The forum attracted over 500 participants bringing together some of the regions leading market players in lively debates and discussions. Some of the issues discussed through out the day included:
Japan’s Current Economic Climate and its Impact on the Yen
The Impact of Sovereign Debt Default on Japan
Emerging Markets: Winners and Losers
The FX Business in Unconventional Times
Risk Management in Current Volatile Markets
Themes and Forecasts for 2010/2011 for FX Returns
Some of our excellent speakers this year included:
Haruyuki Toyama, Director-General, Financial Markets Department, Bank of Japan
Isaya Shimizu, Senior Staff Writer, Economic and Financial News Department, NIKKEI
Akio Kato, Domestic Bond Group Leader, Kokusai Asset Management
Koji Fukaya, Director, Senior Currency Strategist, Deutsche Securities
Osamu Takashima, Chief FX Strategist, Citibank Japan Ltd.
Taisuke Tanaka, Managing Director and Chief FX Strategist, Japan, Nomura
Masafumi Yamamoto, Chief FX Strategist, Barclays Bank PLC Tokyo Branch
Naoyuki Yoshino, Professor of Economics, Keio University
William Pesek, Asia Pacific Columnist, Bloomberg
Sayuri Kawamura, Senior Economist, Economics Department, The Japan Research Institute
Mansoor Mohi-uddin, Managing Director, Chief Currency Strategist, UBS
Takehiko Nakao, Director-General, International Bureau, Ministry of Finance
Koji Shimamoto, Chief Strategist , BNP Paribas Securities Japan Limited
Charlotte Cooper, Chief Correspondent, Japan Markets, Thomson Reuters
John Horner, Director, Foreign Exchange Strategist, Deutsche Bank AG
Stewart Newnham, Head of FX Strategy Research, Morgan Stanley
Takuji Okubo, Chief Economist, Global Research and Strategy, Societe Generale Securities
David Simmonds, Global Head of Research and Strategy, The Royal Bank of Scotland
John F. Vail, Chief Global Strategist and Senior Managing Director, Investment Strategy Group, Nikko Asset Management
David Poole, Chief Operating Officer and Principal, ClientKnowledge
Tetsuya Inoue, Chief Researcher, Department of Financial Markets and Technology Studies, Nomura Research Institute
Mathew Kuppe, Managing Director, 360T
K. C. Lam, Director and Head of FX, Asia, CME Group
Patrik Nagel, Head of Sales, Asia, FXall
David Poole, Chief Operating Officer and Principal, ClientKnowledge
Masahiro Fukuhara, President and Representative Director, Institution for a Global Society Corporation
Noriyuki Kawana, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, BFC Asset Management
Ed Rogers, Chief Executive Officer, Rogers Investment Advisors
Manabu Tamaru, Senior Investment Manager, Investment Management, Baring Asset Management
Ray Attrill, Global Research Director, Forecast
Akira Kama, Head of Portfolio Management , ORIX Investment Corporation
Raffaele De Marchi, Senior Economist, Bank of Italy
Masashi Murata, Chief Economist, GCI
Goro Ohwada. President and Chief Executive Officer, Aino Investment
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the sponsors and speakers for all their hard work and for helping to make The 5th Annual Euromoney Japan Forex Forum a great success.
To view the keynote speech delivered by Haruyuki Toyama, Director-General, Financial Markets Department from The Bank of Japan please click here