| 8：30〜9：00 Registration |
9:00〜
9:50 |
Key Note Presentation 1:
New Business Opportunities vs Stricter Compliance Regulation Deriving from Japan’s New “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law” to start soon in 2007!
Sadakazu Osaki, Executive Fellow, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research |
10:00〜
10:20 |
Key Note Presentation 2:
Moving to Paperless in 2009 - Japan’s Securities and Settlement Reform
-What are the last minute concerns?
Satoshi Yoshida, General Manager, Information Technology Dept., Daiwa Securities SMBC Co. Ltd. |
| 10：20〜10：40 Morning Coffee/Tea Break |
10：40〜
11:25 |
Workshops: STREAM A |
Workshops: STREAM B |
A1
Apama:
The Industry Leading Algorithmic Trading Platform
Nobuyuki Hata,
Senior Sales Consultant,
Sonic Software Japan Ltd.
H.Peter Shima
President
OS Global Solutions,Inc.
Apama provides a platform to enable next-generation Algorithmic Trading, giving trading groups within financial institutions full control over composing, deploying, and managing algorithmic trading strategies, such as VWAP, Spread Trading and Index Arbitrage. Apama enables both sell-side and buy-side firms to exploit algorithmic trading. Sell-side brokers can use Apama’s flexibility to empower traders within their own proprietary trading operations to rapidly deploy unique trading scenarios.
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B1
“Detecting Opportunities and Threats with Complex Event Processing: Case Studies in Predictive Customer Interaction Management and Fraud detection”
Tim Bass,
CISSP, Principal Global Architect,
TIBCO Software Inc.
Complex Event Processing (CEP) is a powerful new technology that can be used to detect both business opportunities and threats from an organization's vast electronic event cloud. TIBCO's BusinessEvents™ was recently voted the CEP software of the year in the Reader's Choice Award (USA). In this talk, we present two CEP applications and use cases, event-driven Predictive Fraud Detection, Risk Management and Compliance (threat), developed by a major asset management company and Predictive Customer Interaction Management (opportunity), created by a global retail banking customer, that combines real-time events and customer interaction to optimize customer interaction and up-sell opportunities
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11:35〜
12:20 |
A2
TRADING FASTER THAN A SHINKANSEN:
THE IMPACT OF LOW LATENCY ON ADVANCED ELECTRONIC TRADING
・Has algorithm trading distorted markets?
・Are we relying too much on programs?
Didier Giesen
Buy-sides Sector, South East Asia
BT Radianz |
B2
Enabling compliance and meeting tough standards
with leading document management solutions
EMC Japan
Komei Sakurai,
President, DICOM Japan Co.,Ltd.
Meeting tough compliance standards is now a must in banking, insurance and securities firms alike. We will introduce time and cost-effective solutions that facilitate data capture, paperless archiving. Eye-opening results seen in leading finance-related firms in the States and Europe will help give participants a clear idea of how these solutions can solve your problems. Cost reduction and risk management are goals that can be reached. |
| 12:20〜13:25 Lunch Break |
13：25〜
14：10 |
A3
Into the Widespread of Algorithmic Trading--
What we should do before the introduction of TSE’s next-generation trading system in 2009
Takahiro Tanaka, Senior Researcher, Research Department for Financial Technology and Financial Market, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.
With the spread of e-trading and IT, the speed we humans can cope has been stretched to its limit. With TSE proposing transaction speed at fractions of a second, competition for higher speed will definitely heat up even more. This is where Algorithmic Trading comes in. To facilitate the widespread of algorithmic trading, what do we need to do? We will look at excellent examples where NRI’s TradingMeister has been applied. |
B3
How Real-Time Data Analysis and Data Integration Support Faster Decision Making and Clearer Business Management
Kimihiro Indo, President, Business Objects Japan K.K. and Vice President, Business Objects S.A.
Deregulation and Globalization in the financial industry are driving businesses to enter into the financial market, which is expected to create new business opportunities. Companies are required to get all aspects of business information to make fast, well-informed decisions within the daily processes. Practically speaking, however, few companies have adopted data integration and analysis, although they recognize the importance of these tools to achieve clear business management and to meet the compliance requirements. In addition, responsibility of Management towards data accuracy and integrity has never been heavier than before. From data integration to analysis and reporting, and to KPI management, Business Objects provides a comprehensive solution to help companies to get visibility into their business. |
14：20〜
15：05 |
A4
Intertrade’s Proactive Solution for Securities Firms
-The Shift from Algorithmic Trading to Intelligent Trading-
Takahiro Ozaki, Vice President, INTERTRADE Co., Ltd. /President, INTERTRADE Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Looking at the continued evolution of trading systems, what lies ahead from the viewpoint of system development and application.
-ITMiXiA
-Supporting the spread of the structured bond market-
Yoichi Maruyama, Vice President, INTERTRADE Co., Ltd.
Introducing cases using ITMiXiA - Controlling complex structured bond transactions and increasing chances of investment
-How Intertrade can support the Securities Industry in its everchanging environment-
Yukio Araki, President, INTERTRADE Co., Ltd.
President Yukio Araki will introduce the Big Picture (of how the securities industry would develop) Intertrade has had in mind since the founding of the company |
B4
Fast and easy analysis of financial information with XBRL
Taiki Sakata, Sr. Architect, Hitachi, Ltd.
XBRL would be a world standard format of financial information in a few years, because of SEC and Japanese FSA decided to adopt XBRL for regulatory filings, e.g. 10-K, 10-Q or YUHO.
You can see how XBRL make financial analysis easier and faster include live demo with real company data. |
| 15：05〜15：25 Afternoon Coffee/Tea Break |
15：25〜
16：05 |
Key Note Presentation 3:
"The latest update on TSE’s next-generation system for 2009"
- Increasing international competition, algorithmic trading and PTS
--- how the system will adapt to increasing trade volume and variety of transactions
- The impact of IT in the financial market
Yoshinori Suzuki, Managing Director & CIO, Tokyo Stock Exchange |
16：15〜
17：00 |
A5
Creating the next generation OMS (Order Management System)
- What issues brokers face when integrating an algorithmic trading service into their existing OMS.
- Hiroshi Matsubara (Head of Marketing - Japan, Fidessa)
- Phil Slavin (Head of Product Strategy, Fidessa)
- Bruce Bland (Head of Advanced Trading, Fidessa)
This session intends to highlight the issues that brokers will face when building an algorithmic trading platform and interfacing it with their OMS (Order Management System) environment.
- Brief overview of algorithmic trading penetration into the Japanese market
- Where are the foreign and domestic brokers in providing algorithmic trading services in Japan?
- What is the uptake for algorithmic trading on the Japanese equity market?
- What kind of tool is required in the market?
- Why is the integration with OMS crucial?
- Algorithmic trading platform - the importance of its integration with OMS environment
- Requirements of an algorithmic trading solution
- Issues facing solution architects and algorithmic model builders
- Overview of Fidessa BlueBox and how to resolve those issues
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17：10〜
18：00 |
Panel Discussion :
Will Algorithmic Trading Become Mainstream in Japan too?
- Algorithmic Trading - Where it is now and what are the challenges ahead.
- PTS, Cross Trading, and Transaction Cost Analysis
Panelist:
Carrie Cheung, Co-Chair, FPL Japan Regional Committee (Director, Electronic
Trading Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd.)
Brook Teeter, Director, Head of Asia Sales Electronic Trading, Credit
Suisse Securities (Hong Kong) Limited
Jim Muldoon,
Head of Japan Direct execution,UBS Securities Japan Ltd.
Tamotsu Matsunuma, General Manager, Equity Trading Department, Nomura Asset Management
Moderator:
Takahiro Tanaka, Senior Researcher, Research Department for Financial Technology and Financial Market, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.
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*(TBC) Speakers are invited and subject to change *Light refreshments will be served during lunch break
*(TBC) Speakers are invited and subject to change *Light refreshments will be served during lunch break 
