The financial technology conference

The Asian market is growing at a staggering rate resulting in an ever increasing demand for financial technology. Built over the success of Waters USA and Waters Europe, Waters Asia will provide a forum where the technology and business side of the buy side and sell side meet and showcase cutting edge technology solutions specifically tailored to meet the dynamic Asia Pacific Market.

Programme highlights include:

• Gain insights into state-of-the-art developments in e-commerce: Algorithmic trading, direct market access and dark pools of liquidity
• Learn about cutting-edge strategies that guarantee business continuity and effective response to nonfinancial risks such as bird flu, tsunamis and earthquakes
• Understand how to implement solutions to solve backoffice inefficiencies and reduce the risks in settlement and clearing
• Find out what the priorities will be for CIOs, CTOs and Chief Technologists in 2008: Where will IT investment and resources be focused?
• Network with senior IT executives and budget holders from Asia's leading banks, asset managers and financial institutions during the breaks, lunch and cocktail reception