Tuesday, 4th August 2020

10:00 am - 10:10 am Welcome Address: Danny Levy, Managing Director, Worldwide Business Research

10:10 am - 10:30 am Opening Keynote Fixed Income: Navigating the challenges - How to be well positioned in bond markets to succeed in the new global economy as the COVID-19 outbreak continues

Richard Lacaille - Global Chief Investment Officer, State Street Global Advisors

10:30 am - 10:50 am Opening Keynote FX: COVID-19, growing populism, geopolitical tensions and the US election - How will the changing geopolitical landscape impact financial markets in 2020 and what implications do these have on your FX trading business?

10:50 am - 11:30 am C-level Keynote Panel: With growing market turmoil and economic uncertainty, how can you focus on allocations that can provide true diversification against highly correlated risks across the asset classes?

Binay Chandgothia - Managing Director - Portfolio Manager, Principal Portfolio Strategies, Principal Global Investors Ana Isbel Gonzalez - Chief Investment Officer, Farringdon Asset Management Gordan Tsui - Executive Director & Head of Fixed Income, Taikang Asset Management Vivek Sharma - Head of Global Asset Management, Edelweiss Financial

11:30 am - 11:35 am 5 Mins Break

11:35 am - 12:05 pm Keynote Panel: How will major events such as the pandemic, low oil price, geo-political relationships and QE impact currency movements over the next 12 months and beyond? And how can you best prepare your FX trading desk?

Bernd Berg - Global Macro Strategist, Woodman Asset Management Mitul Kotecha - Senior Emerging Markets Strategist, TD Securities Jeff Ng - Senior Treasury Strategist & Chief Investment Officer, HL Bank Singapore Javier Paz - CEO and Founder, DatumArc & Forex Datasource

12:15 pm - 12:55 pm Keynote Panel: Generating alpha in stressed market conditions – What should your optimal FICC infrastructure look like to enhance your desk potential and achieve operational alpha?

Rachana Mehta - Co-Head Regional Investments - Fixed Income, Maybank Asset Management Singapore Eric Neo - Non-Executive Director, RF Fund Management Jeremy Son - Fixed Income Trader, AllianceBernstein Eric Busay - Founder, SRoL Consulting

12:55 pm - 1:15 pm Keynote Interview: Dealing with disruption - How can you build a diverse and dynamic team that quickly adapts to minimise disruption and optimise operations in the ‘new normal’ to drive forward your FX business?

Keeve Tan - Head, Futures & Leveraged FX, OCBC Securities Tay Leo - Head of FX Trading Asia, ING Bank Javier Paz - CEO and Founder, DatumArc & Forex Datasource

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Lunch Break

2:15 pm - 2:55 pm Keynote Panel: With yields becoming so low in emerging market local currency and foreign currency debt, how can you increase total returns from EM and Asian fixed income portfolios?

Shamit Chokshi - Head - Offshore Fund Investments, ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Omar Slim - Senior Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income, PineBridge Investments Vivek Sharma - Head of Global Asset Management, Edelweiss Financial

2:55 pm - 3:15 pm Keynote Interview: Creating your ultimate performance framework - How can you quickly decide which algo strategies to integrate that will generate cost savings and minimise spreads paid?

Daniel Chambers - Head of Trading, Sequoia Capital Fund Management Saeed Amen - Founder, Cuemacro Brett Elvish - Director, Financial Viewpoint

3:15 pm - 3:20 pm 5 Mins Break

3:15 pm - 3:20 pm Keynote Panel: As the volume of negative interest rate bonds around the world continues to set new records, how can you exploit opportunities in China’s high yield bond market?

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm ETF Keynote Interview: How can you factor in adoption, volatility and liquidity to tactically integrate bond ETFs in your asset allocation strategy?

Gareth Nicholson - Head Fixed Income, Bank of Singapore Eric Liu - Director Asia Fixed Income, BlackRock Rebecca Weinrauch - Executive Director - Head of Fixed Income, ASIFMA

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Keynote Interview: Alternative assets as a strategic asset – How can you use alternative assets like gold and bit coins as a liquid asset to outperform other Fiat currencies and enhance your overall portfolio performance?

Gareth Nicholson - Head Fixed Income, Bank of Singapore Eric Liu - Director Asia Fixed Income, BlackRock Rebecca Weinrauch - Executive Director - Head of Fixed Income, ASIFMA Ricco Zhang - Director, Asia Pacific, International Capital Market Association (ICMA)