Chair’s Opening Remarks

Welcoming Keynote Address: The Future of Currency Future Markets

Address: Electronic Trading In Turbulent Markets: Where Can It Add Real Value?

Mark Wheatley Managing Director, Co-head of Execution Services, Pacific Rim Merrill Lynch

Panel Discussion: What Do The Indian Buy Side Really Think About Electronic Trading And How Is The Buy Side / Sell Side Dyanamic Changing?

Panelists:
	Vedant Minami Principal Atyant Capital Partners
	Seshadri Bhrathan Director Dawnay Day Financial Services
	Gerard Francis Head of Emerging Markets Bloomberg
	Rajiv Shastri Manager Lotus Asset Management
	Vineet Bhatnagar MD & CEO MF Global India
Moderator:
	Sushil Kedia Head of Institutional Equities K & A Securities

• Examining the impetus from the India domestic buy side to adopt more trading technology
• Understanding the buy side’s views on the following:
  • FIX
  • algorithmic trading
  • DMA
• When will phone / fax trading become a thing of the past in India?
• Identifying which asset classes are proving popular
• Predicting which sectors are set to perform best over the next 12 months

DMA, Shortselling – What’s Next? How Is SEBI Driving Forward Regulatory Change In India?

TC Nair Whole Time Member SEBI

• How has the introduction of DMA altered the trading landscape in India?
• Examining other initiatives that SEBI are introducing to facilitate increased trading and liquidity volumes in India
• Reviewing shifting attitudes towards hedge funds short-selling: what is legal and what is allowed?
  • analyzing the impact on stock lending arrangements - is setting up offshore the only effective option?
    

How Are Exchanges Responding To Increased Interest In India As A Trading And Investment Destination?

Interviewer:
	Sunil Damania Managing Editor Dalal Street Investment Journal
Interviewee:
	Vidhu Shekhar Vice President National Stock Exchange of India

• Examining the National Stock Exchange’s (NSE) strategy towards servicing market participants?
• Identifying what steps are the NSE is currently taking in India to the demands for more efficient trading. What lessons can be learnt from exchanges outside India?
  • understanding what liquidity providing and alternative trading options the NSE is currently offering
• Evaluating how successful has the NSE been in achieving the following objectives:
  • improving latency
  • increasing robustness
  • increasing flexibility
• greater price dissemination
• Predicting what level of mergers and consolidation can we expect to see in India amongst exchanges
  • examining the prospects for more JVs
• What future trading improvements can the buy side and sell side expect to see from the NSE?
  

Profiting From The India Growth Story – Still A Good Bet For Foreign Investors and Asset Managers?

Robert Parker Vice Chairman Credit Suisse Asset Management

• Defining electronic trading – its limits and its potential
• Exploring strategies for electronic trading in volatile market conditions
• Understanding how technology can improve efficiency and execution in your business
• Integrating advanced trading platforms into your systems
  

Lunch & Networking

Inside The Boardroom: Examining The Future Of The Investment Process In India and Its Impact On The Trading Landscape

	Panelists:
	S Ranganathan Head of Research LKP Securities
	Arvind Bansal CIO-Multi Manager Investment Group ING investment Management India
	Ved Parakash Chaturvedi CEO and Managing Director Tata Asset Management
	Ajay Bagga Chief Investment Officer Lotus Asset Management India
	Moderator:
	Arpit Agarwal Managing Director & Group Chief Executive Officer Dawnay Day India AV Private Advisors

Latest Market Research: Reviewing The Adoption Of Trading Technology In India

Sandeep Hebbar Senior Analyst Celent

• Assessing how relevant the following drivers are in India:
  • Increased Trading Efficiency
  • Better Performance
  • Stock Characteristics
  • Lower Commissions
  • Liquidity
  • TCA
  • Greater Control Over
  • Rise Of Hedge Funds Trade Execution
• Examining what developments we can expect over the next two years

The Indian Economy In 2008: How Is Volatility In The Global Markets Affecting India?

Technology Roadmap for Securities Trading

Sudhanshu Varma Executive Director Asian CERC Information Technology Ltd (A Religare Technova company)

Sudhanshu Varma has sound knowledge and experience of more than 16 years in the field of Marketing and Business Operations. Earlier to this appointment he had taken up the entrepreneurial role of an independent Management Consultant working across industry segments. He is a B.E. (H) Mechanical, M.Sc. (H) Physics from BITS. Pilani.

Afternoon Coffee and Opportunity To View Exhibition

Exploring Opportunities To Utilise Derivatives and 3rd generation Structured Products in India to Optimise Your Equity Trades And Enhance Your Overall Investment Performance

Francois Bloch Chief Investment Officer AMAS Private Bank (part of the Hinduja Group)

• Utilising derivatives to transfer, hedge and trade risk: How can the new breed of derivatives increase the profitability of your trading desk?
• Broadening your derivative capabilities: developing various complex trading strategies to incorporate basis and capital structure trades into your operations
• Practical guidelines for devising an optimal strategy for derivatives
• Using 3rd generation structured products for overall investment performance
• Combining derivatives with algos what are challenges and what are the opportunities?
• Setting up a easy quantitative tool box

Investor Insight: The Search For The Holy Grail Of Investing: Capturing Alpha In The Indian Market To Enhance Your Trades

Chetan J. Parikh Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer Jeetay Investments

• Developing a successful investment process
  
• Exploring the investment opportunities in the Indian context
  
• Where is the market headed in the medium term?

Understanding The Indian Hedge Fund Landscape: What Opportunities Does India Offer Compared To Other Emerging Markets?

Panelists:
	Sanjiv Shah Executive Director Benchmark Asset Management
	Tarun Kewalramani Fund Manager Baer Capital
	Jyoti Jaipuria Managing Director Merrill Lynch
	Mansum Thakur Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer Hudson Fairfax
	Francis Bloch Chief Investment officer AMAS Private Bank
	Moderator:
	Himanshu Kaji CEO HK Consulting

• Identifying how many India hedge funds there are and what strategies they are adopting
• How is India viewed within an emerging market hedge fund portfolio?
  • assessing how best to include India in an emerging markets hedge fund?
• Debating the impact of SEBI’s current short selling legislation
• Examining correlations and differences with other regions
• Location – India, USA, London, Hong Kong, Singapore – where is the best place to run your India hedge fund?
• Local presence – with most hedge funds being located offshore how best can a hedge fund maintain local presence?
• Investing into India hedge funds: who can invest?
  • restrictions on NRI investing into hedge funds