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Opportunity and Risk in a Time of Disruption
A complimentary event for investment professionals
Increased global connectedness is creating new opportunities and challenges for market participants. As dynamics shift rapidly, understanding the evolving ETF opportunity set is more crucial than ever.
Join us for Asia's largest passive investing institutional conference as we bring together industry leaders to explore how indices and ETFs are transforming access to innovative strategies for a wide range of market conditions.
Topics will include:
Executive Officer (Equities, ETF Market Development, Financial Literacy Support, and Equities Business Development)
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9:00
AM |
NETWORKING
BREAKFAST |
9:30
AM |
OPENING
REMARKS Martina
L. Cheung,
President, Chief Executive Officer, S&P Global |
9:40
AM |
KEYNOTE Hideki
Ito,
Commissioner, Japan Financial Services Agency (JFSA) |
SESSION 1 |
NAVIGATING THE GROWTH: INSIGHTS INTO
THE GLOBAL ETF MARKET AND EMERGING TRENDS |
10:00
AM |
THE
EVOLVING ROLE OF INDEX SOLUTIONS IN GLOBAL FINANCIAL MARKETS Tim
Edwards,
Managing Director, Global Head of Index Investment Strategy, Replays And Downloads:
|
10:20
AM |
ETF
TRENDS IN THE U.S. AND BEYOND Panelists: ·
Meaghan Victor, Managing Director, Head of Intermediary Client Coverage, Asia
Pacific, ·
Robert Ross, Chief Commercial Officer,
S&P Dow Jones Indices Moderator: Tim Edwards, Managing Director, Global Head of Index Investment
Strategy, |
10:40
AM |
CONNECTING
MARKETS: INITIATIVES AND INNOVATION IN GLOBAL EXCHANGES Panelists: ·
Jean-Francois Mesnard-Sense, Senior Vice President,
Head of Exchange Traded Products, Hong Kong Exchange (HKEX) Replays And Downloads:
·
Rory Cunningham, Senior Manager, Investment
Products, Australia Stock Exchange (ASX) Replays And Downloads:
·
Wei Chin Kang, ETF Product Management, Singapore
Exchange (SGX) Replays And Downloads:
Moderator:
Sean Freer,
Director, Global Equity Indices Product Management, |
11:20 AM |
BEYOND
BETA: ETF INNOVATION IN ACTIVE, DIGITAL ASSETS AND OUTCOME Nicholas
Peach,
Managing Director, Head of APAC iShares, BlackRock Replays And Downloads:
|
11:40 AM |
MARKET
CONCENTRATION: A FOCUS ON FACTORS Fireside
Chat: · Brian Hartigan, Global Head of ETFs
& Index Investments, Invesco · Tom Digby, Head of ETF Capital Markets, Asia
Pacific, Invesco Replays And Downloads: |
SESSION 2 |
NAVIGATING THE ENERGY TRANSITION:
OPPORTUNITIES IN SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT |
12:00 PM |
INVESTING
IN THE FUTURE: ENERGY TRANSITION AND SUSTAINABILITY
STRATEGIES Panelists: · Doug Peterson, Special Advisor,
S&P Global · Hideki Takada, Director, Finance
and Sustainability, GX Acceleration Agency ·
Vince Heo, Director, Gas, Power, and Climate
Solutions, S&P Global Commodity Insights ·
Susanna Huang, Consulting Associate Director, S&P
Global Mobility · Sue Lee, APAC Head of Index
Investment Strategy, S&P Dow Jones Indices Moderator:
Koji Omachi, Head of Client Coverage, Japan; Senior
Advisor for Energy Transition, Sustainability and Services, S&P Global Replays And Downloads:
|
12:50 PM |
NETWORKING
LUNCH |
SESSION 3 |
EVOLVING INVESTOR DEMANDS: EXPANDING
PRODUCT OFFERINGS FOR DIVERSE NEEDS (PART 1) |
1:50 PM |
DEVELOPMENT
OF LOCAL CURRENCY BOND MARKETS IN ASIA: ACTIONS IN EMEAP Tomohiro Tsuden, Planning Officer, International Relations
Division, International Bureau, |
2:00 PM |
THE EVOLUTION OF BOND MARKETS IN
ASIA Fireside Chat: ·
Kheng Siang
Ng, Asia Pacific Head of Fixed Income,
Head of SSGA Singapore, ·
Kangwei
Yang, Director, Product Management,
APAC, S&P Dow Jones Indices |
2:20 PM |
ADAPTING TO UNCERTAINTY: INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES FOR THRIVING
IN MARKET VOLATILITY Panelists: ·
Oran D’Arcy, Head of Listings, APAC, Cboe
Asia-Pacific ·
Tatsuya Yoshikawa,
Head of the ETF Solution Department, Nomura Asset Management ·
Naoki Kawachi,
Head of Japan Office, First Trust Moderator: Jason Ye, Director, Factors and Dividend Indices, APAC, S&P Dow Jones Indices Replays And Downloads:
|
3:00 PM |
NETWORKING BREAK |
SESSION
4 |
INSIGHTS
INTO THE GLOBAL AND U.S. MARKET LANDSCAPES |
3:15 PM |
GLOBAL MARKET OVERVIEW Cameron Systermans, Head of Multi-Asset, Asia, Mercer Replays And Downloads: |
3:45 PM |
UNDERSTANDING THE U.S. MARKET THROUGH
THE LENS OF THE S&P 500 Amit Pathak, Head of U.S. Equity Product Management, APAC, S&P
Dow Jones Indices Replays And Downloads:
|
SESSION 5 |
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR STRATEGIES:
INCREASING EFFICIENCY WITH ETFS |
4:00 PM |
POWER OF DIVERSIFICATION: MAXIMIZING
RETURNS WHILE MINIMIZING RISK Hiroyuki Kishimoto, Director, Head of Xtrackers Sales Japan,
Client Coverage Division, |
4:20 PM |
INSIGHTS INTO ETF USAGE AND TRADING
FROM A GLOBAL INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR Speakers: ·
Felix Ho, Chief Investment Officer, Sun Life Asset Management ·
Ken Han, Head of
Institutional Trading, APAC, Flow Traders ·
Takeki Yamada, Institutional Trading, Head of
Japan Business, Flow Traders |
4:50 PM |
CURRENT
INSIGHTS: THE ROLE OF ETFS IN DOMESTIC
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES Panelists: ·
Takahiro Yamaguchi, National Headquarters, Securities
Management Dept, Equity Investment Group, National Mutual Insurance
Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives ·
Shouta Sugizaki, International Fixed
Income & Equity Investment Department, ·
Masafumi Watanabe, Representative, ETF Catalyst Japan
·
Fujio Nishio, Treasurer, Finance
Department, Main Administration Office, Moderator:
Kazuhisa Mikami, Head of Sales, Japan, Jane Street |
5:50 PM |
CLOSING
REMARKS Kentaro
Kamei,
Head of Japan Office, S&P Dow Jones Indices |
6:00 PM |
NETWORKING
RECEPTION |
Statements made by persons who are not
S&P Dow Jones Indices employees represent their own views and opinions and
are not necessarily the views of S&P Dow Jones Indices.
Agenda subject to change.
9:00
AM |
NETWORKING
BREAKFAST |
9:30
AM |
OPENING
ADDRESS Dan
Draper,
Chief Executive Officer, S&P Dow Jones
Indices |
9:40
AM |
KEYNOTE Naoki
Isomoto, Executive Officer, Equities, ETF
Market Development, Financial Literacy Support and Equities Business
Development, Tokyo Stock Exchange |
SESSION 6 |
PROMOTING JAPAN AS A LEADER IN ASSET
MANAGEMENT: ASSET OWNER PRINCIPLE |
9:55
AM |
EMBRACING
THE ASSET OWNER PRINCIPLE: ENHANCING ASSET MANAGEMENT
CAPABILITIES Panelists: ·
Michinori Haba, Deputy
Director-General, Financial Markets, ·
Hirokazu Note, Executive Officer, University
of Tsukuba ·
Akihiro Nakamura, Managing Director, Chief
Investment Officer, ·
Hiroshi Ozeki, President, Chief Executive
Officer, Moderator:
Dai Tsujita, Partner, PwC |
SESSION 7 |
EVOLVING HORIZONS: STRATEGIES FOR
THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE ETF ECOSYSTEM |
10:45
AM |
EVOLVING
ETF TRADING FOR INVESTORS Kazuhisa Mikami, Head of Sales, Japan, Jane Street |
11:05
AM |
THE
FUTURE OF ETFS: UNDERSTANDING REGULATORY
REFORMS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS Panelists: ·
Ryutaro Someya, Manager, New Listings, ETF Market
Development Department, Tokyo Stock Exchange ·
Nippei Yasuoka, Head of Institutional Sales,
Japan, Optiver ·
Koei Imai, Senior Executive, Asset Management
One ·
Matyas Steinbach, Director, Business Development,
ETF and Benchmarking Solutions, S&P Global Market Intelligence Moderator:
Seiji Ishii, Head of Japan,
Crisil Coalition Greenwich |
11:55
AM |
VARIETY IN CHOICE: UCITS ETFS Fireside
Chat: · Gaetan Delculee, Deputy Global Head of Distribution,
Global Head of ETF, Indexing & Smart Beta Sales, Amundi · Katsumi Fujikawa, President, Chief Executive
Officer, Amundi Japan Replays And Downloads: |
12:15
PM |
ENHANCING
THE ETF LANDSCAPE: THE
ROLE OF INDEX-BASED DERIVATIVES Fireside
Chat: ·
Minah Kim, Executive Director, Head of APAC
Equity and Cryptocurrency Products, CME Group · Sue Lee, APAC Head of Index
Investment Strategy, S&P Dow Jones Indices Replays And Downloads:
|
12:35
PM |
NETWORKING
LUNCH |
SESSION 8 |
EVOLVING INVESTOR DEMANDS: EXPANDING
PRODUCT OFFERINGS FOR DIVERSE NEEDS (PART 2) |
1:35
PM |
NAVIGATING
TRENDS: THEME-BASED INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES FOR A CHANGING WORLD Panelists: ·
Naoyoshi Sato, Deputy General
Manager, ETF Business Group, Institutional Sales Division, Mitsubishi UFJ
Asset Management ·
Brendan Ahern, Chief Investment Officer, KraneShares Moderator:
Jason Ye,
Director, Factors and Dividend Indices, APAC, S&P Dow Jones Indices |
2:05
PM |
WELCOME
TO THE JOURNEY OF ACTIVE ETFS: GLOBAL TRENDS AND UTILIZATION IN
JAPAN Speakers: ·
Kaguya Komatsu, President,
Representative Director, J.P. Morgan Asset Management (Japan) ·
Yuki Kuroki, Head of Japan ETF Department, J.P. Morgan Asset
Management (Japan) |
2:25
PM |
NAVIGATING
THE CRYPTO FRONTIER: GLOBAL
ETF EXPANSION AND JAPAN'S MARKET DYNAMICS Panelists: ·
Akihiro Shiba, Partner, Nishimura & Asahi Replays And Downloads:
·
Walter Toshi Baily, Managing Director, Head of BlackRock
Global Markets (BGM), Japan, BlackRock Japan ·
Yushun Mizusaki, Senior Manager, ETF Business Department, Replays And Downloads:
·
Jeff Yew, Chief Executive Officer, Monochrome Asset
Management Replays And Downloads:
Moderator: Cameron Drinkwater, Chief Product Officer, S&P Dow Jones
Indices |
3:15 PM |
GLOBAL
DIVERSIFICATION: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN A DYNAMIC MARKET Panelists: ·
Daisuke Sumiya, Head of Multi-Asset
and Multi-Strategy Investment Unit, Replays And Downloads:
·
Sho Shibamoto, International ETF
Business Development Group Manager, Replays And Downloads:
· Sherif Salem, Partner, Head of
Public Markets, Lunate · Annie Shum, Head of Business
Strategy, CSOP Asset Management Replays And Downloads:
Moderator:
Deborah Fuhr,
Managing Partner & Founder, ETFGI Replays And Downloads:
|
3:55 PM |
NETWORKING
BREAK |
SESSION 9 |
NAVIGATING THE RETAIL LANDSCAPE: THE
IMPACT OF ETFS ON INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS |
4:10 PM |
EXPLORING
THE SURGE: RAPID GROWTH OF ETF MARKETS IN SOUTH KOREA AND TAIWAN Panelists: ·
Claire Lin, Manager, Foreign Listing
Department, Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) Replays And Downloads:
·
Beomjin Kim, Senior Manager, ETF
Market, Korea Exchange (KRX) Replays And Downloads:
·
Makoto Hasegawa, General Manager, Marketing Department,
Global X Japan ·
Betty Chen, Senior Vice President, Supervisor,
Index and Quantitative Investment Business Division and Futures Trust
Investment, Yuanta SITC Replays And Downloads:
Moderator:
Tim Brennan,
Global Head of Capital Markets and Exchange Strategy, |
4:50 PM |
REVIEWING
CURRENT NISA PROGRAM AND UPDATES ON NEW DEVELOPMENTS Panelists: ·
Yuji Mori, Director, Managing Executive
Officer, Daiwa Asset Management ·
Noriko Hirota, Manager, Asset
Building Promotion Department, Rakuten Securities Moderator:
Tetsuya Yoshizaki,
Head of Sales, S&P Dow Jones Indices |
5:10 PM |
HARNESSING
MARKET MOVEMENTS: THE STRATEGIC USE OF ETFS AS TRADING INSTRUMENTS Fireside
Chat: ·
Douglas Yones, Chief Executive
Officer, Direxion ·
Francis Geeseok Oh, Asia Business
Development, REX Financial |
5:30 PM |
NAVIGATING
THE ETF LANDSCAPE: HONEST INSIGHTS FROM INFLUENCERS ON INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR
TRENDS Panelists: ·
Tapazou, Professional Investor ·
Kenichi Minase, Professional Investor ·
Hideo Shirota, Company Owner, Shirota Wealth
and Well-Being Advisors Moderator:
Kei Okazaki, Head
of ETF Secondary Trading, Tokyo Stock Exchange |
6:30 PM |
CLOSING
REMARKS Kentaro
Kamei,
Head of Japan Office, S&P Dow Jones Indices |
6:35 PM |
NETWORKING
DINNER
|
Statements made by persons who are not
S&P Dow Jones Indices employees represent their own views and opinions and
are not necessarily the views of S&P Dow Jones Indices.
Agenda subject to change.
Executive Officer (Equities, ETF Market Development, Financial Literacy Support, and Equities Business Development)
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View BioAssurance - Asset & Wealth Management / Partner Senior Officer / Japan Asset & Wealth Management Leader
View BioHead of Multi Asset and Multi Strategy Investment Unit
View BioDirector, Head of Xtrackers Sales Japan, Client Coverage Division
View BioSenior Vice President, Head of Exchange Traded Products
View BioHead of ETF Secondary Trading, Senior Manager, Strategic Planning Group Equities Department, ETF Business Development and New Listings
View BioHead of Fixed Income (Asia Pacific), Head of State Street Global Advisors (Singapore)
View BioHead of Client Coverage, Japan; Senior Advisor for Energy Transition, Sustainability and Services
View BioDirector, Business Development, ETF and Benchmarking Solutions
View BioHead of the Global SPDR ETFS Asia Pacific Distribution
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View BioDeputy General Manager, ETF Business Group, Institutional Sales Division
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View BioDirector, International Equity Investment Team, International Fixed Income & Equity Investment Department
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View BioManaging Director and Global Head of Index Investment Strategy
View BioPlanning Officer, International Relations Division, International Bureau
View BioManaging Director, Head of BlackRock Global Markets (BGM) Japan
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