KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 27): UBS will be organising its annual trading symposium here next week, bringing together the best in class speakers to share best practices, technology and global knowledge to high-calibre asset managers in Malaysia.
The Swiss-based multinational investment banking and securities firm said the event at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel on Sept 3, will be a golden opportunity for investors to learn how to increase beta returns (including lowering trading costs), diversify across asset classes and capitalize on opportunities in Malaysia and beyond.
The first session of the symposium will explore the current global trends; in which the panels will dive into leveraging technology, beta solutions and traditional investing to generate steady returns out of an investor’s portfolio.
Besides that, the same session will look into some of the challenges for investors in the market today, and study how experienced international investors are tackling these issues.
Panels for the first session include UBS’ managing director and global head of market structure and liquidity strategy Vlad Khandros, as well as executive director and the group’s APAC head of direct execution services David Rabinowitz.
In his role, Khandros advises clients and internal groups on market structure issues and focuses extensively on UBS's electronic strategy, particularly on exchange and alternative venue analysis, as well as order routing decisions.
Meanwhile, Rabinowitz has been responsible for leading the Asian electronic trading desk and for managing the rollout and growth of UBS' DMA and algorithmic strategy platform throughout Asia over the last few years in his current role.
On top of the two respectable speakers, attendees of the symposium will get the chance to learn from Lazada Malaysia CEO Christophe Lejeune, MSCI executive director and head of Asean coverage Alvin Lee, as well as UBS head of APAC equities sales trading Dan Murphy during their presentation and dialogue sessions.
Some of the topics that will be covered include Liquidity Landscape and Market Structure Trends, Blocks and Synthetic Access, the evolution of eCommerce, China indexation, Beta Benchmarking, Passive Trading Trends and Quant Solutions, and Microstructure Analysis, Deconstructing Execution Cost, and Enhancing Algo Performance.
Widely-known as the global leader in equities trading ad top-ranking full service investment bank in Asia, UBS has been voted as the best equity house by Euromoney, Finance Asia and Asiamoney, and as top research provider by Institutional Investor.
Holding its ground firmly here in Malaysia since 1989, UBS was also one of the few global investment banks that remained in Malaysia during the 1998 Asian economic crisis.