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Day One Monday 7 July 2008
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8am | Registration & Refreshment
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9am | Chairman’s opening remarks
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| COMMODITY SUPER-CYCLE REVIEW AND IMPLICATIONS FOR
INVESTORS |
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9.15am | Keynote Address: Booms, Squeezes and Cycles in Commodity Markets: The Outlook for 2008 and beyond
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Identifying the key drivers in commodity prices
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Crude oil prices: Did we pass Peak Oil?
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Copper, Zinc and Nickel: Is Mean-Reversion dead?
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Coal and shopping as a crucial asset class
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Depleting reserves and land scarcity as key drivers for exhaustible and agricultural commodity prices. The rold of the Middle East and Asia
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| | Dr Hélyette Geman, Director, Finance Commodity Centre
Birkbeck, University of London
ESSEC Business School - Member of the Board of the UBS Bloomberg Commodity
Index, School of Economics, Mathematics and Statistics, Birkbeck, University of London
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9.45am | Taking advantage of the commodity boom and generating
real profits
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A global overview on commodities markets
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Why invest in commodities and why commodities now?
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Bullish on commodities? Active or passive investment strategy?
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Cyclicality and long/short commodities exposure
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| | Mr Frederic Hervouet, Head of Commodity Investor Derivatives Asia - Sales and Marketing, BNP Paribas
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10.15am | Special symmetries and powerful pivots
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Tools for Turns: The four factors which delivered robust reversals for Gold at precisely-predicted price/time junctures, and exciting expectations for 2008-2014
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Techniques for Trends: The secret series which delivered measured movements for Oil and Silver with precisely-projected price/time magnitude, and important implications for 2008-2015
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10.45am | Morning refreshments
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| BOUNDLESS OPPORTUNITIES IN METALS AND FUELS |
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11.15am | Evaluating current trends in the mining industry and the impact on capital raising in the mining sector
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Companies from emerging markets set to establish new world order in the mining industry
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Global rush to secure commodities pushing asset prices up
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Cheaper to "buy than build" as world quality assets continue to deplete
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Likely players in the "Mining M&A" game moving forward
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11.45am | Investing in precious metals and making handsome gains
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Assessing precious metals' prospects by tracing historical economic performances globally and comparing it to the current situation
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How does jewellery play a role in the underlying precious metal's price?
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Unraveling the growing popularity of utilising gold as a hedge against the weakening US dollar
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NAvigating key factors for the positive outlook of platinum
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Examining the future of silver and its opportunities
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12.15pm | How will rising oil prices affect the demand/supply of biofuels?
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Reviewing best practices in invseting in biofuels and making your portfolio sustainable
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Identifying global trends and drivers of biofuels, and the effects on your investments
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Factoring in the food or fuel debate - the role of inedible feedstocks such as jatropha and algae and new conversion technologies
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12.45pm | Networking lunch
Sponsored by:
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| MANAGING RISKS AND TRADING EFFICIENCIES |
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2.10pm | Managing commodity risk in volatile markets: Hedge fund best practices
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Independent valuation and predictable earnings
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Knowing where your risk lies
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Mitigating operational risk
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2.40pm | Comparing risk factors in commodity investments with other asset classes
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What impact did the turmoil have on the commodity markets?
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What new risks are emerging from investing in the new commodities asset class?
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What platform for risk mitigation in all commodity sectors must be introduced?
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What instruments should sophisticated portfolio managers use to mitigate these tisks in order to generate exotic beta?
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3.10pm | Incorporating best practices in trading commodities and
achieving trading efficiency
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How can investors achieve best performance while maintaining low cost
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Adopting the ideal trading platform and reviewing the key to best execution
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Assessing technological innovations in trading and evaluating the challengse and opportunities for commodity players
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3.40pm | Speed networking
A Terrapinn innovation, this is the revolutionary, exciting, quick and non-pressured way to meet fellow conference delegates and industry peers.
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3.55pm | Afternoon refreshments
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| TACTICS TO ACHIEVING PROFITABILITY |
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4.20pm | Highlighting how indexing fit into an overall strategy
- Reviewing the elements that constitute to a commodity index
- Determining allocations and implementation issues of commodity indices
- What are the drivers of return and risk characteristics for commodity indices
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4.50pm | The role of exchanges in the investment decision process
• Looking at the trends and developments in both the mature and emerging commodity derivatives markets
• Do Exchanges influence the flow of investment?
• How will Exchange consolidation affect investment choice and opportunity?
• Identifying the hot product in the commodity market |
| | Moderator: Mr John Lee, Principal, Mau Capital Management Confirmed: Mr Ryoichi Seki, Vice President - International Affairs, Tokyo Commodity Exchange Confirmed: Mr Unupom Kaushi, Chief Business Officer, National Commodities & Derivaties Exchange
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5.15pm | Roundtable 1: Where are the opportunities in agricultural commodity?
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5.15pm | Roundtable 2: How to ride on the ETF wave and benefit from it?
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5.15pm | Roundtable 3: Investing in renewable energy emission (GHG)
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5.15pm | Roundtable 4: Should you invest in gold, silver or platinum?
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6pm | Close of Day One followed by networking cocktail
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Day Two Tuesday 8 July 2008
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9am | Chairman’s opening remarks
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| SPOTLIGHT ON AGRICULTURE |
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9.15am | Making sweet gains in the soft commodity sector
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Sugar as an energy tool: Yields, feedstock costs and market prices
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Sugar consumption growth in Asia: Untapped potential?
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Comparing sugar as food to sugar as fuel - Which generates more returns
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Looking at the performances of sugar in the coming years
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9.45am | Assessing investment in farmland on a geographical scale
and looking at its risks and benefits
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Identification of the key themes of demand, supply and production risk that will affect global agriculture
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Analysis of the implications of such themes for major sectors (eg. red and white meats, horticulture, dairy, etc)
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Identification of regions and coutnries that have the greatest potential for exploiting the identified themes and their corresponding agricultural sectors
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10.15am | Hedging against inflation and diversifying through agricultural commodity
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Pinpointing the main demand drivers for agricultural commodity and what is the outlook for agricultural commodity prices
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Why are Asian institutional investors actively investing in agricultural commodity
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Highlightling the risks in agricultural commodity investments and developing methodolgies to tackel such risks
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What different expectations and results do we see in corn, wheat and cotton
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| | Moderator: Mr Tim Hornibrook, Division Director , Macquarie Pastoral Services, Macquarie Group
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11am | Morning refreshments
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| WORLD CLASS ASSET ALLOCATION USING COMMODITY |
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11.30am | How to best incorporate commodities alpha into your portfolio
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| | Mr Brad Cole, President and Chief Executive Officer, Cole Partners Asset Management
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12pm | What is the current situation of commodity investment in Japan, and in the next 5 years?
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12.30pm | U-Turn
This is where delegates select the topic and the presenters for a session.
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1pm | Networking lunch
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| ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT STYLES – ENERGY AND CTAs |
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2.30pm | Transforming energy into an investment tool for your portfolio
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Addressing the potential returns traditional and renewable energy promises
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Pinpointing the key sources of demand for this energy class and the need for clean energy globally
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Anticipating the risks energy introduces to your portfolio and how to mitigate it
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3pm | Utilising CTA funds to manage your commodity portfolio
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How has the role of hedge funds evolved as a result of the credit crunch?
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Examininig the performance of CTAs in changing market conditions and what can CTAs do to increase investor confidence level
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How will commodity hedge funds accelerate depleting oil fields and increasing oil prices?
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3.45pm | Afternoon refreshments
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| LATEST INNOVATION IN THE COMMODITY LINKED WORLD |
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4.15pm | Jatropha as a private equity investment in commodities
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Analysing how commodity influence private equity investments
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What is jatropha and understanding teh criterial for utilising it as a private equity investment tool
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Examining the benefits of private equity investments in commodities and the growing dependency
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4.45pm | Maximising returns through commodity ETFs
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Tapping into the global escalation of ETF investments to diversify your portfolio through commodity ETFs
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Utilising commodity ETFs to manage volatility and achieve better risk management in an investor's portfolio
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Discovering how to adopt commodity ETFs to hedge equity risk
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5.30pm | Close of conference
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