Spotlight Speakers
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
Schedule
Wednesday, 7 April 2021
All times shown in HKT
4:30-4:35pm
Welcome Introduction
Denys Teslenko
Head of ETFs, APAC, Virtu Financial
4:35-5:00pm
China Stock Connect
Jessica Morrison
CEO and Head of Execution Services APAC, Virtu Financial
5:05-5:30pm
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.
5:35-5:50pm
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.
5:55-6:05pm
AI and Active ETFs
Geeseok Oh
Head of APAC Office, Qraft Technologies Asia Pacific Limited
6:05pm
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 Securities Trading, London Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange Group
RJ Weiss
Product Specialist, Workflow Technology, Virtu Financial
10:05-10:50am
Interview with Jeffrey Gundlach
(Pre-recorded)
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
Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Fixed Income Beta Solutions, 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
ETFs
We provide you with access to deep buy-side and sell-side ETF order flow—supported by capital facilitation when needed—through our full spectrum of trading solutions.
Virtu’s ETF trading team offers clients agency and principal facilitation across virtually all ETF sponsors and products in the Americas and Europe through our proprietary technology and global trade desks.
We also offer creation/redemption in the primary market, which allows institutional investors an alternative path to ETF exposure.
