Main Conference Day Two • Thursday 11 September 2008

8:30 Registration & Coffee

8:50

Chair’s Opening Address

Seth Freeman
Chief Investment Officer
EM Capital Management
 

9:00

Address: Crossing The Rubicon: Migrating To Full FIX Functionality In Equity Trading

Eugene Goosen
Head of Dealing
Metropolitan Asset Management
 
  • Overcoming the challenges of designing a migratory path from manual to FIX
  • Quantifying the business risk of using manual order processing systems
  • Developing an integrated risk analysis to structure an effective FIX adoption path
    • what were the challenges of testing and proof of concept?
    • selecting preferred suppliers
  • What were the specific problems caused by adopting the following?
    • integrating algorithmic trading
    • managing broker research
    • unbundling broker commissions
    • ensuring best execution
  • Key takeways: what have been the main learning points from MetAm’s experience?

9:30

Indian DMA possibilities—A Sell Side Perspective

Kumar Goradia
Head – Technologies
MF Global
 

10:00

Address: Speed, Security And Stealth: What Benefits Will Direct Market Access (DMA) Bring to India?

  Srinivas Padmasola
Vice President, Electronic Trading Sales, Pac Rim
Merrill Lynch
 
Brook Teeter
Director, Head of AES Sales, Asia Pacific
Credit Suisse
 
 

Rajah T
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
CLSA

 
  Chetan Pandya
Head of IT,
Kotak Securities – Institutional Equities
 
Vidhu Shekhar,
Vice President,
National Stock Exchange Of India
 
Moderator:  
 

Nelson Cheng
Business Development Manager
Fidessa

 
  • Clarifying the likely adoption timelines for India’s trading rooms moving from one touch DMA to DMA
  • Discussing the importance of the following business drivers behind DMA:
    • lower commissions
    • faster commissions
    • greater control over trade execution
    • anonymity
    • connectivity in multiple liquidity pools

10:40 Morning Coffee & Networking

11:15

Evaluating Opportunities For Foreign Fund Managers Focusing Upon India

Seth Freeman
Chief Executive Officer
EM Capital Management
 
  1. Overcoming local regulatory and taxation issues
  2. Identifying future growth prospects

11:45

Examining The Role Of The Asset And Fund Management Industry In India’s Vibrant Capital Market

Panelists:  
  Nilesh Shah
Deputy MD
ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund
 
Arindam Ghosh
Chief Executive Officer
Mirae Asset Management
 
  Sanjay Sinha
Chief Investment Officer
SBI Mutual Fund
 
  Rajiv Anand
Head Investments
IDFC Mutual Fund
 
Moderator:  
AP Kurian
Chairman
Association of Mutual Funds in India
 
  • Understanding what makes the Indian funds industry attractive and how to maintain its high growth
  • Examining what the domestic market is doing to attract investors more effectively
  • Reviewing what products that have been a success with the domestic market - what will be the next big asset class?
  • As the competitive landscape intensifies what strategic adaptations are being considered?

12:30

What do the Indian Buyside really think about Electronic Trading?

Dewang Neralla
Director – Technology
Financial Technologies (India) Ltd
 

13:00 Networking Lunch and Opportunity to View Exhibition

14:10

Keynote Address: Examining The Increasing Role And Impact Of The Indian Insurance Industry On The Trading And Investment Landscape

G.N. Bajpai
Senior Advisor EM Capital Management & Former Chairman Securities And Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
 
  • Examining the importance of the insurance industry as a driver behind India’s investment growth story
  • Understanding the increasing convergence between insurance and investing and technology
  • Will insurance companies supercede mutual funds in their importance as a driver?

14:40

DMA Can Revolutionize The Indian Capital Markets

  Vedant Minami
Principal
Atyant Capital Partners
 

15:10

Evaluating Opportunities For Foreign Fund Managers Focusing Upon India

  Debopama Sen
Managing Director, Securities and Fund Services
Citibank
 

15:40 Afternoon Networking Break

16:10

Capitalising On The Equity Opportunity In India

Seshadri Bhrathan
Director
Dawnay Day Financial Services
 
  • Reviewing the current momentum behind India’s equity markets
  • Identifying sources of capital for asset managers
  • Where are we headed with the Indian equity market? Are there limits to growth?

16:40

Applying a Deep Value Philosophy to Indian Markets

Amitabh Singh
Portfolio Manager
Surefin Investments
 
  • Managing small capital for big returns
  • Applying the early Buffett years to investing in the Indian markets.

17:05 Chair’s Closing Remarks

17:10

Overview And Predictions For The Future Of The Indian Economic, Technical And Trading Landscape

  Joseph Massey
MD & CEO
MCX
 

17:30 End Of TradeTech India 2008

 



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