Schedule / Program

Registration/Breakfast/Networking

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Tom Davin, FIA, Managing Director, FISD

Brazil Economy - Is it too Good to Last?

The Brazil economy has been booming for the past several years and is projected to continue to grow.  Many global players in the financial information space are now beginning to set-up shop in the region. Is there enough to go around? Is this economy sustainable? What are the growth projections short term and long term. What impact will globalization have on the local economy. 

Luiz Gustavo Cherman, Economist, Itau Banco

Reaction Panel

Diverse and Senior panel of industry leaders opine on the current status of the robust regional economy and the future for the financial information services sector.  

Moderator:

Matthew Cowley, Brazil Bureau Chief, Dow Jones Newswires

Panelists:

Geraldo Coelho, Sales Manager, South America, Bloomberg L.P.

Marcelo Fleury, Desenvolvimento de Negocios e Produtos, CETIP - Camara de Custodia e Liquidação

Raphael Juan, Markets Director, CMA

Daniel Parke, Managing Director, AGENCIA ESTADO LTDA

Break

Regional Mergers: Mercado Integrado Latino Americano

The plan to link the exchanges of Chile, Colombia and Peru for direct trading is moving forward to go live by the end of May. The merged entity, called "Mercado Integrado Latino Americano" (MILA) - Integrated Latin America Market, is projected to be Latin America's largest stock exchange in terms of companies listed and second-largest by market cap, after Brazil.

Presenter:

Andres Araya Falcone, Gerente de Informatica, BOLSA DE COMERCIO DE SANTIAGO

Elementized News: Gaining the Edge on Information

In this new world of millisecond transactions, news is now carrying an even greater weight.  Models are starting to incorporate news counts, categorization and sentiment to give a view on market activity, just as a human being would use.  During this panel discussion we will review the role that these products play in High-speed and Algo trading. Get a better understanding of  what the technical challenges are.  Discuss the implications for news sources and explore the intellectual property issues surrounding these new products.

Moderator:

Max Bowie, Editor, Inside Market Data Magazine

Panelists:

Lawrence Gandt, Sales Specialist, ThomsonReuters

Michael King, Head of Technical Account Management for Enterprise Products & Solutions Americas, Bloomberg

Clecio Lima, CIO, BTG Pactual

Hellinton Hatsuo Takada, Ph.D., Quantitative Research & Trading, Itau Asset Management

Global Low Latency Trading Infrastructure Solutions

*Colocation to Managed Hosting: IT Infrastructure as a Service
*Leveraging Hosted Infrastructure to Reduce TCO and Time to Market
*Benefits of Trading Ecosystems
*Cloud Solutions for Financial Markets
*Thomson Reuters Elektron Hosting, Powered by Savvis

Varghese Thomas, Global Head of Financial Services, SAVVIS

Networking Lunch

Expansion and Consolidation: Global Exchanges & Markets

Exchange mergers are front-page news, but there are a host of other issues that exchanges and market centers face.  A diverse group of global exchanges and market operators will discuss the latest developments in technology, regulation, and market structure and how they affect their organizations and stakeholders. We will examine planned and previous expansion into new business like the trading of new asset classes and clearing and settlement.  Our discussions will look at the perspectives of both exchanges and non-exchange market operators like inter-dealer brokers and multi-lateral trading facilities.   And we will discuss how their market data businesses are transforming in the midst of this dynamic environment.

Moderator:

Tom Davin, FIA, Managing Director, FISD

Panelists:

Frank Desmond, Managing Director, Tullett Prebon Information

Anna Didier, Global Head of NDFs and Head of Latin American Markets, ICAP

Will Evans, Director, Alliance & Venture Management,, CME Group

Antonio Goncalves, Regional Manager Latin American Markets, NYSE Euronext

Local Regulatory Landscape & Global Implications

Presenter:

Carlos Eduardo Ratto, Executive Director, CETIP

Winning the High Frequency game: The Right Data at the Highest Speed

*Sourcing reliable data for HFT
*Co-location and other solutions to boost your trading speed
*Overcoming the delays in real time feed-handlers
*How to combat power cuts and connectivity problems in the local infrastructure

Moderator:

Normando Fay, Global Sales Manager, Agencia Estado Ltda

Panelists:

Carlos Areia, CEO, Phare Global

Tiago Borges Siqueiros, IT Infrastructure Specialist, High-Frequency Trading, HSBC

Hellinton Hatsuo Takada, Ph.D., Quantitative Research & Trading, Itau Asset Management

Networking Break

Data Management: Data Sourcing and Successful Price Negotiation

*The right data at the right price: Negotiating with data vendors
*Solving problems generated from gaps in your data collection
*Developing partnerships with local or global data vendors vs. in-house sourcing 

Moderator:

Max Bowie, Editor, Inside Market Data Magazine

Panelists:

Antonio Goncalves, Regional Manager Latin American Markets, NYSE Euronext

Chris McGuigan, Head of Americas, Tullett Prebon Information

Eric Parker, Global Relationship Manager, Enterprise Products & Solutions, Bloomberg L.P.

Member Briefing

Presenter:

Eric Parker, Global Relationship Manager, Enterprise Products & Solutions, Bloomberg L.P.

Closing Remarks

Networking Reception