Main Conference - Day One

8:00 Registration and morning coffee and opportunity to view exhibition Registration and morning coffee and opportunity to view exhibition

8:50 Chair's opening remarks Steve Edge, Principal, AsiaEtrading No session description available. Steve Edge Principal, AsiaEtrading

9:00 CEO exchanges keynote opening: Global integration of stock markets – what does this mean to India? Ravi Narain, MD & Chief Executive Officer, National Stock Exchange (NSE) Madhu Kannan, MD & Chief Executive Officer, Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) U. Venkataraman, Chief Executive Officer – CD Segment & Whole Time Director, MCX Stock Exchange Ronald Fons, Head of Financial Service Sector, Huawei Enterprise There have been many takeovers of exchanges around the world. What does this mean to India? What benefits does it provide to investors, listed companies etc in terms of technology, convenience, efficiency and disclosure? What are the exchanges initiatives to look beyond the borders of India and formulate a vision for their role in the Asian stock exchange business? What are the regulations and trading implications on having additional exchanges coming into the India market? Are stock exchanges viewing consolidation as key to survival? How feasible are mergers between exchanges in the region, given the markets are at such varying stages of development and governed by such a diverse set of rules? Ravi Narain MD & Chief Executive Officer, National Stock Exchange (NSE) Mr. Ravi Narain is currently the Managing Director and CEO of the National Stock Exchange of India Limited. Mr. Narain has a degree in economics from Cambridge University, UK and adegree in business administration (Finance) from Wharton School, Universityof Pennsylvania, USA.Mr. Narain is the Chairman of National Securities Clearing Corporation Ltd. (NSCCL) and NSE.IT Ltd. Mr. Narain also serves a [read more] Madhu Kannan MD & Chief Executive Officer, Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Mr. Kannan holds a B.E. (Hons.) degree in Electrical and Electronics, M.Sc (Hons.), in Economics from BITS, Pilani, India and an M.B.A. in Finance from Vanderbilt University, USA. Prior to his appointment at BSE, Mr. Kannan was a Managing Director in the Corporate Strategy Group with Bank of America - Merrill Lynch based in New York. He joined Merrill Lynch in March 2008 as a Managing Director (St [read more] U. Venkataraman Chief Executive Officer – CD Segment & Whole Time Director, MCX Stock Exchange Mr. U. Venkataraman is presently the CEO of Currency Derivatives Segment & Whole Time Director, MCX Stock Exchange – India’s New Stock Exchange – setting global benchmarks as the market leader in Exchange Traded Currency Futures Platform. He is also a Member of the Governing Board of MCX-SX, which consists of seasoned Regulators, financial market experts, domain specialists, experi [read more] Ronald Fons Head of Financial Service Sector, Huawei Enterprise

9:40 Following from our CEO exchanges panel, let’s hear what Huawei’s head of financial service sector, Ronald Fons has to feedback and conclude. Ronald Fons, Head of Financial Service Sector, Huawei Enterprise No session description available. Ronald Fons Head of Financial Service Sector, Huawei Enterprise

9:50 Regulatory keynote address: Assessing SEBI’s roadmap on new implementation of regulations for the Indian market for 2012 and beyond Shri S Ramann, Executive Director - Market Regulation Department, Securities and Exchange Board of India What are SEBI’s plans to mandate the need for clearing interoperability to help boost Smart Order Routing (SOR) volumes in the near term? Tackling the issue of setting a transparent set of rules on algo usage for traders – why are the exchanges setting the rules? Examining the regulatory changes in algo-trading in India and how will it have an impact on your trading strategies Identifying the new structures of Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) regulations on investments What are SEBI’s plans to boost the growth of international trading for domestic firms to access international capital markets? Examining the plans and policies to support growth of funding in India Examining what other upcoming regulations you should be aware of for best execution in India Shri S Ramann Executive Director - Market Regulation Department, Securities and Exchange Board of India

10:20 Delivering absolute returns by creating efficient algo and systematic trading platforms for improving execution for the Indian market Hariharan Sundaresan, Head of Proprietary Trading, o3 Capital Anshuman Jaswal, Senior Analyst, Celent James Rae, Director & Head of AES Sales for South East Asia, Credit Suisse Aniruddha Pant, Chief Executive Officer, AlgoAnalytics Siddharth Chabria, Executive Director, Securities, Goldman Sachs Examining the status of algo trading in India Discussing the challenges of using algo trading platforms in India – how can they be overcome? Understanding how algo trading can be used to manage and mitigate risk Evaluating what initiatives are brokers servicing India doing to improve the algo trading service offerings – how can they add value Hariharan Sundaresan Head of Proprietary Trading, o3 Capital Anshuman Jaswal Senior Analyst, Celent Anshuman Jaswal is a Senior Analyst in Celent's Securities and Investments group and is based in the India office. His expertise lies in electronic trading, derivatives, market infrastructure, market regulation, brokerages, bond trading, hedge funds, and commodity markets. Mr. Jaswal has been quoted regularly in the media, including CNBC, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Associated P [read more] James Rae Director & Head of AES Sales for South East Asia, Credit Suisse James Rae is a Credit Suisse Director and Head of AES Sales for Southeast Asia, located in Singapore. James has been in the financial industry for 18 years, 15 of which have been in the development and sales of electronic execution services in the U.S., Japan, and Southeast Asia. In 2005 he joined Credit Suisse's AES team in New York and in 2008 moved to Singapore to head their SE Asia sales effor [read more] Aniruddha Pant Chief Executive Officer, AlgoAnalytics Head of data analytics and strategic quantitative activities in large, medium sized and small organizations. Expertise in Financial Engineering, Quantitative Trading, Derivative Trading, Hedging, Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Control Theory. Worked extensively in data analytics and machine learning as applied to Banking, Financial Services, Insurance and Financial Markets. Experience of ~18 ye [read more] Siddharth Chabria Executive Director, Securities, Goldman Sachs

11:00 Morning Coffee Break And Opportunity To View Exhibition Morning Coffee Break And Opportunity To View Exhibition

11:40 Chair’s Opening Remarks Steve Edge, Principal, AsiaEtrading Chair’s Opening Remarks Steve Edge Principal, AsiaEtrading

11:45 Panel discussion: Examining the liquidity benefits that SOR brings to achieve best execution in India Kunal Singh, Head of Algorithmic Trading, Edelweiss Capital Ashish Pabalkar, Director, Algorithmic Trading, Quant Capital Venky Panchapagesan, Finance Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore Steve Edge, Principal, AsiaEtrading Angkit Panda, Vice President, Autobahn Equity Trading, Deutsche Bank Addressing the stringent and complex regulatory demands for SOR adoption in India Tackling the challenges of clearing interoperability for SOR – when can we see SOR between the two exchanges? How effective has SOR been at reducing fragmentation costs? Are owners of SOR optimising their own profits at the expense of best execution? Assessing the adoption rate of SOR in India and how proficient it is for the market participants in terms of improving efficiency and connectivity Kunal Singh Head of Algorithmic Trading, Edelweiss Capital Kunal is heading Algorithmic Trading at Edelweiss Capital. He has 5 years of proprietary trading experience at Edelweiss in Indian equity and equity derivatives. His expertise includes options and special situations trading. He has been instrumental in rolling out algorithmic trading at Edelweiss over the past one year. He is an engineer and has an MBA degree from the Indian Institute of Managemen [read more] Ashish Pabalkar Director, Algorithmic Trading, Quant Capital Ashish joined Quant from Nomura/Lehman India where he was involved with setting up the equity-linked structured products desk. Prior to Nomura, he was with Lehman Brothers, New York, on the FX derivatives desk, trading currency derivatives and structured products for the US market. His interests lie in equity and FX derivatives, systematic quant-based trading models, direct market access and low-l [read more] Venky Panchapagesan Finance Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore Dr. Venky Panchapagesan is currently visiting the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB) as an Associate Professor of Finance. He has held several positions, both in academia and in the financial services industry over the last 20 years in the US. Before joining IIMB, he headed a program to revamp trading analytical infrastructure at the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates [read more] Steve Edge Principal, AsiaEtrading Angkit Panda Vice President, Autobahn Equity Trading, Deutsche Bank

12:25 Exchange panel discussion: Understanding what innovations India’s exchanges are implementing to drive the trading marketplace Ravi Apte, Chief Technology Officer, National Stock Exchange of India Zameer Syed, Trading Technology Architect, Independent Expert Kersi Tavadia, Chief Information Officer, Bombay Stock Exchange What new products are the exchanges promoting in the next 12 months? What technology and services are exchanges implementing to accommodate the growth of algo trading, HFT and direct market access (DMA) in India? applying to reduce the latency? How well equipped is each exchange to take advantage of the growth in HFT - are they set-up to cope with the large volume spikes? What measures can exchanges use to attract this liquidity, and are the infrastructure costs and new rules well adapted to present and future market needs? Ravi Apte Chief Technology Officer, National Stock Exchange of India Ravi has the unique experience of being both a successful entrepreneur in the software industry as well as a global technology executive of large financial corporations. Ravi pioneered the concept of global development centers and offshore software development in the 80s in India. Ravi is currently the Chief Technology Officer with the National Stock Exchange in Mumbai. Prior to joining the NSE, R [read more] Zameer Syed Trading Technology Architect, Independent Expert Zameer Syed is currently the Chief Technology Officer with the Reliance Securities Ltd. (Reliance Money) in Mumbai.He has around 18 years of experience working in Banking and Financial Services domain, providing IT Strategic and Operations leadership in uniquely challenging situations.Prior to joining the Reliance Securities, Zameer was Head of IT and Business Solutions Group with HDFC Securities, [read more] Kersi Tavadia Chief Information Officer, Bombay Stock Exchange Over 27 years experience in the area of Application Systems/ IT Infrastructure development and management, managing all aspects of IT operations in Financial Services and manufacturing companies.Have provided technical leadership & architectural vision in implementation of Mission Critical Applications across the organisation including IT Infrastructure, Web portals, web based and [read more]

13:00 Networking lunch And Opportunity To View Exhibition No session description available.

14:30 CTO panel discussion: Examining strategies to build a sustainable and competitive technology to expand capabilities to trade cross asset classes Sandeep Phanasgaonkar, President & Chief Technology Officer, Reliance Capital Mohandoss Thulasidoss, Vice President – Technology Services, Fidelity India Sammeer Saurabbh, Chief Technology Officer, Daiwa Capital Markets Joydeep Dutta, Chief Technology Officer, ICICI Securities Zameer Syed, Trading Technology Architect, Independent Expert Dewang Neralla, Co-Founder, Financial Technologies India Navodit Garg, Head of Vertical Solutions, Huawei Enterprise Evaluating the best solutions to tackle sophisticated IT systems to accommodate the expansion of trading capabilities to include new types of assets What key technologies should firms have in place to act as the foundation for a cross-asset platform? Determining whether real-time risk management systems are sophisticated enough to support this type of trading Examining what are the connectivity and cost issues and how do you solve them Creating a low latency market data feeder to meet the challenges of massive growth in algo trading and the accompanying rise in data volumes Sandeep Phanasgaonkar President & Chief Technology Officer, Reliance Capital Sandeep Phanasgaonkar is President & Chief Technology Officer for Reliance Capital Ltd. Sandeep is responsible for all IT initiatives at Reliance Capital. Sandeep has over 24 years of experience in applying IT solutions for finance, banking and BPO and IT-enabled services. He began his career with the State Bank of India and has worked with Tata Infotech, iFLEX Solutions and with D [read more] Mohandoss Thulasidoss Vice President – Technology Services, Fidelity India Mohandoss is the Vice President – Technology Services of Fidelity India. In his current role he is responsible for Asset Management IT and Corporate Technology IT Deliveries in India and also manages PMO and VMO organizations. Mohan has been with Fidelity for over 4 years. During his tenure in Fidelity, Mohan has worked in Bangalore and Boston. Mohan was VP of Technology and Services and was respo [read more] Sammeer Saurabbh Chief Technology Officer, Daiwa Capital Markets Around twenty years of experience in Information Technology ,capital market, (DP, Custody, Equities and Derivatives markets, Portfolio Management System, Mutual Fund), core and retail Banking, Credit Cards/Channels etc. Technology professional with the proven ability to deliver impetus to business and operations via efficient deployment of Information Technology. Experienced in defining and drivin [read more] Joydeep Dutta Chief Technology Officer, ICICI Securities Over 26 years in information technology with work experience in India and　United States. Accomplishments in multiple industries (Banking, Broking, NBFC, Manufacturing, FMCG, Pharma, IT) in both management consultancy and company executive roles. Over 16 years in various ICICI group companies in senior IT leadership roles. Previously worked 3 years in Gartner at their US headquarters before returni [read more] Zameer Syed Trading Technology Architect, Independent Expert Zameer Syed is currently the Chief Technology Officer with the Reliance Securities Ltd. (Reliance Money) in Mumbai.He has around 18 years of experience working in Banking and Financial Services domain, providing IT Strategic and Operations leadership in uniquely challenging situations.Prior to joining the Reliance Securities, Zameer was Head of IT and Business Solutions Group with HDFC Securities, [read more] Dewang Neralla Co-Founder, Financial Technologies India Dewang Neralla, co-founder and Director – Technology, is the technology strategist of the Financial Technologies Group. He has been instrumental in establishing a strong, global product portfolio, having laid down the technology infrastructure that has today become the growth driver for various divisions and subsidiaries of the FT Group.Dewang has been instrumental in setting up a robust, reliable [read more] Navodit Garg Head of Vertical Solutions, Huawei Enterprise

15:10 Examining the financial market in India and its readiness to adopt High Frequency Trading (HFT) G.N Bajpai, Former chairman of SEBI and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), Understanding the historical view of the Indian market and its current development HFT – A market friend or a foe? What is the ability of trading firms to adjust their strategies to cope with the complex regulations and high taxes in India? G.N Bajpai Former chairman of SEBI and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC),

15:40 Afternoon coffee break And Opportunity To View Exhibition No session description available.

Closed doors Heads of Trading Buy Side roundtables (Invi... 16:20 Panel Discussion: What can be done to drive down post trade settlement costs in India? Barnaby Nelson, Head of Business Development, Asia, BNP Paribas Securities Anshuman Jaswal, Senior Analyst, Celent Golaka C Nath, Senior Vice President of Research & Surveillance, Clearing Corporation of India Rajesh M Sharma, Director, Transaction Banking, Standard Chartered Bank What does the post trade environment look like today in India? Comparing the costs in India to emerging markets in Asia, why are they so high in India? Accessing the markets for best post trade decision support, trade analytics and execution quality measurement Exploring how fragmentation in the post trade arena in India is being addressed and if one single, transparent interoperability convention could be the solution How does the convergence of multi asset class platform affect the overall trade process and life cycle from pre-trade to post trade and settlement in India? What will the post trade environment look like in 5 years time in India? Barnaby Nelson Head of Business Development, Asia, BNP Paribas Securities Barnaby Nelson is Head of Business Development for Asia at BNP Paribas Securities Services, based in Hong Kong. Having grown up in the territory, Barnaby previously launched and managed Thomson Reuters' reference data business in Asia-Pacific, focusing on core issues such as asset valuation and back office processing. Prior to that, he has worked in the financial services industry in London, Luxem [read more] Anshuman Jaswal Senior Analyst, Celent Anshuman Jaswal is a Senior Analyst in Celent's Securities and Investments group and is based in the India office. His expertise lies in electronic trading, derivatives, market infrastructure, market regulation, brokerages, bond trading, hedge funds, and commodity markets. Mr. Jaswal has been quoted regularly in the media, including CNBC, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Associated P [read more] Golaka C Nath Senior Vice President of Research & Surveillance, Clearing Corporation of India Rajesh M Sharma Director, Transaction Banking, Standard Chartered Bank Rajesh M Sharma has been working with Standard Chartered Bank India for over five years and is currently Director, Regional Product Manager for the Investor & Intermediaries Client Segment for South Asia. Rajesh has experience spanning over 18 years in the Capital Markets. Prior to joining Standard Chartered Bank, Rajesh has worked with Citi bank, ABN AMRO Bank and Stock Holding Co [read more] 16:20-17:30 What do buy side firms look for? Closed doors Heads of Trading Buy Side roundtables (Invitation Only) Anant Jatia, Founder, Forefront Capital Management Moderator: Anant Jatia, Founder, Forefront Capital Management Confirmed heads of trading attending TradeTech India 2012 include: Head of Proprietary Trading, o3 Capital Chief Trader Equity, Axis Asset Management Head of Trading & Research, Marshal Funds AVP - Dealing, Equities, AIG Global Asset Head of Asia Trading, JP Morgan Asset Equity Dealer, Bajaj Allianz Insurance Head of equity dealing, Bharti AXA Investment Managers Head of equity dealing, HDFC Asset Management Senior Trader, ING Investment Chief Dealer, JF Asset Management Head of Trading, JF Asset Management Head of Trading Equities, Peerless Funds Management Chief Dealer, Equities, SBI Mutual Fund Head Trader, T Rowe Price Head of Trading, UTI Asset Management Anant Jatia Founder, Forefront Capital Management Anant is a Co-Founder and Director of Forefront Capital Management, a leading quantitative investment manager in India managing discretionary and advisory mandates for institutions and high net worth individuals.Prior to co-founding Forefront Capital Management, Anant was a portfolio manager at AQR Capital Management, a twenty billion dollar quantitative hedge fund in Greenwich (Connecticut), USA. [read more]

17:00 Applying machine learning and information theory in Indian capital markets to make profits Aniruddha Pant, Chief Executive Officer, AlgoAnalytics Aniruddha Pant Chief Executive Officer, AlgoAnalytics Head of data analytics and strategic quantitative activities in large, medium sized and small organizations. Expertise in Financial Engineering, Quantitative Trading, Derivative Trading, Hedging, Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Control Theory. Worked extensively in data analytics and machine learning as applied to Banking, Financial Services, Insurance and Financial Markets. Experience of ~18 ye [read more]

17:30 Chair’s closing remarks Chair’s closing remarks

17:30 - 18:30 TradeTech India 2012 cocktail & networking reception TradeTech India 2012 cocktail & networking reception