SECTION 1
MARKET STATUS
1.1 INTERVIEW: With flows into fixed income ETFs growing steadily in recent years, what does the future hold for these instruments?
Confirmed: Antoine Lesne, Head of Strategy and Research, SPDR ETF
1.2 INTERVIEW: Portfolio manager case study: fixed income ETFs and managing cashflow
Interviewer:
Confirmed: Pádraig Floyd, Consultant Publisher, Clear Path Analysis
Interviewee:
Confirmed: Jim Smigiel, Chief Investment Officer, Absolute Return Strategies, SEI
SECTION 2
INSTRUMENT SOPHISTICATION AND MATCHING
2.1 ROUNDTABLE DEBATE: What could the next stage of sophistication in ETF instruments look like?
Moderator:
Confirmed: Noel Hillmann, Chief Executive Officer, Clear Path Analysis
Panellists:
Confirmed: Sanjay Rao, Product Manager, Bloomberg Barclays Indices Europe
Confirmed: Melvyn Merran, European Head of Fixed Income ETF Trading, Citi
Confirmed: Deborah Fuhr, Managing Partner & Founder, ETFGI
Confirmed: Antoine Lesne, Head of Strategy and Research, SPDR ETF
2.2 WHITE PAPER: The trouble with indices – how the ETF industry can make fixed income ETF indices more attractive to institutional investors
Confirmed: Sanjay Rao, Product Manager, Bloomberg Barclays Indices Europe
SECTION 3
PORTFOLIO APPLICATION
3.1 INTERVIEW: How institutional investors can use fixed income ETFs in their portfolios to improve liquidity, manage cashflow, increase diversification and even place tactical calls
Confirmed: Melvyn Merran, European Head of Fixed Income ETF Trading, Citi
3.2 INTERVIEW: Fixed income ETFs and the importance of hedging
Interviewer:
Confirmed: Pádraig Floyd, Consultant Publisher, Clear Path Analysis
Interviewee:
Confirmed: Ben Seager-Scott, Director, Investment Strategy, Tilney