Exchange Colocation Event

07.30 Breakfast CIO/CTO Think Tank Briefing: Dealing with the rigours of the new economic landscape through rightsizing and monitoring your IT costs and expenditure in your organisation The tough economic climate has led to greater cost scrutinisation, and the IT and technology departments of financial institutions have been no exception. This session will consist of two parts. Firstly there will be a closed door roundtable on day one of the main conference open to only CIOs or CTOs. This will be followed by a feedback session to the main conference on the morning of day two.: Developing an effective action plan to implement a rightsizing strategy within your organisation Does cutting costs lead to a cutting of revenue streams? How does the IT cost considerations of the buy side different from that of the sell side? Effectively monitoring costs and benchmarking best practice against other companies Ensuring that your technology can support a strategy of being first to market when the downturn ends Towards smart sourcing – leveraging solutions across a smaller headcount

08.00 Registration and morning coffee Registration and morning coffee

08.50 Chair’s introduction including feedback from the CTO Think Tank In this session the findings of the closed door session will be fed back to the main conference

09.00 Keynote Regulatory Address: Balancing innovation whilst maintaining integrity when regulating electronic trading Ashley Alder, Chief Executive Officer, Securities and Futures Commission In July 2012 the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission bought out a consultation paper detailing a number of proposals for electronic trading of which the conclusions were published in March 2013. Whilst intermediaries are no longer ultimately responsible for all incidents, intermediaries must conduct more due diligence on those with direct market access as well as the Electronic Trading Systems of 3rd party vendors. One year on we welcome their CEO to discuss the rationale behind their proposal, the market response to their initiatives, and what’s next on their agenda Increasing electronic trading system controls, reliability, security and capacity Thoughts on what makes for an effective pre-risk control and post trade monitoring policy Ensuring additional risk management checks for algorithmic trading Assimilating best practice from IOSCO Future consultation plans – what’s next? Ashley Alder Chief Executive Officer, Securities and Futures Commission

09.30 Keynote Address: HKEx in the spotlight – leveraging technology to benefit market participants Martin Abbott, Chief Executive & Co Head of Equities, Fixed Income and Currency Global Markets Division, London Metals Exchange & Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing A launch data of Q4 2013 has been confirmed for Orion, using a multi-asset class platform and giving brokers a choice of a binary interface or a FIX 5.0 interface. One of its key objectives is to help brokers reduce infrastructure costs to access HKEx’s securities markets by consolidating telecommunications circuits and eliminating physical hardware on their premises. Evaluating how Hong Kong is currently positioned within the Asian market place – how can it leverage its key strengths such as its relationship with China for a competitive advantage? What has been the feedback from market participants to the Orion platform? Assessing the latest developments in HKEx data centre value proposition Reviewing the risk and security systems that have been put into place Martin Abbott Chief Executive & Co Head of Equities, Fixed Income and Currency Global Markets Division, London Metals Exchange & Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Martin Abbott was appointed chief executive of the London Metal Exchange on 2 October 2006. With over 27 years experience in the metals business, Martin was previously Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Metal Bulletin/American Metal Market. He graduated from Leicester University with a Law Degree LLB in 1981, and then held positions as non-ferrous editor at Metal Bulletin and European editor at Meta [read more]

10.00 CTO Exchange Panel Discussion: Understanding current exchange technology investment objectives for and how this will impact market offerings and infrastructure developments Leong Chai Kin, Chief Information Officer, Bursa Malaysia Andrew Carter, Director of Technology, Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange Stephane Lannoy, Head of Operations And Technology, Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange Adikun Basirun, Director of Technology, Indonesia Stock Exchange Hans Sicat, Chief Executive Officer, Phillipine Stock Exchange Kirati Kosicharoen, Group Head Technology Products, The Stock Exchange Thailand and Thailand Futures Exchange Driving investment into technology developments in low latency examining the latest advances in bandwidth, software and hardware What regulatory technology standards do CTOs need to meet? Examining technology requirements for clearing and settlement Understanding how and for what services are exchanges adopting cloud computing solutions? Analysing value-added-services that exchanges are providing for the sell-side With the trading industry under cost pressure at the moment how can exchanges help both borkers and buy-side control costs? Leong Chai Kin Chief Information Officer, Bursa Malaysia Leong Chai Kin, aged 45, a Malaysian, graduated with a Bachelor of Computer Science Engineering from Arkansas State University, USA. Leong joined Bursa Malaysia in November 2008 as Head, Technical Operations of Technology & Systems before he was appointed as Acting Chief Information Officer, heading Technology & Systems on 15 September 2011. On 1st December 2012, Le [read more] Andrew Carter Director of Technology, Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange Stephane Lannoy Head of Operations And Technology, Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange Mr Lannoy, responsible for all aspects of the Exchange’s technology function, leads the Operations & Technology department and oversees the day-to-day management and strategic development of HKMEx’s state-of-the-art trading platform.Prior to joining HKMEx, Mr Lannoy was most recently Executive Director and co-owner for a Singapore-based firm focused on facilitating access to deriva [read more] Adikun Basirun Director of Technology, Indonesia Stock Exchange Hans Sicat Chief Executive Officer, Phillipine Stock Exchange Mr. Hans Brinker Makasiar Sicat has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of Philippine Stock Exchange Inc. since January 12, 2011. Prior to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Mr. Sicat was an Investment Banker for 22 years. He was with the predecessor firms of Citigroup-Salomon Brothers, Salomon Smith Barney and CitiCorp. Investment Bank-based in New York, Hong Kong and Manila. He was involv [read more] Kirati Kosicharoen Group Head Technology Products, The Stock Exchange Thailand and Thailand Futures Exchange

10.50 Morning break and opportunity to view exhibition Morning break and opportunity to view exhibition

11.30 Panel Discussion: Balancing short-term wins vs long-term investments by defining your key technology priorities in today’s capital markets landscape Ray Kan, Co-Head Business Application Management, Allianz Global Investors Iosif Ziman, Chief Technology Officer, BFAM Partners Ashok Kalyanswamy, Chief Information Officer - ex Japan, Head of APAC Equities & Prime Services IT, Nomura Securities Eric Tachibana, COO APAC, Chief Technology Office, UBS At the moment most brokers are facing the classic conundrum of whether they should focus on upgrading the part of our platform that will produce near-term results and revenues or whether they should commit available resources to the nuts-and-bolts of their business, such as back-office operations support infrastructure, or other activities which are often viewed as a cost centre even though it may have more strategic impact over time?” While this is the right question to ask, there is no single “right answer” for every firm, and there 50 shades of grey in between.In this panel we bring together four leading technology heads at Asia’s leading brokers as they discuss and debate how they are driving total cost optimisation in their organisation Understanding what capex pressures technology heads are under and how are they prioritising their spend as a consequence determining what processes to outsource is it more a case of searching for cost cutting or business efficiencies? Conceptualising a view of where the industry is heading, and the positioning that will give each firm the greatest competitive advantages over the short- and long-terms Designing, building and deploying comprehensive business processes and technology road maps that incorporate the demands of each firm’s unique business model Supporting this process, and related vendor-partner choices, with comprehensive marketplace intelligence and due-diligence research Building your own technology solutions vs using 3rd party vendors: examining the pros and cons of these options Ray Kan Co-Head Business Application Management, Allianz Global Investors Ray is Head of Information Technology, Hong Kong for Allianz Global Investors Asia Pacific, a leading global active asset manager. In this position, Ray is responsible for all regional business applications, from front to back office. Before relocated back to Hong Kong in 2008, Ray was based in North America where he held IT management positions in Citigroup, JP Morgan, and various financial techn [read more] Iosif Ziman Chief Technology Officer, BFAM Partners Iosif Ziman is BFAM Partners (HK) Ltd. CTO since 2012. Prior to this he has been Nomura Principal Investments Hong Kong’s head of technology since 2008. BFAM Partners resulted from externalizing as a hedge fund Nomura Principal Investments. He has spent the past 18 years in Asia as a technology professional with a wide range of expertise across trading systems areas including order execution, risk [read more] Ashok Kalyanswamy Chief Information Officer - ex Japan, Head of APAC Equities & Prime Services IT, Nomura Securities Ashok Kalyanswamy is currently CIO of Asia Ex-Japan and Head of APAC Equities and Prime Services Technology. He currently manages a $91 MM AeJ technology budget with about 330 people and an APAC EQ IT budget of $76 MM and 325 people.Ashok has a graduate degree in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University in New York. He started his career working for Verizon Research and Development in the Spe [read more] Eric Tachibana COO APAC, Chief Technology Office, UBS Eric Tachibana leads strategic projects across Asia. Currently, Eric works for UBS as the Asia Pacific COO for the Investment Banking, Wealth Management, and Asset Management Chief Technology Office where he is responsible for the management of Innovation, Enterprise Architecture & Strategy, and Enterprise Social Networks. Previous to UBS, Eric was with Bank of America Merrill Lync [read more]

12.00 Address: Examining future trends in algorithmic trading and their impact on Next-Generation Data Centres Ethernet based technologies continue to evolve with 40G/100G, accurate time stamping, latency analysis, network monitoring, FPGA assisted computations and Big Data based predictive analysis. This session discusses advances in algorithmic trading and how these technologies are becoming a critical part of Next-Generation Data Centres Reviewing the latest developments in ethernet based technologies – determining what works best for your architecture and why? Evaluating the advantages and disadvantages of replacing your server with an FPGA versus using it as a ‘bolt-on’ solution what are the key things you should consider when buying an FPGA ensuring that your chosen FPGA solution delivers the necessary risk management check ensuring that your FPGA solution doesn’t compromise latency Turning a big data predictive analysis techniques into a long-lasting competitive advantage - reducing latency and performance across your data management suite - aligning architecture, systems, data and processes to support rapid decision making - big data and predictive analytics as a risk management tool - business analysis optimization techniques Predicting future developments in next generation data centres

12.30 Panel Discussion: Ensuring that your technology solutions meets the stringent demands of the increasingly tough international and domestic regulatory environment Sada Hegde, Head of Cash Equities IT, Credit Suisse Hao Sun, Chief Operating Officer, Ketchum Trading The number one question you’re facing when investing in technology is ‘is there a regulatory angle that I must be aware of?’. Complying with both international regulations (Dodds Frank, Volcker, MiFiR, Basel 3) and the how they are interpreted by Asian regulators is complex, time consuming and costly. In this panel our experts discuss how they have responded to these changes, specifically: Fully understanding the technology impact of regulatory change in order to implement an effective strategy to meet the given deadlines Pinpointing the nuances between local regulators in their interpretations and timelines for international legislation Setting up a practical framework for open communication between your technology , compliance and legal teams to meet regulatory requirements Discussing possible future regulations and the impact they might have on your technology Sada Hegde Head of Cash Equities IT, Credit Suisse Hao Sun Chief Operating Officer, Ketchum Trading Hao Sun, Chief Operating Officer of Ketchum Trading, a subsidiary of Hull Investments, is responsible for the strategic and operational leadership of Ketchum's research, development and trading operations. Ketchum Trading provides liquidity and makes markets in futures, ETFs, equities and options. Before taking this role Hao served as senior Financial Engineer at Matlock Capital, focusing on marke [read more]

13.20 Lunch Break and opportunity to view exhibition; private lunch for exchanges Lunch Break and opportunity to view exhibition; private lunch for exchanges

Stream A: Latency and DataStream B: Technology and RegulationStream C: Architecture and Infrastruct... 14.20 Chair’s Opening remarks Stream A: Latency and Data Chair’s Opening remarks 14.20 Chair’s Opening remarks Stream B: Technology and Regulation Chair’s Opening remarks 14.20 Chair’s Opening remarks Stream C: Architecture and Infrastructure Chair’s Opening remarks

Stream A: Latency and DataStream B: Technology and RegulationStream C: Architecture and Infrastruct... 14.25 Panel Discussion: Evaluating the next wave of innovations in low latency and ultra low latency and mastering how best to deploy them effectively within your network Stream A: Latency and Data Mark Hartley, Director of Market Access, Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange Tobias Hekster, Director , RVT Henry Young, CEO, TS Associates Gilbert Langner, Low Latency Trading Expert, Effectively evaluating you and your customers changing latency requirements Defining what latency efficiencies you are trying to achieve: Propagation latency, transmission latency and processing latency Developing criteria for investing into new technology that will shave off a couple of microseconds versus balancing considerations of cost Assessing where in your network can latency gains most effectively be made Establishing latency monitoring and audit procedures to ensure constant performance and to identify future areas for improvement Mark Hartley Director of Market Access, Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange Mr Hartley oversees the Exchange’s Market Access Division, tasked with on-boarding new market participants and the introduction of new products onto the trading platform. With over 20 years' experience in information technology, he processes extensive knowledge in the design and operation of electronic trading platforms and infrastructure. Prior to joining HKMEx, Mr Hartley was regional services m [read more] Tobias Hekster Director , RVT Henry Young CEO, TS Associates Henry Young is founder and CEO of TS-Associates, a firm that specialises in monitoring and analysis of networks, financial middleware products and electronic trading systems. With the TipOff network monitoring appliance and the Application Tap software instrumentation card, TS-Associates provides a complete range of precision instrumentation solutions capable of providing nanometric transparency i [read more] Gilbert Langner Low Latency Trading Expert, 14.25 Panel Discussion: Improving integrity by building comprehensive market surveillance technology solutions and risk management procedures to detect discrepancies in algorithmic trading on across multiple asset classes early, efficiently and effectively Stream B: Technology and Regulation Arjen Gaasbeek, Managing Director, Ingensoma Trading Group Latika S Kundu, SVP - Operations Group, Singapore Mercantile Exchange Mathias Piardon, Founding Partner & CIO, NoHo Capital Understanding and pinpointing the weaknesses in your current trading surveillance processes to identify where to focus additional investment and resources Gathering and accessing the right data to ensure that you have the complete picture in order to detect discrepancies in trading patterns at both the investor and broker level Evaluating the practicality of the surveillance-as-a-service concept utilizing new cloud based applications Developing a trading surveillance solution that it is effective across all asset classes – what are the additional design considerations? What are the implications of trading surveillance regulations on recording requirements? Arjen Gaasbeek Managing Director, Ingensoma Trading Group Arjen is MD Hong Kong of the Korea founded Ingensoma Trading Group, a HFT and algorithmic proprietary trading firm mainly active in the Asia Pacific region. Arjen is currently involved in the firm's Management and Market development after having traded Cash equity algorithms and Derivatives for over three years. After obtaining a masters degree in Financial Economics in the Netherlands he has subs [read more] Latika S Kundu SVP - Operations Group, Singapore Mercantile Exchange Ms. Latika S Kundu comes with over 15 years of professional experience in the Capital Markets. She has been instrumental in conceptualizing and implementing models for creating healthier market practices for market participants in the spot and derivatives segments of the Equity & Currency Markets.In her present role, she heads the Market Operations of MCX Stock Exchange, wherein he [read more] Mathias Piardon Founding Partner & CIO, NoHo Capital M. Piardon co-founded Noho Capital in 2010, a managed futures trading program specializing in Asian equity indices, with low volatility (4-5%) and margin-to-equity ratio (2-3%). The algorithms used are based on his experience as senior equity derivatives trader: deterministic, trend following, contrarian and intraday. M. Piardon ran the equity derivatives desk for Dresdner in Hong Kong from 2007 t [read more] 14.25 Case Study: Social Networking as a business tool - how can you best use it inside your firm? Stream C: Architecture and Infrastructure Eric Tachibana, COO APAC, Chief Technology Office, UBS Today many firms, especially leaders in the Financial Services Industry, are exploring ways to leverage the power of social networking to drive employee engagement, increase the value of enterprise relationships, and ensure that knowledge is built, distributed widely, and remains sticky within a firm.Because of Compliance, Legal, and Reputational Risk concerns, most, however, cannot leverage public social networks such as Facebook, Linked-in, or Twitter – thus was born the Enterprise Social Network, a sandboxed, internal social network offering all the Web 2.0 capabilities that employees have grown to rely on outside of work.In this presentation, Eric Tachibana will look at how UBS has deployed “UBS Connections”, an Enterprise Social Network built on the Open Source platform, Jive to reap tangible benefits. How suitable are front, middle and back office functions suitable for applying social networking innovations? Determining the possible applications of the following inside your organisation: crowd sourcing social networking Web 2.0 Overcoming compliance, legal, reputational risk and security considerations Eric Tachibana COO APAC, Chief Technology Office, UBS Eric Tachibana leads strategic projects across Asia. Currently, Eric works for UBS as the Asia Pacific COO for the Investment Banking, Wealth Management, and Asset Management Chief Technology Office where he is responsible for the management of Innovation, Enterprise Architecture & Strategy, and Enterprise Social Networks. Previous to UBS, Eric was with Bank of America Merrill Lync [read more]

Stream A: Latency and DataStream B: Technology and RegulationStream C: Architecture and Infrastruct... 15.00 Case Study Presentation: Key considerations in creating a cross-exchange low latency platform Stream A: Latency and Data Sandeep Tyagi, Chairman, Estee Advisors India is one of the few Asian markets with multiple exchanges: NSE, BSE, MCX and USE. In this presentation, Sandeep Tyagi of leading Indian based fund manager Estee Advisor, discusses how he overcame the challenge of building a cross exchange platform in one of Asia’s more challenging markets Identifying the additional complexities of creating a low latency platform when trading across more than one exchange Overcoming the challenges of measuring and monitoring latency between the different exchanges What were the data requirements and how were they met? Colocation and proximity considerations Sandeep Tyagi Chairman, Estee Advisors Sandeep Tyagi has recently founded his second venture, an Investment Management and Advisory firm–Estee Advisors. Estee Advisors is an alternative investment management company which aims to deliver maximized returns for the level of risk undertaken using advanced analytical algorithms. He is responsible for setting the firm’s direction, sustaining a winning culture and developing innovative finan [read more] 15.00 Regulatory Address: Examing SEBI's plans to regulate High Frequency Trading Stream B: Technology and Regulation Susan Thomas, Assistant Professor , Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Member - Secondary Market Advisory Council, SEBI Dr Susan Thomas has worked on projects with the World Bank, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the UK Government, the National Stock Exchange of India, the Forwards Markets Commission and the Ministry of Finance.  She presently serves on the board of directors at IFMR Capital, SBI Pension FMC and the Trustee Board of India Value Fund Associates.  She is a co-author of "India's Financial Markets: An insider's guide to how market's work".  In her presentation she addresses: The role of HFT in the equity and the currency futures market on India's NSE and BSE: a practitioner perspective Reviewing empirical facts about HFT on NSE Lessons learnt from recent experiences with market turbulence through fat finger trades Examining SEBI regulations on HFT Current policy debates and policy directions Susan Thomas Assistant Professor , Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Member - Secondary Market Advisory Council, SEBI Susan Thomas holds degrees in civil engineering and economics from IIT, Bombay and University of Southern California, Los Angeles, respectively. She is presently faculty at the Indira Gandhi Institute for Development Research, Bombay. Her research is in financial econometrics, specifically modelling volatility of prices, and analysing aspects of market microstructure in Indian financial markets. S [read more] 15.00 Address: Harnessing technology for competitive advantage by utilizing open-source computing in your infrastructure Stream C: Architecture and Infrastructure Michael Mudd, APAC Representative, The Open Computing Alliance Exploring the opportunities of open-source deployment where competing organisations collaborate on non-differentiating technology to free up resources for core business issues Overcoming the difficulties of developing open-source solutions that can cope with legacy messaging platforms Assessing open source innovation in cloud computing, platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) Safeguarding security concerns associated with open-source Michael Mudd APAC Representative, The Open Computing Alliance Mike Mudd is the Managing Partner of Asia Policy Partners LLC (APP,) a consulting firm for technology strategy and trade policy, which he founded in 2009. He is also the Chief Representative of the OCA (www.opencomputingalliance.org) in the region.Prior to this he spent six years as Director of Public Policy, Asia - Pacific for an influential IT [read more]

Stream A: Latency and DataStream B: Technology and RegulationStream C: Architecture and Infrastruct... 15.30 Panel Discussion: Assessing the current drivers behind colocation, proximity hosting and data centres in Asia and determining what solution works best for your latency requirements Stream A: Latency and Data Sandeep Tyagi, Chairman, Estee Advisors Charles Wong, CTO - Asia Pacific, Newedge Chuck Chon, Chief Executive Officer, SBI Japannext Colocation is an increasingly popular strategy for exchanges to assist their clients to conduct trading business. It can be used by clients simply to create a latency advantage but some exchanges are adopting a different model in order to grow the ecosystem of data center services. This session looks at how exchanges and proximity service providers are adapting their service strategies to better meet their customers’ needs. Mapping the wider business implications for exchanges shifting to the colo model Providing accurate latency measurement services from venue to client Comparing the ROI proposition between colocation and proximity strategies Examining the pros and cons of real estate, leasing and cloud computing data centre models Building competitive next generation colocation services for premium clients Reassuring your clients by building robust data privacy controls Sandeep Tyagi Chairman, Estee Advisors Sandeep Tyagi has recently founded his second venture, an Investment Management and Advisory firm–Estee Advisors. Estee Advisors is an alternative investment management company which aims to deliver maximized returns for the level of risk undertaken using advanced analytical algorithms. He is responsible for setting the firm’s direction, sustaining a winning culture and developing innovative finan [read more] Charles Wong CTO - Asia Pacific, Newedge Charles is the Chief Technology Officer of Newedge and is based in Hong Kong, the regional headquarter of the firm. He oversees Asia including strategic planning, development, implementation and management of infrastructure systems to provide business solutions.Newedge is a 50/50 joint venture between Société Générale and Credit Agricole CIB, and is a new leader in global multi-asset brokerage bus [read more] Chuck Chon Chief Executive Officer, SBI Japannext Mr. Chuck Chon joined SBI Japannext PTS (Japan’s largest Alternative Venue) in 2006 as Chief Technology Officer to spearhead the setup of exchange systems from scratch as well as spearheading the business development efforts. Before, joining SBI Japannext, he was responsible for building a profitable HFT trading desk at BNPP from scratch which he spent 10 years in various positions including the t [read more] 15.30 Panel discussion: Meeting the OTC derivatives clearing technology requirements of Dodd Frank Stream B: Technology and Regulation Fred Pucci, Head of Compliance, International & Institutional Banking& Head of Compliance, Global Markets, ANZ Conor Cunningham, Managing Director, Head, Asia-Pacific - Futures & OTC Clearing,, Citi Michael Syn, Seniro VP and Head of Derivatives, Singapore Exchange One of the implications of Dodd Frank is that clearing is going to get more complicated. As many of you are already experiencing, it means technology expenditure needs to adapt to the new clearing landscape. In this panel we discuss the following Building technology solutions that enable clients to optimise their collateral usage Streamlining your post trade processing requirements Ensuring that your clearing infrastructure meets your regulatory obligations Coping with additional messaging complexity of multiple brokers displaying multiple prices and having multiple connectivity requirements with compromising latency What lessons can be learnt form the use of SEFs in the US? Fred Pucci Head of Compliance, International & Institutional Banking& Head of Compliance, Global Markets, ANZ Federico M. (Fred) Pucci looks after compliance for ANZ's global Institutional business, the Global Markets business, and the regional business in Asia Pacific. He is based in Hong Kong. Among other internal responsibilities he co-chairs the OTC Derivatives Reform Program for the Bank. He joined ANZ in 2010.Mr. Pucci previously held senior roles in Markets businesses including Nomura. Prior to tha [read more] Conor Cunningham Managing Director, Head, Asia-Pacific - Futures & OTC Clearing,, Citi Michael Syn Seniro VP and Head of Derivatives, Singapore Exchange 15.30 Panel Discussion: Overcoming the challenges of developing a low latency architecture at the KRX Stream C: Architecture and Infrastructure Ray Kan, Co-Head Business Application Management, Allianz Global Investors Understanding the specific challenges of designing an exchange platform that can cope with the requirements of trading different asset classes Reviewing the feedback to the pre-testing phase Dealing with trading surveillance concerns Ray Kan Co-Head Business Application Management, Allianz Global Investors Ray is Head of Information Technology, Hong Kong for Allianz Global Investors Asia Pacific, a leading global active asset manager. In this position, Ray is responsible for all regional business applications, from front to back office. Before relocated back to Hong Kong in 2008, Ray was based in North America where he held IT management positions in Citigroup, JP Morgan, and various financial techn [read more]

Stream A: Latency and DataStream B: Technology and RegulationStream C: Architecture and Infrastruct... 16.00 Afternoon break and opportunity to view exhibition Stream A: Latency and Data Afternoon break and opportunity to view exhibition 16.00 Afternoon break and opportunity to view exhibition Stream B: Technology and Regulation Afternoon break and opportunity to view exhibition 16.00 Afternoon break and opportunity to view exhibition Stream C: Architecture and Infrastructure Afternoon break and opportunity to view exhibition

Stream A: Latency and DataStream B: Technology and RegulationStream C: Architecture and Infrastruct... 16.30 Address: Big data analytics and lessons from Google- trading algorithms using digital traces of human behaviour Stream A: Latency and Data Tobias Preis, Founder, Artemis Asset Management Big data is on everyone's lips at the moment.  However how can you practically use it in your firm? For this session we welcome Tobias Preis whose practical background running Artemise Capital Management (a successful quant fund) combined with current academic work makes him ideally equipped to cover the following issues: What can Google teach you about financial markets? Understanding how you can use digital traces of human behaviour to trade Utilising big data to enhance your trading algorithms Tobias Preis Founder, Artemis Asset Management 16.30 Interview: So if you were the regulator what would you do? Stream B: Technology and Regulation The eTrading Association was set up last year to educate, support and assist market participants, regulators and government in the pursuit of fair and efficient markets. In this presentation their Founder, Philip York, gives his views on what effective regulation is Revisiting the arguments of regulation vs self regulation – what is the right balance? Redefining the roles and responsibilities of market participants: who should be responsible for what and what should the consequences be if something goes wrong? Leveraging technology to improve speed, integrity and cost efficiency to meet regulatory obligations the role of open standards Regulating algorithmic trading: how effective are the Hong Kong regulators’ proposals? • have we seen an increase in market abuse cases since the introduction of algo trading? 16.30 Evaluating which cloud service and deployment model to deploy within your architecture for optimal network functionality Stream C: Architecture and Infrastructure Aloysius Cheang, Managing Director - APAC, Cloud Security Alliance Comparing the advantages and disadvantages of the different cloud service models available: Infrastructure-as-a-service (Iaas) Platform-as-a-service (PasS) Software-as-a-service (SaaS) Determining what cloud deployment solution works best for you: private, public, hybrid or community clouds? Reviewing the latest regulations from around the region – what are the implications? Constructing your checklist to evaluate what information can be stored in public clouds and what information can only be stored in private clouds Understanding and overcoming regulations regarding cloud computing Evaluating how data security in clouds has evolved over the last few years – is still the case of only using the cloud for back office information? What front office functionality is appropriate for cloud storage? Aloysius Cheang Managing Director - APAC, Cloud Security Alliance Aloysius Cheang is Managing Director APAC of Cloud Security Alliance. He also heads up the Standards Secretariat. Aloysius brings to the Alliance extensive experience gained from running business units and multi-million enterprise security and technology programs for Global 500 organizations worldwide in his previous roles as a CSO for a Telco and APAC practice leader with leading management consu [read more]

Stream A: Latency and DataStream B: Technology and RegulationStream C: Architecture and Infrastruct... 17.00 Case Study: The rise of the machines - using Artifical Intelligence to optimise your trading strategy Stream A: Latency and Data Alexander Fleiss, Chairman & Chief Risk Officer, Rebellion Research Global economic research is provided by the biggest banks and ratings institutions, yet the predictive powers of these firms is notably and infamously low.  Bloomberg reported that major Wall Street research is typically 46% accurate.  However, this is a field that deals with an extremely large and accessible data set.  One that is ideal for machine learning.  Yet, there are no machine learning powered research or ratings firms on Wall Street.  Robotic ratings and research firms could dominate this field, yet are not even in existence today. Alexander Fleiss Chairman & Chief Risk Officer, Rebellion Research Alexander Fleiss serves as Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Rebellion Research Partners LP, a Global Macro hedge fund and financial advisory that invests across all asset classes and is based in New York. Mr. Fleiss also oversees the firm's institutional research division, Rebellion Economics, which offers coverage of 44 countries. Mr. Fleiss has spoken about Artificial Intelligence invest [read more] 17.00 Panel Discussion: Bridging the gap between compliance and technology to better understand their objectives, pressures, processes and procedures and their impact on your day-to-day job Stream B: Technology and Regulation Liam Madden , Managing Director - Head of Legal and Compliance, Instinet Shaun Ansell , Head of Legal and Compliance, Mizuho Securities Asia Garbo Cheung, Global Markets Compliance, Nomura International Mark Wan, Legal Counsel, Societe Generale With the burden of regulation increasing, many technology heads need to better understand the implications of any compliance directive that is bought out. Compliance heads we spoke also told us that more of their time was now being spent looking at trading technology compliance issues, with the size of their teams growing to cover this problem This is further complicated by there being no one Asian regulator, something that isn't going to change anytime soon. In this session we welcome four compliance heads to discuss what’s on their agenda and why it should matter to you. What’s on compliance officers’ agendas at the moment when it comes to trading technology? Getting a basic understanding of which criteria to use to choose a technology compliance solution that fits to your business and your company’s needs: easy to understand technology with comprehensive functionality – does this exist? Overcoming the challenges of building effective internal controls, reporting policies and procedures that get buy-in from all relevant departments Implementing innovative compliance technology solutions as a tool to reduce your workload and operational and advisory costs. Assessing the latest innovations in: Voice recording Data storage of recorded voice Instant messaging to trading desk Dealing with the additional complications of ensuring that your chosen solution and supporting technology can cope with cross border compliance issues Towards a more pro-active compliance policy rather than just reacting to regulatory requirements Liam Madden Managing Director - Head of Legal and Compliance, Instinet Liam Madden is a Managing Director with Instinet Pacific Limited where he is the Head of Legal and Compliance for Asia Pacific. He has nearly 20 years of experience in legal practice. He is a lawyer with a background of private practice and in-house experience. In private practice he was a litigator who specialised in complicated and contentious matters. Since moving in-house, he has applied that [read more] Shaun Ansell Head of Legal and Compliance, Mizuho Securities Asia Shaun Ansell is Head of Legal and Compliance for Mizuho Securities Asia. Prior to assuming his current role, Shaun was the Chief Administrative Officer and Head of Legal and Compliance for Nomura Australia. Shaun has also held senior financial services roles with Lehman Brothers Australia and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Garbo Cheung Global Markets Compliance, Nomura International Garbo Cheung is an Executive Director and Regional Head of Global Markets Compliance, Asia ex Japan at Nomura. Prior to joining Nomura, Miss Cheung was Head of Equities Compliance at Citigroup and ABN AMRO in Hong Kong, and had also worked at Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited in market and product development. Miss Cheung holds an LLB from the Manchester Metropolitan University, an MBA from [read more] Mark Wan Legal Counsel, Societe Generale Mr. Wan is based in Hong Kong. His primary focus is on OTC derivatives, with particular emphasis on equity derivatives, cash equities as well as financial services regulations. He routinely works on a broad range of legal matters related to derivatives and structured products (in particular equity and fixed-income derivatives), cash equities and advises on regulatory law issues relating to financi [read more] 17.00 Panel discussion: Overcoming regulatory, data security and privacy concerns in your cloud solution Stream C: Architecture and Infrastructure Ray Kan, Co-Head Business Application Management, Allianz Global Investors Following Aloysius's overview, our panel will discuss their challenges implementing cloud computing in their organisation.  Topics discussed include: Conducting an internal audit to identify where your greatest data security and privacy concerns lie Understanding the latest local regulations regarding cloud computing and outsourcing to ensure your solution is compliant Accurately classifying your clients data to aid data segregation Dealing with the additional complexities of cross border data concerns Protecting your infrastructure effectively from outside attacks – how can you avoide bing hacked/ Ray Kan Co-Head Business Application Management, Allianz Global Investors Ray is Head of Information Technology, Hong Kong for Allianz Global Investors Asia Pacific, a leading global active asset manager. In this position, Ray is responsible for all regional business applications, from front to back office. Before relocated back to Hong Kong in 2008, Ray was based in North America where he held IT management positions in Citigroup, JP Morgan, and various financial techn [read more]

Stream A: Latency and DataStream B: Technology and RegulationStream C: Architecture and Infrastruct... 17.40 Chair’s closing remarks Stream A: Latency and Data Chair’s closing remarks 17.40 Chair’s closing remarks Stream B: Technology and Regulation Chair’s closing remarks 17.40 Chair’s closing remarks Stream C: Architecture and Infrastructure Chair’s closing remarks

Stream A: Latency and DataStream B: Technology and RegulationStream C: Architecture and Infrastruct... 17.40 – 19.00 Networking cocktails in the exhibition area Stream A: Latency and Data Networking cocktails in the exhibition area 17.40 – 19.00 Networking cocktails in the exhibition area Stream B: Technology and Regulation Networking cocktails in the exhibition area 17.40 – 19.00 Networking cocktails in the exhibition area Stream C: Architecture and Infrastructure Networking cocktails in the exhibition area