Argentière, Varma, First State Super, Malachite To Speak At Asia EQD 2017

​The first raft of speakers for Asia EQD 2017 at the MGM Macau on Oct. 19-20 have been announced. Speakers include Argentière Capital’s Oleg Lugovkin, Varma’s Kari Vatanen, First State Super’s Henry Zhang and Malachite Capital’s Jacob Weinig. Further speakers will be announced over the coming days with the agenda for the conference being published next week. Registration is now open for the second annual Asia EQD, the Volatility & Alternative Risk Premia Forum, at: https://www.123contactform.com/form-2700704/. Allocators and EQDerivatives subscribers should contact EQDerivatives’ Dennis Kesolitz for special rates at: kesolitz@eqderivatives.com. This year’s agenda will include a deep dive in to local and global cross-asset volatility drivers, dislocations and opportunities as presented by the leading buyside and sellside participants in the market. Other topics of the conference include innovations in systematic portfolio hedging, the latest quant approaches to cross-asset risk premia and local and international approaches to alternative risk premia investing. Event details can be found at www.eqderivatives.com/asia-eqd.