alternative investment management company incorporated in Singapore. Previously, he was a Portfolio Manager-Commodities with Millennium Capital Management where he delivered good returns consistently. Prior to that, he was a profitable commodity trader at J. Aron [read more] Tetsu Emori Chief Fund Manager, Astmax Co., Ltd. In 1990 after graduating from Keio University, joined Sumitomo Corporation and started metal business. In 1996 transferred to Sumitomo London office, then joined Metallgesellschaft Ltd.(MG) in 1997. In 1998 back to Tokyo to join MG Tokyo office as marketing manager of base metals in Asian Market. In 2000 joined Mitsui Bussan Futures Ltd. as chief commodity strategist. In 2007 joined Astmax Co., Lt [read more] Lionel Semonin Managing Director, Four Elements Capital Pte Ltd Lionel Semonin, founder of Four Elements Capital, leads the Research and Trading effort. He has been in the investment industry for over 16 years and most recently was responsible in London for building the global commodity investor businesses at JPMorgan and BNP Paribas. Among other responsibilities, he supervised directly the research, creation, [read more] 14.10 Panel: Examining different scalable models of charging hedge fund fees that can attract investors Stream 2: Investment Platforms Paul Smith, Partner, AGS Capital Partners Donald Hellyer, Director, Aro Advisors Bryan Goh, Head of Alternatives, DBS Private Bank Panel: Examining different scalable models of charging hedge fund fees that can attract investors Paul Smith Partner, AGS Capital Partners Paul Smith is a founding partner of AGS Capital Partners a Hong Kong based provider of investment advice to families and other clients on investment in Asia. From 1996 to 2006, Paul was global head of HSBC PLC Alternative Fund Administration (previously the Bank of Bermuda Ltd) where he was responsible for the administration of over $250 billion of client assets. From 1984 to 1995, he was managing [read more] Donald Hellyer Director, Aro Advisors With over 27 years of financial experience, Donald has had the unique opportunity to see funds management as a corporate treasurer, corporate pension sponsor, pension trustee, funds manager and banker. Donald now runs his own consulting business and has been active in working with fund managers creating funds to benefit from Basel III constraints on the banking sector. Donald is also employed by a [read more] Bryan Goh Head of Alternatives, DBS Private Bank Bryan is the Head of Alternatives at DBS Bank. Prior to DBS Bank, Bryan was responsible for due diligence and research at First Avenue. He focused primarily on the hedge fund practice and was responsible for manager sourcing, selection and due diligence as well as investment strategy. Prior to First Avenue, Bryan was a Director at the Oaks Family Office in Singapore responsible for managing the he [read more]

Stream 1: Trading StrategiesStream 2: Investment Platforms 14.40 Panel: Comparing different hedge funds approaches to using trading strategies to achieve alpha Stream 1: Trading Strategies Richard Waddington, CEO, The Sherpa Funds Jon Thorn, Director, India Capital Funds Frederic Levy, Founding Partner, Noho Capital Marvin Kelly, CEO, Quaternion Capital Richard Waddington, CEO, The Sherpa Funds Panel: Comparing different hedge funds approaches to using trading strategies to achieve alpha Richard Waddington CEO, The Sherpa Funds Richard is a trader, technology entrepreneur and business builder with 20 years’ experience in Financial Markets. Richard started as a trader on FX Options at Bankers Trust in London, and was most recently at Barclays Capital in London and then Singapore where he ran the Global EM Options Trading businesses. Richard also set up and ran a finance-technology company in Tokyo for 5 [read more] Jon Thorn Director, India Capital Funds Dr. Jon Thorn is a founder/director of the India Capital Fund, which is amongst the longest-standing India only Funds with a 17 year track record of significant index and peer group out-performance. As recognition of its outperformance, in 2011, the fund was voted Best India Fund of the Year by Eurekahedge and Winner of the Excellence in Alternative Investments Mid Size/Asian Funds by IAIR. In 201 [read more] Frederic Levy Founding Partner, Noho Capital Frederic Levy runs the Intraday Strategies at NoHo Capital. Previously, he managed the stocks derivatives trading at Dresdner from 2008 to 2009. He also headed the exotic equity derivatives desk in Asia for ABN AMRO Hong Kong. He started his carrier at BNP Paribas. F. Levy graduated from the specialized Masters degree at HEC, Paris. He also holds a bachelor’s de [read more] Marvin Kelly CEO, Quaternion Capital Richard Waddington CEO, The Sherpa Funds Richard is a trader, technology entrepreneur and business builder with 20 years’ experience in Financial Markets. Richard started as a trader on FX Options at Bankers Trust in London, and was most recently at Barclays Capital in London and then Singapore where he ran the Global EM Options Trading businesses. Richard also set up and ran a finance-technology company in Tokyo for 5 [read more] 14.40 Panel: Examining the impact of current and proposed regulations on hedge funds and understanding the effects on trading Stream 2: Investment Platforms Peter Douglas, Founder, GFIA Pte Ltd Brad Ridge, Principal, Grid Investment Capital Yan Yan Li, Chief Operating Officer, SAIL Advisors Limited Panel: Examining the impact of current and proposed regulations on hedge funds and understanding the effects on trading Peter Douglas Founder, GFIA Pte Ltd Peter Douglas, CAIA, a pioneer of the Asian hedge fund industry, is the principal of the firm, GFIA pte ltd. He has been researching the hedge and absolute return fund universe in Asia since 1998, and has been a fund management professional since 1985, working in London, Singapore, Sydney, and Tokyo.  He was an Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) Council member fo [read more] Brad Ridge Principal, Grid Investment Capital Yan Yan Li Chief Operating Officer, SAIL Advisors Limited Yan-Yan is a Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer responsible for all the operational matters as well as legal and compliance at SAIL Advisors Limited.  Yan-Yan has over 18 years of experience in the financial industry. She joined SAIL in April 2007 from State Street Global Advisors Asia Limited where she was the Head of Legal & Compliance for seven years, [read more]

Stream 1: Trading StrategiesStream 2: Investment Platforms 15.20 Round Table Discussion Stream 1: Trading Strategies Round Table 1 - Playing the China Story Moderator: Vincent Lam, MD and CIO, VL Asset Management Round Table 2 - Navigating India’s Potential Moderator: Jon Thorn, Director, India Capital Fund Roop Betala, CEO, Volvie Capital Management Round Table 3 – How macro funds make money Moderator: Adam Reynolds, CEO-Asia Pacific, The Cambridge Strategy 15.20 Panel: Building a strong risk management framework to report risk and performance date for use by the funds and externally Stream 2: Investment Platforms Stephen Fisher, Chief Investment Officer, First Degree Global Asset Management Peter Douglas, Founder, GFIA Pte Ltd Panel: Building a strong risk management framework to report risk and performance date for use by the funds and externally Stephen Fisher Chief Investment Officer, First Degree Global Asset Management Stephen Fisher was appointed as Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of First Degree Global Asset Management Pte. Ltd. upon its formation in 2011. Stephen has had twenty years experience as an investment professional with leading investment management groups in the United States, Asia and Australia. Formerly, the Head of Global Fixed Income Product – Asia Pacific at JPMorgan As [read more] Peter Douglas Founder, GFIA Pte Ltd Peter Douglas, CAIA, a pioneer of the Asian hedge fund industry, is the principal of the firm, GFIA pte ltd. He has been researching the hedge and absolute return fund universe in Asia since 1998, and has been a fund management professional since 1985, working in London, Singapore, Sydney, and Tokyo.  He was an Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) Council member fo [read more]

Stream 1: Trading StrategiesStream 2: Investment Platforms 15.50 Round Table Discussion Stream 1: Trading Strategies Round Table 1 - Playing the China Story Moderator: Vincent Lam, MD and CIO, VL Asset Management Round Table 2 - Navigating India’s Potential Moderator: Jon Thorn, Director, India Capital Fund Roop Betala, CEO, Volvie Capital Management Round Table 3 – How macro funds make money Moderator: Adam Reynolds, CEO-Asia Pacific, The Cambridge Strategy 15.50 Panel: Creating a cost effective infrastructure to support trading activities Stream 2: Investment Platforms Stephane Leroy, Head of Global Sales & Marketing, Quanthouse, part of S&P Capital IQ Craig Lindsay, Chief Operating Officer, China Alpha Investment Management Limited Colin Blackwell, Investment Committee Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, OPVS Group Richard Astorga, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Sansar Capital Asia Stanley Howard, MD, Teneo Partners Limited Panel: Creating a cost effective infrastructure to support trading activities Stephane Leroy Head of Global Sales & Marketing, Quanthouse, part of S&P Capital IQ Stephane Leroy is head of Global Sales and Marketing at QuantHouse, part of S&P Capital IQ.In this role, Mr. Leroy is responsible for developing and executing the company sales and marketing strategies. As a partner, Stephane was instrumental in taking the company from very early stage to reality resulting in a successful international presence with more than 120 clients globally. [read more] Craig Lindsay Chief Operating Officer, China Alpha Investment Management Limited Craig Lindsay is the Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer at CITIC Securities International Investment Management (HK) Limited (CSIIM). CSIIM and China Alpha are two of the leading Hong Kong based Investment Advisory firms focusing on Hedge Fund and retail funds in the greater China markets. We have developed, over the past five years, an institutionally robust platform for portfolio mana [read more] Colin Blackwell Investment Committee Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, OPVS Group Colin has over 26 years of both buy-side and sell-side experience in the fixed income credit markets – 21 of them specifically focused on the Asia-Pacific regional markets with a close involvement in their evolution through many economic cycles. Among his activities, Colin chairs the Investment Committee at Opvs Group, a boutique alternative asset management business focused on [read more] Richard Astorga Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Sansar Capital Asia Stanley Howard MD, Teneo Partners Limited Stan is a founder and director of Teneo Partners. He has over twenty-five years of experience in dealing with Japanese institutional investors. He began his career in the financial industry with Smith Barney where he was responsible for U.S. equity sales to Japanese institutional investors. From Smith Barney, he moved to Morgan Stanley where he managed the foreign equity sales team in Tokyo and he [read more]

16.20 Afternoon coffee and opportunity to visit the exhibition area Afternoon coffee and opportunity to visit the exhibition area

16.50 Panel: Exploring the future of fund of funds and their role in the evolving investment landscape Mike Curry, Investment Manager, Caliburn Capital Partners LLP Paul Heffner, Chief Executive Officer, Gen2 Partners Stefan Nilsson, CEO, HFC Advisory Group Misha Graboi, Associate Director , Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company Frank Brochin, Chief Investment Officer, StoneWater Capital LLC Panel: Exploring the future of fund of funds and their role in the evolving investment landscape Mike Curry Investment Manager, Caliburn Capital Partners LLP Mike is an Investment Manager at Caliburn Capital Partners and joined in 2005. With over 17 years of finance experience, including 9 years in hedge fund research, Mike is a portfolio manager and sits on the Investment Committee for the Caliburn Greater China Fund and is otherwise responsible for qualitative research and selection of hedge funds. Before joining Caliburn Capital, Mi [read more] Paul Heffner Chief Executive Officer, Gen2 Partners Paul Lincoln Heffner is the CEO, Managing Partner and Co Founder of Gen2 Partners. Paul funded and manages the Gen2 Asian Opportunity Fund which has consistently been ranked by Eurekahedge among the best performing funds in 2010, 2009, 2008, & 2007.  Paul manages assets on behalf of BNP Paribas, De [read more] Stefan Nilsson CEO, HFC Advisory Group Misha Graboi Associate Director , Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company Misha is an Associate Director working in Portfolio and Account Management. He spent the summer of 2007 working at PAAMCO and joined full time in August 2008. In September 2009, Misha moved to PAAMCO’s Singapore office to strengthen PAAMCO’s Asian manager research team. Prior to PAAMCO, he was a Director of Rigel Associates, a middle-market financial advisory [read more] Frank Brochin Chief Investment Officer, StoneWater Capital LLC Frank is the Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer at StoneWater Capital, an alternative asset management firm focused on emerging markets. He was most recently a managing director of Warburg Pincus, where he was responsible for investments in the information technology and communications sectors.  Prior to Warburg Pincus, Mr. Brochin was a research engineer with Nippon Te [read more]

17.30 Emerging Managers Showcase Steven Keating, Investment Officer, The George Washington University Roxanne Davies, Managing Director, Parly Singapore Pte Ltd. 3 emerging funds will take 8 minutes each to make a pitch and our investors judges will give comments and select a winner each. Featured Funds Sturgeon Capital Ltd D'Aguilar Capital Management Ltd Nomadic Capital Partners  Steven Keating Investment Officer, The George Washington University Steven Keating is an Investment Officer in the Investment Office of The George Washington University (GW) in Washington, DC. The GW Investment Office manages the University’s $1.3 billion endowment fund.  Mr. Keating’s responsibilities include identifying investment opportunities across all regions, sectors, and asset classes, recommending imp [read more] Roxanne Davies Managing Director, Parly Singapore Pte Ltd. Roxanne Davies is the Managing Director of Parly Singapore PTE Ltd. Previously she held the position of Deputy General Manager at Parly Company SA heading investment advisory and research. Her previous roles were senior management and investment advisory roles at UBP, Lightyear Capital and HSBC specialising in alternative assets, and, doing specialized consulting work for hedge funds such as Moore [read more]

18.10 Chairman’s closing remarks and end of conference Chairman’s closing remarks and end of conference