Join us for Virtu MindShare, Hot Topics in the Capital Markets, a full-day virtual conference, featuring industry leaders, clients and Virtu experts. Discussions will focus on important market trends including: Global Portfolio Trading, CryptoCurrency and ETF trends, forecasts for 2021 and much more.

DATE AND TIME

7 April
4:30 PM HKT

8 April
08:00 AM ET

Spotlight Speakers

Schedule

Wednesday, 7 April 2021

All times shown in HKT

4:30-4:50pm

Welcome Introduction and China Stock Connect

Jessica Morrison
CEO and Head of Execution Services APAC, Virtu Financial

4:55-5:10pm

Conneqtor and Block trading in Japan ETFs

Kei Okazaki
Head of ETF Secondary Trading, Senior Manager of Strategic Planning Group, Equities Department, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.

5:15-5:40pm

Retail and Institutional Trends in China & Hong Kong

Tom Taw
Head of Investment Strategy and Product Consulting,
APAC ETF Business, BlackRock

Melody He
Head of Sales and Product Strategy, CSOP Asset Management Ltd.

5:45-5:55pm

AI and Active ETFs

Geeseok Oh
Head of APAC Office, Qraft Technologies Asia Pacific Limited

6:00pm

Closing Remarks

Denys Teslenko
Head of ETFs, APAC, Virtu Financial

Thursday, 8 April 2021

All times shown in ET

8:00-8:10am

Welcome Introduction

Ellyn Coyne
Head of US ETF Sales, Virtu Financial

8:10-9:05am

Panel:
Global Portfolio Trading

Moderator:

Ian Williams
CEO and Head of Execution Services Canada, Virtu Financial

Panelists:

Erin Stanton
Global Head of Analytics Client Support, Virtu Financial

JD Del Raso
Execution Services, US, Virtu Financial

Ryan Fazackerly
Portfolio Trading, EMEA, Virtu Financial

9:05-9:15am

10 minute break

9:15-10:00am

Panel:
Execution Evolution in European ETFs—
RFQ or Order Book?

Moderator:

Simon Barriball
ETF and Portfolio Trading, EMEA, Virtu Financial

Panelists:

Ben Sturgeon
Director, Tradeweb

Ivan Gilmore
Head of Exchange Traded Products, Fixed Income & Alternatives, London Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange Group

RJ Weiss
Product Specialist, Workflow Technology, Virtu Financial

10:05-10:50am

Interview with Jeffrey Gundlach

John Shay
Senior Advisor to the CEO, Virtu Financial

Jeffrey Gundlach Chief Executive Officer, DoubleLine Capital

10:55-11:35am

Panel:
Trends Fueling ETF Growth

Moderator:

Brian Gilman
ETF Liquidity Sales, Virtu Financial

Panelists:

Eric Balchunas
Senior ETF Analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence

Matt Hougan
Chief Investment Officer, Bitwise Asset Management

11:40am-12:15pm

Panel:
ETF Trading Innovations

Moderator:

Sean O’Meara
Global ETF Sales and Trading. Virtu Financial

Panelists:

Chris Johnson
Vice President, Head of ETF Capital Markets and Equity Trading, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.

Mark Louka
Executive Director, Systematic Trading, J.P. Morgan Asset Management

JD Del Raso
Execution Services, US, Virtu Financial

12:20- 1:05pm

Keynote:
Macro Economy with Joe Terranova

Joseph Terranova
Senior Managing Director, Virtus Investment Partners

1:10-1:55pm

Fireside Chat On CryptoCurrency

Doug Cifu
Chief Executive Officer, Virtu Financial

Cameron Winklevoss
Co-founder, Gemini

Tyler Winklevoss
Co-founder, Gemini

2:00-2:45pm

Panel:
Fixed Income 2020 Review: Forecast for the year ahead and how electronification plays part

Moderator:

Patrick Thomson
Global Fixed Income ETF Trading, Virtu Financial

Panelists:

Dwayne Middleton
Global Head of Fixed Income Trading, T. Rowe Price

Stephen Yeats
Global Head of Fixed Income Beta Solutions / UK Head of Investment, Global Fixed Income, State Street Global Advisors

2:45-3:00pm

15 minute break

3:00-3:45pm

Retail 2020 what we saw and what we expect to see in 2021

Steve Kay
Head of Sell-Side Sales, Virtu Financial

Jason Perle
US Algorithmic Trading Desk, Virtu Financial

Tara Muller
Head of Off Exchange Liquidity, Virtu Financial

3:45pm

Closing Remarks

Matthew Fasman
Global Head of US ETF Trading, Virtu Financial

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