8:45 AM

CAPITAL MARKETS BREAKFAST OPEN TO MARKET MAKERS, ASSET MANAGERS AND BROKERS - HOSTED BY JAPAN EXCHANGE GROUP

9:00 AM

REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST

9:30 AM

OPENING REMARKS

Martina L. Cheung, President & CEO, S&P Global

9:40 AM

KEYNOTE SPEECH

PROMOTING JAPAN AS A LEADING ASSET MANAGEMENT CENTER：EXPECTATIONS FOR ADVANCING ASSET MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND THE CAPABILITIES OF ASSET OWNERS

Yutaka Ito, Commissioner, Japan Financial Services Agency

SESSION 1

UNDERSTANDING THE SHIFTING MARKET LANDSCAPE GLOBALLY AND DOMESTICALLY

9:55 AM

GLOBAL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: AI, ENERGY TRANSITION AND OTHER DISRUPTORS

·         Paul Gruenwald, Global Chief Economist, S&P Global

·         Philippe Frangules, Global Head of Research & Consulting, S&P Global

·         Sally Moore, Chief Client Officer, S&P Global

10:25 AM

JAPAN’S ECONOMIC OUTLOOK AMID GLOBAL UNCERTAINTY: POLICY CHALLENGES AND RISKS

Sayuri Shirai, Professor, Keio University and Asian Development Bank Institute Fellow

10:45 AM

BENCHMARKING THE NEXT ERA: BRIDGING GLOBAL MARKETS, DEFI, AND THE FUTURE OF INVESTING

·       Martina L. Cheung, President & CEO, S&P Global

·       Catherine Clay, CEO, S&P Dow Jones Indices

·       Cameron Drinkwater, Chief Product & Operations Officer, S&P Dow Jones Indices

SESSION 2

GLOBAL ETF LANDSCAPE: LEVERAGING ETF INNOVATION TO NAVIGATE MARKET UNCERTAINTY

11:15 AM

TRENDS AND INNOVATIONS IN THE GLOBAL ETF MARKET LANDSCAPE

Panelists:

·         Philippe El-Asmar, Head of ETF, Direct & Digital, Asia Pacific, J.P. Morgan Asset Management

·         Bradley Smith, Head of ETF Strategy, Americas, Invesco

·         Ogar Renaldi Widjaja, Director, Head of Xtrackers Sales, South East Asia, DWS Investments Singapore

·         Bruno Neukirch, Director, Head of APAC Product Innovation for iShares, BlackRock

·         Douglas Yones, CEO, Direxion

Moderator:

·         Lee Turner-Conn, Head of Global Strategic Partnerships, S&P Dow Jones Indices

12:05 PM

U.S. EQUITIES VIA ETFS: GLOBAL TRENDS, INVESTOR POSITIONING AND IMPLEMENTATION OPTIONS

·         Anna Paglia, Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer, State Street Investment Management

·         Fiona Boal, Managing Director, Global Head of Equities, S&P Dow Jones Indices

12:25 PM

LUNCH

1:15 PM

LIQUIDITY AND TIMING MATTERS: TRADING U.S. MARKETS DURING ASIAN HOURS

·         Tim McCourt, Senior Managing Director, Global Head, Equities, FX and Alternative Products, CME Group

·         Sue Lee, APAC Head of Index Investment Strategy, S&P Dow Jones Indices

1:35 PM

HOW ACTIVE ETFS ARE ENABLING PORTFOLIO CONSTRUCTION

Nicholas Peach, Managing Director, Head of APAC iShares, BlackRock

1:55 PM

VARIETY IN CHOICE－EUROPEAN LISTED ETFs: TAPPING INTO A BROADER OPPORTUNITY SET AS THE MARKET TRANSFORMS

·         Gaetan Delculee, Global Head of ETF& Indexing Sales, Amundi

·         Katsumi Fujikawa, President & CEO, Amundi Japan

2:15 PM

THE ROADMAP AHEAD: RISE OF ACTIVE ETFS AND EXPANSION IN JAPAN

Yuki Kurogi, Head of Japan ETF, J.P. Morgan Asset Management (Japan)

2:35 PM

OPTIONS-BASED ETFS: INCOME, HEDGING AND DEFINED OUTCOMES

Panelists:

·         (TBC)

·         Takanori Mori, APAC ETF Sales & Portfolio Trading, Susquehanna

·         Timothy Parker, Head of Equity Derivatives, APAC, BNP Paribas

·         Qi Sun, Product Specialist, First Trust Japan

Moderator:

·         Yuan Tian, Executive Director, Multi-Asset Indices, S&P Dow Jones Indices

3:15 PM

FIXED INCOME 2.0: UNLOCKING GLOBAL CREDIT MARKETS WITH ETFS

Panelists:

·      Koei Imai, Senior Executive, Asset Management One

·     U-Jin Lim, Head of Equity APAC, Tradeweb

·      Kangwei Yang, Director, Fixed Income Product Management, S&P Dow Jones Indices

Moderator:

·         Kazuhisa Mikami, Head of Sales, Japan, Jane Street

4:00 PM

FROM YIELD TO CASH FLOW: INTEGRATING DIVIDEND AND QUALITY FACTORS IN INDEX STRATEGIES

Jason Ye, Senior Director, Factors and Dividends, S&P Dow Jones Indices

4:15 PM

PRIVATE MARKETS: EVOLVING TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY

·         Vicki Wong, Director, Sales Specialist, Fixed Income and Private Market Indices, S&P Dow Jones Indices

·         Akitomo Toki, Head of CIB Japan and Head of Japan, Crisil Coalition Greenwich

4:35 PM

BREAK

SESSION 3

IDENTIFYING AND ACCESSING EMERGING INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH ETFS

4:55 PM

HOW IS AI TRANSFORMING THE INVESTMENT LANDSCAPE?

·         Francis Geeseok Oh, Head of Asia Business Development, REX Financial

·         John Welling, Head of Global Equities & Thematic Indices, S&P Dow Jones Indices

5:15 PM

CRYPTOCURRENCY AS AN ASSET CLASS FOR INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS

Panelist:

·       Yuki Tanaka, Japan Head of Cash Business and Securities Lending, BlackRock Japan

·         Takanori Emura, General Manager, Index Investment Department, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management

·         Yushun Mizusaki, Head of Product Strategy, ETF Solution Department, Nomura Asset Management

Moderator:

·         Takeki Yamada, Institutional Trading, Head of Japan Business, Flow Traders

5:55 PM

THE FUTURE OF TOKENIZED RWAS AND THEIR IMPACT ON TRADITIONAL MARKETS

Panelists:

·         Naoto Shimoda, General Manager, Digital Strategy Department, SMBC

·         Hideki Mitsuzuka, Executive Officer COO, Webull Securities (Japan)

·         Takeki Yamada, Institutional Trading, Head of Japan Business, Flow Traders

·         Takashi Tezuka, Country Manager and CEO, Startale Japan

Moderator:

·         Sue Lee, APAC Head of Index Investment Strategy, S&P Dow Jones Indices

6:35 PM

CLOSING REMARKS

Rick Chau, Managing Director, Head of Sales, Asia Pacific, S&P Dow Jones Indices

6:40 PM

NETWORKING COCKTAIL

9:00 AM

REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST

9:30 AM

OPENING REMARKS

Catherine Clay, CEO, S&P Dow Jones Indices

9:40 AM

KEYNOTE SPEECH

THE JAPANESE MARKET TODAY AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE ETF MARKET

Hiromi Yamaji, Group CEO, Japan Exchange Group

SESSION 4

ETF AND CAPITAL MARKETS EVOLUTION

9:55 AM

CONNECTED MARKETS: HOW GLOBAL EXCHANGES ARE UPGRADING EFFICIENCY AND ACCESS

Panelists:

·         Nick Morris, General Manager, Cash & Derivatives Markets, NZX Limited

·         Ho Sun Lee, Head of ETP Development, Korea Exchange

·         Christine Cho, Senior Vice President, Taiwan Stock Exchange

·         Kristin Boyd, Global Head of Derivatives Sales and Distribution and Representative Director of Cboe Japan, Cboe Global Markets

Moderator:

·         Sean Freer, Director, Global Exchange Indices, S&P Dow Jones Indices

10:45 AM

BEYOND TRADITIONAL ETFS: GROWING DEMAND AND THE MECHANICS BEHIND THEIR LIQUIDITY

Panelists:

·         Bruce Zhang, Head of Fixed Income, CSOP Asset Management

·         Karan Sood, CEO, VEST Financial

·         Oran D’Arcy, Head of Listings, APAC, Cboe Australia

·         Sebastian Born, Head of ETF Institutional Sales, APAC, Optiver

Moderator:

·         Matyas Steinbach, Director, APAC Business Development, ETF and Benchmarking Solutions, S&P Global Market Intelligence

11:30 AM

ENABLING CROSS-BORDER ACCESS: CONNNECTING ETF MARKETS AND ENHANCING LIQUIDITY

·         Jorge Alegria, CEO, Bolsa Mexicana de Valores Group

·         Brian Roberts, Managing Director, Head of Equities Product Development, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited

·         James Harris, Head of Sales, EMEA, S&P Dow Jones Indices

12:00 PM

LUNCH

SESSION 5

JAPAN ETF MARKET IN FOCUS: GROWTH, OPPORTUNITIES AND EVOLUTION

12:45 PM

ETFS AS STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND STRUCTURAL MARKET SHIFTS

Yuichi Tanaka, Executive Director, Nippon Life Asset Management

1:05 PM

SCALING ETFS IN JAPAN: LATEST TRENDS AND WHAT IT WILL TAKE

Panelists:

·         Kenji Hanamura, Group Manager, ETF Business Development Department, ETF Business Development Group and Representative Director, Amova Securities, Amova Asset Management

·         Tatsuya Yoshikawa, Head of ETF Solution Department, Nomura Asset Management

·         Miho Yamaguchi, Vice President, US Sector Specialist, State Street Investment Management

·         Hirotoshi Hashimoto, Marketing Planning Department Business Development Team Leader, Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management

Moderator:

·         Kohei Sasaki, Head of ETF, Indexing & Smart Beta Sales, Amundi Japan

1:50 PM

MAKING ETFS MORE ACCESSIBLE DOMESTICALLY AND GLOBALLY

Panelists:

·         Koei Imai, Senior Executive, Asset Management One

·         Ryutaro Someya, Manager, New Listings / ETF Market Development Department, Tokyo Stock Exchange

·         Keiichi Ohara, Founder & CEO, Japan Asset Management Platform

·         Masafumi Watanabe, Representative, ETF Catalyst Japan

Moderator:

·         Dai Tsujita, Assurance - Asset & Wealth Management / Partner, Senior Officer / Japan Asset & Wealth Management Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan

2:35 PM

NAVIGATING THE INDEXING ECOSYSTEM: PASSIVE INDEXING, STRATEGIC BETA, AND SYSTEMATIC ACTIVE

Mark Killen, Senior Vice President, Managing Executive Officer - Japan

American Century Investments | Avantis Investors

2:55 PM

ETF INVESTING IN A SHIFTING MACRO REGIMES

Yusuke Kojima, Head of ETF Distribution, Japan, Invesco

3:15 PM

BREAK

3:35 PM

GATEWAY TO EUROPE: DIVERSIFICATION BEYOND THE U.S. WITH UCITS ETFS

Hiroyuki Kishimoto, Director, Head of Xtrackers Sales Japan, DWS Investments Japan

3:55 PM

AN ASSET OWNER’S PERSPECTIVE ON INDEX-LINKED ALLOCATIONS

Panelists:

·         Masafumi Hikima, Executive Director of Finance (CIO), Sophia University

·         Ayumu Shiotsu, Deputy Chief Manager, Equity Investment Department, Nippon Life Insurance Company

Moderator:

·         Yusuke Kojima, Head of ETF Distribution, Japan, Invesco

4:25 PM

HOW INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS ARE USING ETFS IN VOLATILE MARKETS

Kazuhisa Mikami, Head of Sales, Japan, Jane Street

SESSION 6

THE RISE OF RETAIL IN ETF MARKETS: WHAT’S SHAPING THE NEXT CHAPTER

4:45 PM

RETAIL EMBRACES ETFS: WHAT’S DRIVING GROWTH IN ASIA?

Panelists:

·         Julian Tsung-Sheng Liu, Chairman, Yuanta Securities Investment Trust

·         Soh Yee Fei, Executive Director, Head of Products and Intermediaries, Singapore Exchange

·         Andrew Weaver, Senior Manager, Investment Products, ASX Limited

Moderator:

·         Deborah Fuhr, Managing Partner & Founder, ETFGI

5:25 PM

ETF DISTRIBUTION 3.0: NEW CHANNELS, NEW BUYERS, NEW PLAYBOOKS

Panelists:

·         Makoto Senda, Head of Marketing Planning Section, Marketing Department, Global X Japan

·         Naoyoshi Sato, Senior Deputy General Manager, Deputy General Manager　ETF Business Group, Institutional Sales Division, Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management

·         Ai Ito, Department Manager, Japanese Equities Business Department, Equities & Derivatives Business Division, Rakuten Securities

·         Kei Muraki, Strategy Development and Management Bureau, Strategy Development Division, Director for Tax Affairs, Financial Services Agency

Moderator:

·         Masafumi Watanabe, Representative, ETF Catalyst Japan

6:10 PM

NEXT PHASE OF ETF GROWTH AND RETAIL ADOPTION

Panelists:

·         Ryuji Ando, CEO, RIA JAPAN

·         Roger Papa, Retail Investor/YouTuber, RunStep

·         Kenichi Minase, Index Investing Blogger, Individual Investor

Moderator:

·         Kei Okazaki, Head of ETF Secondary Trading, Senior Manager, Strategic Planning Group Equities Department, ETF Business Development and New Listings, Tokyo Stock Exchange

6:40 PM

CLOSING REMARKS

Kentaro Kamei, Head of Japan, S&P Dow Jones Indices

6:45 PM

NETWORKING DINNER