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TradeTech FX USA Day Two: Wednesday February 11
08.00 Registration, Refresh & Recharge Breakfast 08.40 Welcome Address: Jodie Paula Cohen, Event Producer, WBR 08.45 Chair’ s Opening Remarks: Allan Guild, Director, Hilltop Walk Consulting
Managing Macro Mayhem
08.50 Opening Keynote $ USD Forecast: The Dollar is our currency, but it’ s your problem: USD predictions under an administration that needs a weaker dollar and isn’ t afraid to use unorthodox policies to achieve it Kevin Hebner, Global Investment Strategist, TD Epoch
09.10 Panel $ USD Macro View: Amid investor concerns over U. S. fiscal sustainability and political volatility, what are the implications of potential US dollar reserve status changes on existing models and FX risk assessment? Dustin Reid, Chief Strategist, Fixed Income, Mackenzie Investments Miles Sampson, Head of Asset Allocation Research, Franklin Templeton Shalin Patel, Head of Capital Markets, FX & Derivatives, Warner Bros. Discovery Thomas Carreau, Associate Portfolio Manager, Currency & Derivatives, Canadian National Railway Company Moderator: Michael Melvin, Executive Director, Rady School of Management UCSD and Pacific Centre for Asset Management
09.40 Panel Asset Allocation: How can you adapt your multi-asset portfolio allocations to optimize returns amid continuing global tensions and a migration from US securities? Aditya Panda, Former Quantitative Researcher, Man Numeric Deepesh Srivastava, Managing Director, Multi-Asset Investments & Portfolio Management, Nuveen, a TIAA company Todd Andrews, Head of Americas Foreign Exchange & Commodities, Citi Global Wealth Tom Nakamura, Vice President and Head of Fixed Income & Currencies, AGF Investments Moderator: Michael Melvin, Executive Director, Rady School of Management UCSD and Pacific Centre for Asset Management
Guest Speaker: Bitcoin
10.10 Keynote Bitcoin: Assessing the quant analysis behind Bitcoin price prediction and price drivers in the global macro environment Nik Bhatia, Business Professor, USC Marshall School and Author of Layered Money and Bitcoin Age
10.30 Morning Refreshment Break
Multi-Asset Desks
11.00 Interview Future Desks: Assessing the changing face of trading desks as we move towards a multi-asset model while losing decades of FX experience and increasing automation Patrick Smith, Head of Trading, Aberdeen Investments Interviewer: Claudia Preece, News Editor, The TRADE
Guest Speaker: Global Trade
11.20 Guest Keynote Global Trade: How the US approach to tariffs and shifting global geopolitical dynamics is shaping the future of trade and export-import levels Aryam Vazquez, Chief Economist, Export-Import Bank of the United States
11.50 5 minute transition into tracks
MAIN STAGE A: TRADING Chair: Allan Guild, Director, Hilltop Walk Consulting
11.55 Panel( 11:55 – 12:45) Digital Assets: How are desks evolving to bridge traditional FX and digital currencies and what are the alpha generation opportunities? Aaron Mills, Global Head of FX and US Derivatives Operations, Citadel Christopher Sullivan, Portfolio Manager, Hyperion Decimus David Grider, Partner, Head of Liquid Investments, Finality Capital John Stead, Director, Sales Enablement, Strategy, & Marketing, smartTrade Technologies Quinn Thompson, Founder & CIO, Lekker Capital Moderator: Michael Koegler, Managing Principal, Market Alpha Advisors agenda
MAIN STAGE B: PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT Chair: Ben Emons, Founder, FedWatch Advisors
Interview Data-Driven Portfolio Management: How can you harness data science and AI to enhance your research, decisionmaking and boost alpha generation? Akshay Padmanabha, Portfolio Manager, Balyasny Asset Management Ed Tostanoski, Managing Director & Multi-Asset Portfolio Manager, Quantitative Solutions, PGIM Moderator: Lee Ferridge, Head of Multi-Asset Strategy, The Americas, State Street Markets
12.30 Panel Portfolio Risk Management: How can you effectively manage your short and long-term total portfolio currency risk exposure in unpredictable and headline-driven markets? Caroline Chan, VP, FX Trading, Mackenzie Investments Christopher Schmück, Portfolio Manager & Head of Currency and Liquidity Management Team, Fiera Capital Liz Simmie, Co-Founder, Honeytree Investment Management Moderator: Ben Emons, Founder, FedWatch Advisors
13.05 Networking Lunch Roundtables Join a roundtable focused on your specific challenges. Sit down with your peers to explore the latest FX developments and innovations, in conversations designed to go to the places they won’ t on-stage. 1. Asia overview 2. LatAm overview 3. € EUR & £ GBP overview 4. Outsourced trading 5. Prime brokerage models 6. Tax-Advantaged Funds
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