Conference Agenda

22 OCTOBER 2025 (Wed)

Host: Edward Mangles, Regional Director, Asia Pacific - FIX Trading Community

Time Topics
8:30am Registration
9:00am
Welcome Remarks

Co-Chairs, Australia Working Group - FIX Trading Community

Eugene Budovsky, Executive Director, Equities - Goldman Sachs
Yemi Oluwi, Principal Business Analyst - Nasdaq

 
9:05am
Regulatory Fireside Chat: Navigating Transparency and Regulatory Priorities in Evolving Markets
  • Amanda Zeller, Senior Executive Leader, Market Integrity - ASIC

Moderator:

  • Eugene Budovsky, Co-Chair, Australia Working Group - FIX Trading Community, and Executive Director, Equities - Goldman Sachs
   
9:35am
Modernising Market Structure in Australia: Regulation, Innovation and the Algorithmic Future

Panelists:

  • Brett Backhouse, Head of Portfolio Implementation - Rest Super
  • David Barrett-Lennard, Head of Execution Services Australia - Liquidnet
  • David Rabinowitz, Head of Global Index Analytics and Asia Pacific Market Structure – UBS

Moderator:

  • Clare Witts, Head of APAC Equity Market Structure - J.P. Morgan
       
10:15am
Trading at the Crossroads: Resilience, Cloud, and the Next Digital Leap

Panelists:

  • Danielle Gerace, Senior Country Officer, Australia - Broadridge
  • David Jenkins, Chief Technology Officer – ImpactX Markets
  • Phil Joslin, Head of APAC - Scila
  • Aaron Pryce, General Manager – Asia - Rapid Addition

Moderator:

  • Yemi Oluwi, Co-Chair, Australia Working Group - FIX Trading Community, and Principal Business Analyst - Nasdaq
         
10:55am Coffee Break
11:20am
Digital Assets & Tokenization: A Strategic Side Note

Panelists:

  • Kate Cooper, CEO – OKX Australia
  • Sagar Desai, APAC Head for Wholesale Client Business – Coinbase Institutional
  • Richard Galvin, Executive Chairman and CIO – DACM
  • Rachael Lucas, Head of Marketing & Communications - BTC Markets

Moderator:

  • Mark Monfort, Co-Founder - NotCentralised
         
12:00nn
Fireside Chat: As Markets Transform — How Do We Stay Ahead, Not Just Keep Up?
  • Jason Lapping, Head of International Equity Trading - Dimensional
  • Emma Quinn, President - Cboe
  • Greg Yanco, Former Executive Director of Regulation and Supervision - ASIC
     
12:30pm Networking Lunch
12:35pm – 1:35pm
FIX Buy-Side Closed Door Meeting
(By Invitation Only, @ Grand Ballroom 4)
1:40pm
Perspectives on Low Latency Trading from a Reformed Founder

Dr. David Snowdon

 
2:00pm
Fireside Chat: Catalysing Australia’s Capital Markets: Balancing Reform, Investor Access and Innovation
  • Carole Comerton-Forde, Professor of Finance – University of Melbourne
  • James Giarratano, VP, Head of Sales - Cboe
   
2:35pm
The Evolving ETF Landscape: Innovation, Access and the Road Ahead

Panelists:

  • William Buttigieg, Head of Trading - Citigroup
  • Mark Collett, Vice President - ETF Capital Markets – BlackRock
  • Rory Cunningham, Senior Manager, Investment Products – ASX
  • Oran D’Arcy, Head of Listings, Asia Pacific Region - Cboe

Moderator:

  • Jessica Leung, Portfolio Manager - Global X ETFs, and Representative - Women in ETFs APAC
         
3:15pm Coffee Break
3:40pm
From Best Practice to Next Frontier: Algo Wheels, Broker Reviews, and IOI Intelligence

Panelists:

  • Dylan Kluth, Head of Equities Trading, AsiaPac - Macquarie Asset Management
  • Roshan Nandwani, Portfolio Manager - Vanguard
  • Enza Raffa, Senior Trader - ClearBridge Investments
  • Sam Shteingart, Product Manager - Bloomberg

Moderator:

  • Mary-Anne Peril, Head of Execution Services, Australia - Virtu Financial
         
4:20pm
Beyond the Bell: Preparing for a 24/5 Market Reality

Panelists:

  • Robb Baiad, Director, Sales & Trading - GTN
  • Gus Mackay, Director, APAC Sales and Product Development - 24 Exchange Bermuda
  • Rob Talevski, Chief Executive Officer - Webull Securities Australia

Moderator:

  • Murrough O’Brien, Co-Chair, Asia Pacific Steering Committee – FIX Trading Community
       
5:00pm
Closing Remarks

Co-Chairs, FIX Australia NextGen Group - FIX Trading Community

Sacha Bono, Sales/Trader - Goldman Sachs
Mark Collet, Vice President - ETF Capital Markets – BlackRock

5:05pm
End of Conference
5:05pm - 7:00pm Networking Cocktail Reception
Sponsored by Cboe

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