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Asian Commodities Investment Summit 2011
Around 200 delegates representing more than 130 companies from 10 countries attended our inaugural Asian Commodities Investment Summit on 1-2 November 2011, held at the Conrad Hotel in Hong Kong.
Louis Kuijs, chief economist, Asia, MF Global
Kenneth Courtis, co-founder, Themes Investment Management
Delegates
Delegates
Rajnikant Patel, managing director & CEO, Indian Commodity Exchange
Anthony Desir, principal, SAMI Funds
Panel: Commodities' role in a balanced portfolio
Jeremy Friesen, commodities strategist, Societe Generale
Peter Hickson, managing director/strategist, UBS
Q&A from an investor
Owen Hegarty, vice chairman, G-Resources
Paget Dare Bryan, foreign legal consultant, Clifford Chance
Nicolas Robin, co-manager, Threadneedle Enhanced Commodities Fund
John Baker, head of food and agribusiness research and advisory, Asia, Rabobank
Kunal Shah, head of commodity research, Nirmal Bang
Jon Allen, co-head of institutional sales & head of hedge fund sales Asia Pacific, Threadneedle Investments
Networking break
David Quarmby, director, commodity structuring, Standard Chartered Bank
Albert Helmig, president, Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange
Panel: Gold and precious metals
Thomas Bispham, managing director, Asia Pacific, Behre Dolbear Group
Randolph Koppa, president, Trade and Development Bank (Mongolia)
Karfai Leung, chairman, Hong Kong Mining Investment Professionals Association
Candice Beaumont, managing director, L Investments
Panel: Oil and energy commodities
Lawrence Lu, director, corporate ratings Asia-Pacific, Standard & Poor's
Helen Lau, senior analyst (metals and mining), UOB Kay Hian
Delegates
Jame DiBiasio, editor, AsianInvestor
Andrew Ferguson, chief executive officer, APAC Resources
Panel: Base metals
Rupert Walker, senior writer, FinanceAsia
Peter Hickson, managing director/strategist, UBS
Erik Bethel, managing partner, SinoLatin Capital
Tom Findley, CEO, Rio Cristal Resources
John Browning, head of metals Hong Kong, Newedge
Q&A with delegates
Paul Colwell, investment consultant, Towers Watson Investments
Diego Parrilla, founder and CIO, Nareco Advisors
Panel: Institutional routes into commodities
Lara Wozniak, editor, FinanceAsia
Panel: Institutional routes into commodities
Masa Igata, founder and CEO, Frontier Securities
