Asia's Independent Research Summit

Oct 21, 2014

Industry body Asia IRP, in partnership with AsianInvestor and FinanceAsia, held the second annual Asia's Independent Research Summit (AIRS) on October 8 at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Hong Kong.

Jessie Lentchner, BTIG

Heather McLeish, The Poseidon Group

Richard Harris, Port Shelter IM

Arnab Das, Trusted Sources

Iain Reed, EFA

Daniel Tabbush, Tabbush Report

Robert Medd, GMT Research

Takuji Okubo, Japan Macro Advisors

Freya Beamish, Lombard Street Research

Jamie Miyazaki, TessierAshpool Research

John Schofield, Tempus Investments

Jeffrey Zhang, Trading Central

Salvatore Ferraro, Evidente

Paul Schulte, Schulte Research

Cyrus Mewawalla, CM Research

Peter Allen, Lombard Street Research

James Levy, HSBC Global Asset Management

Edward Stockreisser, Asia IRP

Peter Allen, Lombard Street Research

Robert Ciemniak, Real Estate Foresight

FCA regulation impact and ramifications

Velisarios Kattoulas, The Poseidon Group

Simon Ogus, DSGAsia

Bill Stacey, Vanda Securities

Stuart Leckie, Stirling Finance

Tim Summers, XTE China

Peter Perkins, Macro Research Board

Sean Maher, Entext Economics & Strategy

Edward Stockreisser, Asia IRP

Is the economy broken?

Diana Choyleva, Lombard Street Research

Chen Zhao, BCA Research

Jim Walker, Asianomics

Robert Medd, GMT Research

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