​Gladius’ Sethi, Nikko’s Dutt, Henderson’s Richardson, Pictet’s Mamet & LFIS Join Asia EQD

The latest raft of speakers and the agenda for Asia EQD 2017 have been released. The Volatility & Alternative Risk Premia Forum at the MGM Macau on Oct. 19-20 will feature speakers including Gladius Capital Management’s Pav Sethi, Nikko Asset Management’s Tanuj Dutt, AHA Capital’s Gus Dhothar, Henderson Global Investors’ Mark Richardson, Pictet Alternative Advisors’ Alexandre Mamet and La Francaise Investment Solutions’ Luc Dumontier & Yann Le Her. Event details can be found at www.eqderivatives.com/asia-eqd. Registration is now open for the second annual Asia EQD at: https://www.123contactform.com/form-2700704/. Allocators and EQDerivatives subscribers should contact EQDerivatives’ Dennis Kesolitz for special rates at: kesolitz@eqderivatives.com. Other buyside speakers already announced include Argentière Capital’s Oleg Lugovkin, Varma’s Kari Vatanen, First State Super’s Henry Zhang and Malachite Capital’s Jacob Weinig. Sellside speakers at the event include Societe Generale’s Wei Yao, UBS’ Bhavik Patel, BNP Paribas’ Yoram Layani, Deutsche Bank’s Sean Flanagan, Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Abhinandan Deb and Citigroup’s Shane Carroll. Exchange speakers are Yujun Lin from Singapore Exchange, Markus-Alexander Flesch from Eurex and Tim McCourt from CME Group. 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.