Program Director, FISD/Atradia
David Anderson is a well know market data consultant. He has worked in the market data industry since 1984 - including roles with Telerate, Bishopsgate Systems and from 1989 13 years with Reuters culminating in various global marketing roles; in respect of market data systems (e.g. Triarch and RMDS). Since January 2002 David has been operating Atradia (www.atradia.com), a management consultancy practice focused on the market data industry. He has been quoted commenting on the market data industry in major publications. David edited the respected annual ‘IMD Reference’ book between 2003 and 2009. He instigated the SIIA/FISD initiative to create a professional certification program for market data practitioners. David also acts as a Program Director for a variety of other FISD activities including EMEA focussed events; the Exchange Constituent Group (ECG); the FISD Technology Forum; the FISD Buy Side Group; and the FISD Cloud Working Group. David and Atradia operate from the glorious countryside of West Sussex UK.
Vice President, Head of Sales - Singapore & India, Factset
Head of Research and Products, SGX
FISD Asia-Pac Regional Representative & Partner, Saquish Partners
Scott spent seven years as the Asia Pacific Global Banking & Financial Markets (GB&FM) Marketing Lead with BT. Scott has been involved representing GB&FM in Prosperity marketing initiatives and interventions and also has responsibilities for APAC Marketing activities for GB&FM Propositions such as BT Unified Trading, BT Radianz and Payments. The objective is to develop BT’s presence for the entire portfolio of core and GB&FM services with financial institutions in the region supporting Steve Rathborne and the APAC GB&FM teams. Scott joined BT as part of the Radianz acquisition in March 2005. He expanded Radianz’s footprint to include Developing Markets such as Korea, Taiwan, China, India UAE and Russia as part of BT Radianz’s infrastructure and cross-border trading strategy to provide secure, reliable and scalable connectivity to the financial community. Prior to joining BT Scott was APAC Deputy Managing Director at Moneyline Telerate, a Market Data vendor that was acquired by Reuters. He also had other key roles in market data and network services. During his career Scott has become familiar with Over-The-Counter (OTC) products such as FX, Fixed Income, Credit Derivatives, etc. where the trading does not take place on an exchange but through money brokers as well as exchange-traded financial products including fixed income, derivatives and commodities. Scott is a member of the Society of Technical Analysts and the FIX Protocol Limited industry groups. He is also versed in regulatory and network service provision issues. Scott has lived in Hong Kong and Singapore for over 25 years and currently resides in Singapore.
Director, European/APAC Operations, The Roberts Group
David manages business development, account management and operations for regions outside of North America. Joining The Roberts Group (TRG) early in 2003 to set up the London office, he currently manages TRG's clients and analyst teams across EMEA and APAC.
After leaving university as a qualified Marine Biologist, David has been working in finance technology for over twenty years.
Naturally gravitating into roles straddling the gap between IT and the business, David has worked extensively with trading and market data system deployment, management, and development. Progressing through the baptism of trade floor support, to senior dealing room technical and business analyst roles at Barclays, he subsequently moved to the vendor side at MISYS and as a developer and consultant.
Since joining The Roberts Group David and his teams have worked closely with clients across the globe to help them implement best practices and processes around Market Data Administration, and to help them effectively manage and reduce spiraling Market Data costs. This in depth experience of the challenges faced in Market Data has helped shape TRG’s SaaS Inventory Management Tool, FITS, into the industry’s solution of choice.
Co-Founder & CEO , Smartkarma
Raghav believes wholeheartedly in the power of technology to solve complex problems. He co-founded Smartkarma with a vision to bring simplicity, efficiency and transparency to the world of investing. As CEO, Raghav drives product strategy, technology development and a relentless pursuit of perfection in every aspect of the company’s operations.
Over his career, Raghav has worked in various positions of leadership across major financial institutions and also as an entrepreneur. Prior to co-founding Smartkarma, Raghav was a Managing Director at Religare Capital Markets from 2010 to 2014. He joined Religare upon the successful exit of Aviate Global (Asia), where he was a Founding Partner. From 2006 to 2009, Raghav was Vice President of Regional Equities Sales at Citigroup, where he grew and managed several large relationships.
Outside of his passion for technology, Raghav brings to Smartkarma his love for investing. He was ranked as Asia’s Number 1 investment idea generator from 2011 to 2013, based on the performance analysis of over a million top investment ideas.
Raghav graduated with a First Class Honours in Computer Science from Cambridge University, and a Masters in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University.
Market Specialist , Bloomberg
Thomas Labbe is a Fixed Income Market and Regulation Specialist for South East Asia at Bloomberg L.P, providing market insight to Fixed Income and Corporate clients through exclusive training and seminars utilizing Bloomberg applications, as well as regular publications on the terminal. He works with the Asean sales teams, interfacing with priority clients to discuss the market landscape and understand their needs to strategically align Bloomberg’s future business planning and products. Thomas joined Bloomberg in 2016 with 17 years of fixed income experience working for Morgan Stanley and Jefferies in Paris and London.
Chief Investment Strategist, Valens Securities
Professor Joel Litman is Chief Investment Strategist in Valens Research covering equities, corporate credit, and global macroeconomic analysis. He is a Full Professor in the Master of Finance, MBA, and Executive MBA Programs at Hult International Business School, a highly ranking international business programs according to FT, Economist, and Bloomberg Businessweek.
Litman has appeared on CNBC Singapore, has been quoted in Barron’s and Institutional Investor, and published in Harvard Business Review. He co-authored the highly-acclaimed book, DRIVEN: Business Strategy, Human Actions, and the Creation of Wealth. Litman has taught and/or guest-lectured at Harvard Business School, Wharton, and LBS as well as for CalPERs, Fidelity, Credit Suisse, among others.
Litman is one of the most prolific speakers in CFA and CPA/CA Societies around the world. He has served as a judge in the Global CFA Institute’s Investment Research Challenge six times.
Business Development Director, Kx Systems
Senior Vice President & Head of Market Data and Connectivity, SGX
Kin Yee is Head of the Market Data and Connectivity business which offers market data distribution, connectivity, co-location and index services.
During his past eleven years with SGX, Mr Ng headed various appointments in Technology and Project Management prior to his current role. He was involved in delivering one of the world’s fastest trading engines, migrating mainframe systems supporting key financial market infrastructures of Singapore, and rolling out enterprise-wide risk management systems.
Prior to SGX, Mr Ng was Public Sector Director at Microsoft Singapore. He was also previously president of a dotcom start-up and deputy director at Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA). At IDA, which was previously known as the National Computer Board (NCB), Mr Ng ran the Singapore ONE broadband project, an initiative to introduce the first nationwide high-speed broadband network.
Mr Ng holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and a Master of Science in Engineering, majoring in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor where he studied on a scholarship from the NCB.
Head of Business Development, Asia/Pacific, R5FX
Managing Director, Complete Intelligence
Head of Tullett Prebon Information - APAC, Tullett Prebon Information
Rhys Spencer has worked in the OTC derivatives markets in Asia Pacifc for the past 8 years. Initially at Thomson Reuters, Rhys joined Tullett Prebon Information as Product Manager in 2010, launching numerous pricing services across the region. Specializing in Fixed Income, FX and Interest Rate Derivatives, with an exposure to the Energy and Equity Derivatives markets, Rhys is focused on bringing transparency to an opaque market. Rhys aspires to play a small part in the further development of the Asian financial markets. During his time at Tullett Prebon Information Rhys has gained the CFA designation, completed his first marathon, and became a father of two.