Manager vs Machine
Conference Day Two
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| 9am | Chairman's opening remarks | ||
| 9.10am |
The pension fund shift into alternatives: The how, where and why
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EMERGING MARKETS & ASIAN STRATEGIES | |||
| 9.40am |
The grand debate: Man vs. Machine and everything in between Ms Judith PosnikoffJudith Posnikoff, PhD is a Managing Director and a Founding Partner of Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company, LLC (PAAMCO), a leading provider of hedge fund portfolios to sophisticated global institutional investors. As chair of PAAMCO’s... more.. Mr Richard WaddingtonRichard Waddington is a founding partner and the CEO of The Sherpa Funds, a systematic FX Trading business based in Singapore. Richard has been a Trader and Derivatives professional for 20 years, running sell-side global trading businesses, as well... more.. Hao SunHao Sun, Senior Financial Engineer at Ketchum Trading, a subsidiary of Hull Investments, is responsible for researching and developing strategies in high frequency futures and options trading. Before taking this role he served as Financial Engineer... more.. | ||
| 10.20am |
The statistics behind the success of ‘trend following’
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| 10.40am | Morning refreshments | ||
| 11.10am |
Hong Kong's development as an offshore RMB centre and Asia's premier asset management centre
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HEDGE FUND SELECTION | |||
| 11.40am |
Asian family office’s allocation to hedge funds: Overcoming the Asian preference for direct investments
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| 12.10pm |
HNWI Panel: Assessing the rationale behind the allocation decisions of HNW investors Mr John MaragiannisJohn Maragiannis is a Managing Director and Co-Founder of Axius Partners. Axius Partners is a Third Party Marketing, Funds Management Advisory and Capital Advisory firm. Axius is headquartered in Sydney with representative offices in Chicago and...  Mr Thor MonsenThor Monsen is the Hedge Fund Strategy Head in Asia for Citi Private Bank (CPB). Thor has eleven years experience in hedge fund investing. Prior to joining Citi, he was a Director at Cadogan Management based in Hong Kong where he selected and... more.. Mr Didier BrizardDidier Brizard is Tiaré Groupe’s Representative for the Asia Pacific Rim. He is representing the group at some public speaking events and manages the company PR campaigns in Asia with the objectives of developing the clientele portfolio of Tiaré...  Mr Bryan GohBryan is the Head of Alternatives at DBS Bank. Prior to DBS Bank, Bryan was responsible for due diligence and research at First Avenue. He focused primarily on the hedge fund practice and was responsible for manager sourcing, selection and due... more..
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| 12.40pm | Networking Lunch | ||
EMERGING MANAGERS FUND SHOWCASE | |||
Each fund presents to a full audience for 15 minutes followed by a 5 minutes Q&A | |||
| 1.40pm |
The American economy and how to play the recovery
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| 2.05pm |
Reserved for Aurium Capital
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QUANTITATIVE INVESTMENT STRATEGIES | |||
| 2.30pm |
Building a successful quant based strategy for the Indian market
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| 2.30pm |
Data modelling and back testing in Asian quant funds Giovanni BeliossiGiovanni is Managing Partner at FGS Capital LLP, where he has been CEO and responsible for portfolio management since co-founding the firm in 2002. Previously he was Associate Director of hedge funds at First Quadrant Ltd, where he set up and... more.. Ms Sheedsa AliMs. Ali joined the firm in 2005 and is part of the investment team for the Research Enhanced products. Ms. Ali is responsible for quantitative model research, developments and enhancements, portfolio construction R&D for global enhanced index... more..Hao SunHao Sun, Senior Financial Engineer at Ketchum Trading, a subsidiary of Hull Investments, is responsible for researching and developing strategies in high frequency futures and options trading. Before taking this role he served as Financial Engineer... more.. Mr Karsten SchroederKarsten is the Executive Chairman of Amplitude Capital and the portfolio manager for Amplitude’s range of funds. He oversees all the key decisions related to product development, research and strategy. Together with his partners he founded Amplitude ... more.. | ||
| 3.10pm | Afternoon refreshments | ||
| 3.40pm |
Generating alpha returns systematically: Opening the black box of quant trading
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| 4.05pm |
How to implement quantitative equity strategies in the global stock markets including Asia
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| 4.30pm |
Building a successful quant based strategy for the Indian market
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| 4.55pm | Closing remarks from chairman and close of Day Two |
