Events
Panel Discussion – Understanding Your Non-Human Shareholders
14 October 2019 (Monday)
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| Venue: | AMTD Office 23/F, Nexxus Building, 41 Connaught Road, Central, Hong Kong (map) |
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| Outline: | According to a report from JP Morgan, Quantitative investing based on computer formulas and trading by machines directly are now dominating the US equity market. It is estimated that “fundamental discretionary traders" account for only about 10% of trading volume in US stocks, while passive and quantitative investing accounts for about 60%. This trend along with the emergence of artificial intelligence might just become the future for the Asian markets including that in Hong Kong. HKIRA is delighted to hold a panel discussion with experts in quantitative investing to share their insights on:
About the Speakers Moderator: Ms. Michelle Li Head of Research, AMTD Group (DEC) Michelle Li specializes in analyzing the financial sector in China and follows the FinTech industry closely. Before joining AMTD Group in 2016, she served in UBS as the lead analyst for Asian Financial sector in the Asia Fixed Income research team and the Chinese bank equity analyst in the Asian Financials research team. Panelists: Mr. Venant Chiang Chief Financial Officer, Kami AI Venant Chiang is a seasoned financial professional with almost 20 years of experience across different spectrum in the financial market including investment banking, asset management and regulatory body. He has involved in a number of sizeable IPOs and secondary share placements with international investment banks such as HSBC, Deutsche Bank, BOCI and Jefferies to raise over USD25bn globally from institutional investors, family offices and sovereign funds. As a research analyst, he participated in over thousand rounds of global roadshow coupled with presenting as guest speaker in public and private events invited by reputable companies such as Standard and Poor’s, Bloomberg and China Construction Bank. On the buyside, he was responsible for managing equities portfolio on global mandate and also took part in different private equity deals. Subsequently, he was also appointed as senior management and professional advisor for a few startups in Hong Kong and China. In order to support market innovation, he was appointed to be honorary judge for national innovation competition as organised by the China government and Hong Kong University. He is currently the Vice Chairman at the investment committee of Smart City Consortium that supports Hong Kong government to build smart city in the Great Bay Area. He is also the Vice President for Hong Kong Spirit Charity Sports Association that primarily supports the growth of Hong Kong youth. He obtained Bachelor of Arts (Cum Laude) in Business Economics and Specialisation in Computing from the University of California at Los Angeles, UCLA. Ms. Shanle Wu Quant Fund Manager, Zentific Investment Management Shanle Wu is Portfolio Manager at Zentific Investment Management with 11 years of experience in financial market. Prior to joining Zentific, Shanle was an Executive Director in the UBS APAC Quantitative Research team. The team has been present in Asia for more than two decades, providing insightful research ideas in alpha generation, portfolio construction and risk management for global markets. Shanle also works as a part-time lecturer in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Shanle holds a PhD in Mathematical Finance from London School of Economics and Political Science, an MSc in Statistics from University College London and a BSc in Statistics from Peking University. |
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| Medium: | English | ||||||||
| Accreditation: | 1 CPD hour | ||||||||
| Fee: | $100 for HKIRA Members $250 for Non-members |
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