A pictorial tour through the events of last week at the iFX EXPO Asia 2017 FX industry conference
Last week, Hong Kong, one of the world’s largest financial and technological infrastructure centers, was the host city for one of the most important business to business events in the annual calendar for all sectors of the global electronic trading industry.
At the Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Center in Wan Chai, the iFX EXPO Asia 2017 FX industry conference, produced by ConversionPros and industry news and research group Finance Magnates, represented the pinnacle of discussion among a vast number of senior executives from Western and Chinese benchmarks in FX industry experience.
Here is a montage of the week’s events:
Richard Elston, Group Head of Institutional Division for Europe and Andrew Wood, Business Development Manager, Institutional division at CMC Markets Australia and New Zealand
Lucian Lauerman, Head of API Business at Saxo Bank with Neil Browning, Senior Director at Saxo Bank with the company’s APAC executives
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Global CEOs debate. Mario Singh, CEO, Fullerton Markets, Tom Higgins, CEO, Gold-i and Christian Frahm, CEO, CFH Group
To & from meetings: Wan Chai is a hive of FX industry activity during the iFX EXPO, where global business takes place around the clock. These Toyota Crown YXS 10 purpose built taxis may look as though they belong in the 1970s, but are actually still in production. Mind the self-opening rear door!
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