Hong Kong Programme

Updated: 01 Apr 2019

Hong Kong: Tuesday, 2 April 2019

Venue: HKEX Connect Hall 
08:30 - 08:55         Registration
           
 08:55 - 09:00         Conference Opening
           
09:00 - 09:25         Welcome Remarks
          Mr Charles LI, Chief Executive, HKEX
           
 09:25 - 09:45        
Keynote Speech: Advancing China’s Future of Finance: Factors to Developing an Investable Bond Market
          Mr Kevin SHEEKEY, Chairman of External Relations, Bloomberg LP
           
 09:45 - 09:50        
Ceremony: Bridging China's Bond Market to the World
           
09:50 - 10:10         Keynote Speech: China's New Round of Opening-Up and Its Bond Market Development
        Dr Zhihuan E, Chief Economist, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited
           
10:10 - 11:00         Panel 1: Investing in China's Fixed Income Market  
         
  • Offshore versus onshore;
  • Value proposition of Chinese Fixed Income market;
  • Trade ideas;
  • ABS. 
           
          Moderator: Ms Jennifer HUGHES, Asia Finance Editor, Reuters
           
          Panellists: 
         
- Mr Bing LI, Head of China, Bloomberg LP
          - Mr Franck LIU, Deputy General Manager of Global Markets, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited  
          - Mr Arom PATHAMMAVONG, Head of Benchmarks APAC, FTSE Russell
          - Mr Christophe ROUPIE, CEO, CEEMEA and Asia Pacific, MarketAxess
          - Mr Martin SCHECK, CEO, International Capital Market Association
         
11:00 - 11:20         Coffee Break
           
11:20 - 11:40         Keynote Speech: What Next for a Global, Electronic Bond Market?
       
Mr Christophe ROUPIE, CEO, CEEMEA and Asia Pacific, MarketAxess
           
11:40 - 12:30         Panel 2: Bond Connect and the Inclusion of Chinese Bonds into Global Indices 
         
  • Transforming the global landscape - impact on the global bond market;
  • Trading, post-trade and hedging solutions – considerations in facilitating further mutual access;
  • What comes next?
           
          Moderator: Professor Shusong BA, Chief China Economist, HKEX
           
          Panellists: 
          - Mr Nick GENDRON, Head of Fixed Income Indices, Bloomberg LP
          - Mr Jimmy JIM, Head of Global Markets, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited 
          - Mr Zhenze LIN, Head of Local Markets Flow Trading, China, BNP Paribas
          - Ms Vicky WU, Deputy General Manager, Bond Connect Company Limited
          - Mr Ben YUEN, Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Asset Management Limited
         
 12:30 - 13:30         Lunch
         
BOCHK_e CCBA_e BBG_e  
           
13:30 - 13:50         Keynote Speech: The Development of Hong Kong as a Global Bond Hub
        Mr Anshul SIDHER, Head of Trading & Markets Asia, ANZ
           
13:50 - 14:40         Panel 3: Hong Kong as a Rising Bond Issuance Centre
         
  • Hong Kong bond issuance market overview, opportunities and challenges - transformation from China's gateway to a global bond trading hub;
  • Dim Sum, Kungfu, global issuers - all roads lead to Hong Kong;
  • Development of green bond market and ESG investments;
  • Bond listing in major offshore Exchanges - what is Hong Kong's edge?
  • Chinese issuers: moving to global rating standards. 
           
          Moderator: Mr Mushtaq KAPASI, Chief Representative, Asia Pacific, ICMA
           
          Panellists: 
          - Mr Jonathan HU, CEO, Pengyuan Credit Rating (Hong Kong) Company Ltd.
          - Mr Harry HUANG, First Vice President, DCM, Treasury Division, China Construction Bank (Asia)
          - Mr Frank WU, Executive Director, Global Debt Capital Markets, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China International
         
- Mr David YIM, Managing Director, Head, Capital Markets, Greater China & North Asia, Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited  
         
- Ms Ariel YANG, Executive Director and CEO, China Chengxin (Asia Pacific) Credit Ratings Co., Ltd.  
           
 14:40 - 15:30         Panel 4: Development of FX, Interest Rate and Credit Derivatives 
         
  • Development of interest rate derivatives to support cross-market links;
  • New derivatives on the bond index inclusions;
  • Changing market landscape - new driving forces;
  • Cross-product strategies.
           
          Moderator: Mr Ken CHIU, Senior Vice President, FIC Development, HKEX
           
          Panellists:
          - Mr Patrick HO, Manager, Strategic Planning, Global Markets, Bank of Communications Co., Ltd Hong Kong Branch
        - Mr Simon LAU, Executive Director, Macro Structuring APxJ, Securities, Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC
          - Mr Li Renn TSAI, Managing Director, Head of Asia, Tradeweb
          - Mr Randolf TANTZSCHER, Managing Director, Indices, IHS Markit 
          - Mr Dennis WONG, Head of Markets, North Asia, ANZ
           
 15:30 - 15:50         Coffee Break
           
 15:50 - 16:40         Panel 5: Innovation in the FIC Space
         
  • Blockchain application in FIC business;
  • E-connection between China and the world;
  • Technological impact on FIC trading, client business and research.
           
          Moderator: Mr Drew BRICK, Chairman, TF International Holdings Limited
           
          Panellists: 
          - Ms Angela CARCHESKA, CEO – Overseas, Hundsun Ayers Technologies Limited
          - Mr Kem HUSAIN, Head of Asia Pacific Sales, AxeTrading
          - Mr Mark NAISBITT, Sales Executive, Traiana 
         
- Dr Jun WANG, Leading Researcher, FinTech Department, Tencent
          - Mr Li ZHOU, President and Co-founder, Wind Information (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.
           
 16:40 - 17:30         Panel 6: Hedging and Capital Optimisation
         
  • Instruments for bond issuers in both onshore and offshore market? Matured USD/CNH CCS versus rising USD/CNY CCS;
  • FX: Is investor easily to hedge currency exposure? Any infrastructure are required to assist?
  • Rates: Is CNY NDIRS good enough to hedge interest rate risk? CIBM's IRS -  possible solution to support volume growth;
  • Credit: Development of the onshore credit derivative market - Can the offshore market develop amid offshore issuance? 
  • Cost hurdles of each asset class and possible solutions.
           
         

Moderator: Mr Jacky MAK, Managing Director, Head of OTC & FIC Business Development, HKEX
           
          Panellists: 
          - Mr Patrick LAW, Managing Director, Head of North Asia Local Markets and co-head of NDF Trading, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
          - Mr John LUK, Head of Emerging Markets Trading, Credit Agricole CIB 
          - Mr William SHEK, Managing Director & Head of Credit & Rates, Asia Pacific, HSBC
          - Mr Jing ZHU, General Manager & Head of Trading Global Markets, Treasury & Markets Group, China Citic Bank International Limited
           
         
 17:30 - 17:50         Closing Remarks
         
Mr Calvin TAI, Co-President & Chief Operating Officer, HKEX
           
 17:50        
Networking Cocktail 
           
 20:00         End