IIFT National Finance Symposium'09 on BloombergUTV

IIFT concluded the National Finance Symposium'09 on 17th November'09, Mumbai. The Symposium was a huge success with participation from eminent people form the industry and media.

We would also like to inform you that BloombergUTV would be telecasting the Third Session of our Symposium: Panel Discussion: ‘Green Shoots or Yellow Weeds? – India vis-à-vis the Rest’ on their channel.

Moderator – Ms. Mini Menon, Senior Editor & Head of News Features, Bloomberg-UTV

Panelists:
Mr. Ashvin Parekh, Partner,National Leader-Global Financial Services, Ernst & Young
Mr. Saurav Arora, Senior Vice President, Jaypee Capital
Mr. Devesh Kumar, Managing Director, Centrum Broking Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Govind Sankaranarayanan, CFO, TATA Capital Ltd.
Dr. Shubhada Rao, Executive Vice President & Chief Economist , Yes Bank
Dr. Venkatachalam Shunmugam, Chief Economist, MCX

Show timing: 6:30pm, 13th December’09, Sunday.

We would also appreciate if you would provide us with your valuable feedback on the event which could help strengthening our academic-industry interface.

The Programme Structure

IIFT National Finance Symposium'09

National Finance Symposium

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade in association with Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry is organizing the symposium, on the theme “The Future of Investments – A Quest for Value” on the 17th of November, 2009 at Taj President, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai.

Shri C. B. Bhave, Chairman, SEBI is the Chief Guest for the event.

The symposium is slated to cover the following aspects:
1. Seeking alpha in a beta world
2. Risk Management and prudence in investing
3. Panel Discussion: Green shoots or Yellow weeds? – India vis-à-vis the rest

Speakers at IIFT National Finance Symposium 2009

Eminent Speakers at IIFT-National Finance Symposium 2009:

Introductory Address by Mr. K.T. Chacko, Director – IIFT

Chief Guest: Mr. C. B. Bhave, Chairman, Securities Exchange Board of India

• Mr. Bharat Doshi, Executive Director and Group CFO, Mahindra and Mahindra
• Mr. Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Partner, RaRe Enterprises
• Ms. Madhabi Puri Buch, MD and CEO, ICICI Securities
• Mr. Baman K Mehta, CEO, Darashaw and Co.
• Mr. Amit Chandra, Country Head and MD, Bain Capital India
• Mr. J N Gupta, Executive Director, SEBI
• Mr. Madhu Kannan, MD and CEO, Bombay Stock Exchange
• Mr. Lamon Rutten, MD and CEO, MCX*
• Mr. Sunil Tandon, MD, Ariston Advisors Pvt. Ltd.*
• Mr. Ajay Kumar, Ex - Executive Editor, Economic Times
• Ms. Shubhada Rao, Executive Vice President and Chief Economist, Yes Bank
• Mr. Ajay Diwedi, Director, Ratings, Crisil
• Mr. Krishnamurthy Vijayan, Executive Chairman, JPMorgan Asset Management
• Mr. Hemant Mishr, MD & Head-Global Markets, Standard Chartered Bank*
• Mr. Venkatachalam Shunmugam, Chief Economist, MCX

*Invited

Ms. Madhabi Puri-Buch - Speaker, National Finance Symposium 09, Session I

Ms. Madhabi Puri-Buch
Managing Director and CEO
ICICI Securities





Ms Madhabi Puri-Buch, Managing Director and CEO of ICICI Securities Limited, has been with the ICICI Group for over 15 years. Madhabi spearheads the company’s initiatives in Corporate Finance which includes Equity Capital Markets Advisory Services, and Institutional Equities; Retail Equities which includes ICICIdirect.com, one of the largest players in the internet brokerage space and Financial Product Distribution.

Prior to this, Madhabi was an Executive Director on the Board of ICICI Bank. She was responsible for the global markets business covering treasury solutions for clients including FX, Fixed Income and Derivatives solutions. In addition, Madhabi was also the head of global operations of the bank covering transaction processing and mid-office control for the retail, corporate, international and rural banking. She was also the Chief Brand Officer for the ICICI Group.

She joined the Board of Directors of the bank in 2007, heading the Internal Control Environment function including global operations, global risk management and the legal, compliance and audit functions for the bank.

Within the ICICI Bank, Madhabi had looked after various businesses including home loans, bonds and retail broking.

Madhabi is a gold medallist in mathematics from Delhi University and an MBA from IIM – Ahmedabad.

Seeking alpha in a Beta World

Playing in the stock market is all about the race to achieve superior returns and beat the market. It is this quest for alpha that keeps everyone on their toes. The Financial crisis has totally changed the playing field and the rules of the game. Times are changing now and things are certainly looking 'greener' and their talks that the next big bull run is on its way. Samvat 2065 gave astounding returns of 108% on the benchmark SENSEX. Metals, Automobiles, commodities, realty all performed well. The next big question is which sectors would lead and participate in the next phase of the market uptrend.

The time is apt for all investors to reassess their portfolios. IIFT invites the best in the industry to share their perspectives on the quest for alpha. A number of topics like role of investment banks in unlocking value, emerging opportunities in private equity, fixed income portfolio management strategies, alpha generating strategies in the Indian Market and the crucial role played by commodities in portfolio diversification would be covered in the first session.

Some of the eminent speakers sharing their valuable inputs in the first session are :

• Mr.Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Partner, RaRe Enterprises
• Ms. Madhabi Puri Buch, CEO, ICICI Securities
• Mr. Baman K Mehta, CEO, Darashaw & Co
• Mr. Amit Chandra, MD and Country Head, Bain Capital India
• Mr. Lamon Rutten, CEO, MCX India
  

Sesssion I - Generating Alphs in Beta World

The CEO's Desk, 5 star session


Alpha Generating Strategies in today’s market environment:


Mr. Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
Partner
RaRe Enterprises

Investment Banks – Unlocking Value

Ms. Madhabi Puri Buch,
MD and CEO, ICICI Securities Ltd.







Potential in Fixed Income Portfolio Management

Mr. Baman K Mehta,
Chief Executive Officer Darashaw & Co.







Commodity Investments – Diversifying Portfolio

Mr. Lamon Rutten,
MD and CEO,
Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd



Emerging Private Equity Opportunities in India

Mr. Amit Chandra,
Managing Director,
Bain Capital India