Agenda
08:15 Registration
09:00 Welcome speech by Alexander Justham, CEO of London Stock Exchange plc
09:10 Asia Economic Outlook: Opportunities and Challenges
Dr Gerard Lyons, Chief Economic Advisor to the Mayor of London
09:30 Investing in Asia & Creating New Benchmarks
- Offshore RMB indices
- Emerging Markets indices
- Inclusion of China A shares into global indices
Panelists:
- Dr Au King Lun, CEO Bank of China Hong Kong Asset Management
- Dr Joaquim de Lima, Global Head of Equity Quantitative Research HSBC
Moderator: Donald Keith, FTSE Deputy Chief Executive
10:20 Coffee Break
10:40 Asian Corporates Going Global
- Key challenges raising capital on the domestic market
- Accessing international equity investors through dual listings
Panelists:
- Julian Bosdet, Partner, Abchurch Communications
- Bruce Yichun Hsueh, Special Advisor to Chairman and IR, Wisdom Marine Lines Co. Ltd
- Micheal Lin, President, Taiwan Stock Exchange
- Alfred Cheng, CFO, China Ruifeng Renewable Energy
- Katherine Mulhern, Partner, Proskauer
Moderator: Jon Edwards, Deputy Head of Primary Markets, London Stock Exchange Group
11:30 Trading Asia in London
- A discussion on London as a complimentary liquidity pool of Asian securities and risk management outside home market trading hours
Panelists:
- Hamish Crumley, Head of Global Emerging Markets Sales Trading, Europe, Barclays
- Paolo Giulianini, MD, Head of ETF trading & market making, UniCredit
- Stanislas Beneteau, MD, Global Head of GES/DR Sales, Deutsche Bank
- Mark Hanney, Chief Executive Officer, Valbury Capital
Moderator: Nicolas Bertrand, Head of Equities & Derivatives Market, London Stock Exchange Group
12:15 Lunch
13:00 Fireside Chat: What is now and next for Asian ETFs?
- Current flows and outflows of Asian ETFs
- Accessing Asia through ETFs
- European regulatory environment for Asain ETFs
Speakers:
- Deborah Fuhr, Managing Partner and Co-founder, ETFGI LLP
13:30 Southeast Asia & Mongolia Panel
- Investing in Southeast Asia and Mongolia
- Company presentations
Introductory comments from: Ms Nurhaida, Head of Executive for Capital Market Supervision, Indonesian Financial Services Authority
Panelists:
- Andrew Rickards, CEO, Yoma Strategic Holding
- Abdul Halim bin Ashari, CEO, BW Plantation TBK
- Wes Davis, Member of the Board of Directors, Asia Pacific Investment Partners (APIP)
- Neil Passmore, CEO, Strand Partners
Moderator: Clifford Tompsett, Partner, Head of IPO Centre, PWC
14:15 China's Economy and the Chinese Consumer Sector
View from the top: China's macro economy and its development
Neil MacKinnon, Global Macro Strategist at VTB Capital
Panel discussion on:
- Chinese consumer growth trends
- International M&A in the Chinese consumer sector
- Chinese consumer companies and London listings
Panelists:
- John McLean, Chairman of China Food Company; Board Member at CBBC
- Cao Xiao Feng, CFO, Bright Food Group
- Giles Turrell, CEO, Weetabix
Moderator: Suwei Jiang, Lead Partner China Business Group, PWC
15:15 Conference Close
16:00 High Tea at the Ritz By invitation only