2010 Program

8:20 Registration and breakfast

8.45 FX Week opening remarks:
Saima Farooqi, Editor, FX WEEK

8:50 Chairperson's welcome address

Maxime Tessier, Vice President, Currencies, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

9:00 Keynote address: Bank of Canada and the FX Market

Donna Howard, Chair of the Canadian Foreign Exchange Committee and Chief of the Financial Markets Department, BANK OF CANADA

9:30 Panel discussion: FX and the evolving market landscape

The drivers behind the changing market
Lessons learnt from the crisis
Managing FX settlement risk
Getting political: Is there a need to intervene in the currency markets?
Current landscape of Canadian alternative industry and opportunities
The next phase of growth and what it means for the loonie

Moderator: Peter Kane, Principal, GREENWICH ASSOCIATES
Jeffrey Boyko, Chief Currency Strategist, CASTLE CURRENCY MANAGEMENT
Peter D. Hanson, Managing Partner, ASTOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
Gary K. Ostoich, Chairman, AIMA CANADA, President, SPARTAN FUND MANAGEMENT
Richard Whelan, CEO, KING’S CROSSING CAPITAL INC.

10:20 Morning break

10:50 Presentation: Currency in a pension fund portfolio

Where is currency in your portfolio?
The natural progression of currency in pension portfolios
What strategy is right for your plan?

Mark Abbott, Portfolio Manager, Currency Management, STATE STREET GLOBAL ADVISORS

11:20 Panel discussion: Dynamic strategies for investing FX

Role of FX in your portfolio: Currency as an asset class?
Achieving alpha with active currency management
Benefits of adopting an overlay strategy to enhance returns
Comparing the performance of currencies with other asset classes
Looking beyond the world of FX: Employing a global macro approach

Moderator: Tom Nakamura, Portfolio Manager, AGF INVESTMENTS INC.
Paul Chappell, Chief Investment Officer, C-VIEW
Jason Russell, President and Chief Investment Officer, ACORN GLOBAL INVESTMENTS
Cory Vardy, FX Trader, GOODMAN INVESTMENT COUNSEL

12:10 Lunch break

13.10 Keynote address: Taking a closer look at the relationship between commodities and currencies

Exploring the strong influence of commodity price movements on currencies
Taking advantage of the Canadian Dollar’s sensitivity of changes in energy prices
The end of CAD/JPY carry trade?

Ronald G. Layard-Liesching, Founder, PARETO PARTNERS and Chairman, MOUNTAIN PACIFIC GROUP

13:40 Panel discussion: Beefing up your algorithmic trading capabilities in FX

Examining how algorithms are being adopted by buy-side firms
Adopting high-frequency trading as an investment strategy
Using algorithms for cross and multi-asset class trading
What does high frequency trading mean for the buy-side?
Identifying the hurdles of trade automation in the FX market

Moderator: Peter D. Hanson, Managing Partner, ASTOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
Paul Buckley, Head of AES FX Sales, Americas, CREDIT SUISSE
Azeem Lakdawalla, Trader, HILLSDALE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
Tom Murphy, FX Application Specialist, BLOOMBERG TRADEBOOK

14:30 Presentation: Using exotic FX options to enhance returns

Bullet points to be confirmed shortly

David Tien, Senior Quantitative Researcher, FISCHER FRANCIS TREES & WATTS

15:00 Afternoon break

15:30 Presentation: The Holy Grail: Generating alpha while hedging your exposure

Outperforming in a tougher environment
Best practices to hedging as an effective risk management tool
How has the lack of credit influenced alpha
Exploring the cost of generating alpha
What is the most appropriate strategy?

Luc Lapointe, Vice President and Portfolio Manager, SIGMA ALPHA CAPITAL
André Marsan, President, SIGMA ALPHA CAPITAL

16:00 Concluding debate: Exploring the FX outlook for 2010 and beyond

Identifying the latest opportunities and unique obstacles in FX
Predictions on the future performance of the Canadian dollar: Will it continue to remain attractive or spiral out of control?
The rising East and its impact on FX
Forecasting volatility for 2010

Moderator: Mark Chandler, Head of North American Fixed Income and Currency Strategy, RBC CAPITAL MARKETS
Jason Daw, CIO, ROYAL OAK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
Craig LeVeille, Director, FX Products, CME
Erik Postnieks, CEO and CIO, WOOSTER ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC
Hans-Guenter Redeker, Global Head of Foreign Exchange Strategy, BNP PARIBAS
Maxime Tessier, Vice President, Currencies, CAISSE DE DEPOT ET PLACEMENT DU QUEBEC