Following the previous day, S&P DJI hosted its “11th Annual Japan ETF Conference” in Imperial Hotel on April 3, 2019. ETF related professionals, such as institutional investors, asset management companies, securities companies, banks and financial planners were invited to the conference.
Many session with regard to outlook and the possibility of business evolution of ETF business in the beginning of the new financial era that were provided for related professionals on April 2, 2019 ≪Day 1≫. The following photographs show the state of the conference on April 3, 2019≪Day 2≫.
【10:00】Keynote Speech
Session 3: ETF Trends: What's Happening in Markets Around the Globe?
【10:10】Panel: At the Forefront of ETF Markets
Panelists:
Yasuyuki Konuma, Executive Managing Director, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.
Hong Joo Kim, Head of Product Management Team, Securitized Product Market Department, Korea Exchange
Brian Roberts, Head of Exchange Traded Products, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing
Giang Bui, Director Listings, Cboe Global Markets,Inc.
Moderator:
John Davies, Global Head of ETP, S&P Dow Jones Indeces
【11:00】Asset manegement mega trends and the future
Masafumi Watanabe, Senior ETF Strategist, Vanguard Investments Japan., Ltd.
【11:30】BOJ's and FRB's monetary Policy under the challenging environment
Sayuri Shirai, Ph.D., Professor of Keio University, Visiting scholar at the Asian Development Bank Institute
【12:00】What Does the Latest ETF Trading Survey Tell Us About Trading Best Practices?
Slawomir Rzeszotko, Head of Institutional Sales & Trading, Europe, Jane Street
【13:30】Key Updates from Markets Around the World
Paul Gruenwald, Chief Economist, S&P Global Ratings
Session 4: Innovations For Tomorrow's Investors Today
【14:15】Trends in ESG Investing
Benjamin Colton, Head of APAC, Asset Stewardship, State Street Global Advisors (Japan) Co., Ltd.
【14:45】What's Driving the Growth of Passive in Asia?
Priscilla Luk, Managing Director & Head of Asia Pacific, Global Research & Design, S&P Dow Jones Indices
【15:30】Panel: The Innovation Link: Meeting Client's Evolving Needs with Cutting Edge Solutions
Panelists:
Kohei Sasaki, Senior Manager, Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management, Ltd.
Grace Chiu, VP Business Development Asia Direxion Asia Limited Hong Kong Based in Hong Kong, Direxion Investments
Yoshihiro Hamada, Senior Executive Investment Trust Marketing Div. & Product Div., Asset Management One Co.,Ltd.
Christopher Friese, Head of Lyxor ETF Asia Pacific, SG Securities (HK) Ltd.
Moderator:
Yasuyuki Kato, Ph.D.,Professor, Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University
【16:20】Panel: What's Next? Charting an ETF Course in the New Era of Finance
Panelists:
Dohei Echizenya, Director, ETF Business, ETF Business Group, BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.
Masaki Sugihara, Vice President, Exchange Traded Funds, State Street Global Advisors (Japan) Co., Ltd.
Osamu Okuyama, Head of Index Products, Investment and Research Division, Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Moderator:
Yoshiyuki Makino, Head of Japan Office, S&P Dow Jones Indices
【17:15】Networking Reception
Networking reception was held after successful completion of the conference. Attendees enjoyed good meal and conversation until closing.
As pioneer and the world’s largest money market index provider, having long tradition of offering investable benchmark indices, S&P DJI offer a benchmark to accurately measure the market. Through providing results of reliable and highly transparent indices such as equities, bonds, commodities and real estate as well as S&P 500 and Dow Jones industry average. As unprecedented new movement arose among financial industry, such as Fintech. Financial industry and different industries, major companies and start-up companies fence a taken down to realize various business cooperation nowadays. This time conference offered many of interesting session for development of investment products including ETF and how asset management business might change.
As facing change period of financial business, we look forward to next “ETF Conference”!
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