Main Conference Day 1, Tuesday 19th November

8:50 am - 8:55 am Welcome Address: Yaroslava Bhandari, Lead Editor, Researcher & Producer, FI & FX APAC

8:55 am - 9:05 am Chairperson Opening Remarks

Brett Elvish - Founder & Director, Financial Viewpoint

9:05 am - 9:35 am Opening CIO Keynote Panel: How have the interest rate outlook, yield curve dynamics, and currency considerations impacted investment priorities and where is the next big opportunity to maximise investment returns and alpha?

Ana Isabel Gonzalez Encinas - Group CIO, Farringdon Asset Management Stephen Fisher - Chief Investment Officer, First Degree Global Asset Management Angus HUI TF - Deputy CIO & Head of Fixed Income, Fullerton Fund Management Sanjay Guglani - CIO, Silverdale Capital

9:35 am - 10:05 am Retrospective Outlook: Sticky inflation, global elections, geopolitical instability, and rate cuts - What does the risk vs reward ratio look like for APAC bond & FX investors over the next 12 months and how can you best adapt your fixed income & FX business to stay nimble?

Chris Wong - Fixed Income Investment Director, Schroders Ben Bennett - Head of Investment Strategy, Asia, Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) Massimiliano Bondurri - Founder & CEO, SGMC Capital Hyuk-Tae Kwon - CEO & Managing Partner, Pine Venture Partners Brett Elvish - Founder & Director, Financial Viewpoint

10:05 am - 10:25 am Fireside Chat: How are Japan’s and US’ polarizing policy approaches impacting your fixed income trading and how can you leverage these policies to generate greater returns whilst controlling risk factors?

Anjana Srinivasan - Head of APAC Markets Research, Coalition Greenwich Burin Adulwattana - Chief Economist, Kasikorn Bank

10:25 am - 10:55 am Fireside Chat: How is India’s inclusion in Global EM Bond Index enhancing market liquidity and efficiency and attracting India’s bond market and improving price discovery?

Kenneth Akintewe - Head of Asian Sovereign Debt (macro, rates & FX), Abrdn Clarissa Ko - Index & Insurance Strategy Portfolio Manager, Blackrock Maxlin Thomas - Director, Head of India, Tradeweb Nelson Huang - Head of Fixed Income and Convertibles, Asia, FTSE Russell

10:55 am - 11:35 am Morning Networking Break (40 minutes)

11:35 am - 12:00 pm Fireside Chat: The Electronification of Markets: Focusing on Primary

Carl James - Head of Fixed Income, S&P Global Market Intelligence Shikai Toh - Fixed Income Trader, Pictet Asset Management

12:00 pm - 12:10 pm Spotlight Session: The Active ETF Revolution

Rory Caines - Executive Director, APAC ETF Specialist, JP Morgan Asset Management

12:10 pm - 12:50 pm Keynote Panel: What risk reduction strategies are under-utilised and what needs to change for portfolio managers to generate alpha?

Christoher Crea - Associate Director, ETFs & Indexed Strategies, APAC, Invesco Sylvian Baude, CFA - Chief Investment Officer, Namara Wealth Advisors Ulfred Wong - Portfolio Manager, Montrachet Capital Mitul Kotecha - Head of FX & EM Macro Strategy, Barclays

12:50 pm - 1:10 pm Keynote Fireside Chat: How can you implement the right workflow tech and interoperability capabilities to build a high performing and agile FX and multi-asset business?

Khashayar Surti - Head, Multi-Asset Trading, APAC, UBS Sanjay Awasthi - Head of Dealing, Eastspring Investments Brett Elvish - Founder & Director, Financial Viewpoint Flavio Marco Rusconi - Director – Fixed Income, Bondblox

1:10 pm - 1:30 pm Fireside Chat: Building better fixed income sleeves coming into 2025

Matthew Chan - Senior Vice President, International Business, China AMC Hong Kong Christoher Crea - Associate Director, ETFs & Indexed Strategies, APAC, Invesco Lisa Ren - APAC ETF Product Manager, Invesco

3:20 pm - 3:40 pm Afternoon Networking Break (20 minutes)

3:40 pm - 4:00 pm Fireside Chat: How can you accurately analyse and report real time ESG performance and risks to issuers to decrease green washing and increase investor trust?

Mervyn Tang - Head of Sustainability APAC, Schroder's Simarna Singh - International Keynote Speaker on, ESG & Sustainability

4:00 pm - 4:20 pm Presentation: Digital Assets – From Controversial to Unavoidable - How can you onboard digital assets permanently into your portfolio to reduce risks, enhance your returns, and hedge against inflation, to create a more balanced and modern portfolio?

Urvi Guglani - Growth & Strategy, Silverdale Capital

4:20 pm - 4:55 pm APAC Leaders Talk: The evolution of Fixed Income & FX markets - What are the regulatory reforms and technological advancements driving significant transformation and what does the future hold for these asset classes?

Angus HUI TF - Deputy CIO & Head of Fixed Income, Fullerton Fund Management Kheng Siang Ng - Head of SSGA Singapore, State Street Global Advisors Jason Norman Lee - Managing Director of Legal and Regulatory, Temasek Stephen Fisher - Chief Investment Officer, First Degree Global Asset Management

4:55 pm - 5:00 pm Chairperson Closing Remarks

Brett Elvish - Founder & Director, Financial Viewpoint

5:00 pm - 5:00 pm End of Fixed Income & FX APAC 2024 – Time for networking drinks!