Asset Management Forum II
"Re-Building the Trust
in the Greek Asset Management Industry"
in the Greek Asset Management Industry"
Speakers / Presentations
Goudinakos StratosChief Risk Officer, ATE Insurance |
 Stratos Goudinakos, a veteran floor trader, has been actively involved in Capital Markets and Finance, Banking/Investment Banking /Asset Management/Insurance for over 20 years.Started out at London's LIFFE as an options market maker/Director of Investments, built and managed complex derivative portfolios (inter - intra volatility spread structures). On his return to Greece joined NBG Group, Head Derivatives & Proprietary Trading; managed the desks of market making, arbitrage and sales, set up an international prop desk and was also responsible for hedging the bank's bond book. He, consecutively, moved to NBG's asset management, as Chief Investment Officer. In succession, participated (partner) in the buyout of an investment company and its extensive restructuring; in addition, developed and started up Ulysses Global Macro Hedge Fund which invested mainly in high grade markets on currencies, bonds, stocks, indices and commodities. Member of Investment Committees in Capital Management; moreover, managing own assets, trading in international derivative markets. For the last two years he served at ATE Bank’s Board, responsible for Funding and Liquidity. He also sits in a number of Boards for ATE Bank Romania (Audit Committee, President of Risk Mgnt Committee), ATE AEDAK, and ATE Insurance. Currently, he is the Chief Risk Officer of ATE Insurance (Solvency II). Holds a Diploma in Chemical Engineering of Patras University in Greece, a DBA from Cardiff Business School University of Wales, and an MBA from CASS Business School of City University; also, holds certificates from TEE, SFA and the HCMC in Market Making & Asset Management. |
| Coordinator of the 3rd Panel |
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Karaiskakis DimitriosChief Operating Officer, Hellenic Exchanges S.A. |
 Dimitris Karaiskakis was born in 1964 and is a graduate of the Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics at the University of Patras.His first employment was in 1986 at the Computer Technology Institute (www.cti.gr) where he undertook several innovation projects in software development and integration. In 1995 he participated as Assistant Project Manager and Technical Manager in the implementation of the ATHEX business plan in the "Kleisthenis" program, for the modernization of the information infrastructure of ATHEX. In May 1997 he started working for the IT Company of ATHEX, Systems Development and Support House of Capital Market (ASYK), charged with the coordination of the Greek capital market development projects, the implementation of the electronic trading system (OASIS) and the creation of the Derivatives Market. Later in 2000 as a General Manager of ASYK, he participated as member of the management team of the Hellenic Exchanges Group (HELEX) member of the BoD of the Athens Derivatives Exchange Clearing House and FORTHe-com. In April 2005 worked as an ICT Director for HELEX Group, where he coordinated projects, such as the new Data Center, the ATHEX-CSE Common Platform and the unbundling of the clearing and settlement services under the MiFID legislation. In January 2011, as a Chief Operating Officer of the HELEX Group, coordinates all the operational and product development divisions of the Group. |
| Opportunities in the Greek Economy |
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Karydas Dimitris, CFAExecutive Advisor, National Bank of Greece |
 Dimitris Karydas is an Executive Advisor at National Bank of Greece (NBG). Before joining NBG he worked in the City of London for eight years. First as a strategy consultant for PwC and PA Consulting advising the senior management of international companies on valuations, corporate strategy, M&A transactions and value based remuneration schemes. Subsequently, he worked at Citigroup, as an equity research analyst, covering Valuation & Accounting topics initially and then companies in the Metals & Mining sector. He was ranked fifth best equity research analyst in Europe at the Institutional Investor survey.He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a BoD member of the Hellenic CFA society. He holds an MSc in Finance from Cass Business School and a BA (Hons) in Accounting and Finance from Lancaster University. |
| Coordinator of the 2nd Panel |
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Krintas Theodore, Ph.DManaging Director, Attica Wealth Management. Vice President of Hellenic Fund and Asset Management Association |
 Dr. Krintas is the Managing Director of Attica Wealth Management. He was born in Athens in 1966 and studied Economics and Business administration at The Athens University of Economics and Business. He holds an MBA from The Athens University of Economics and Business and The University of Birmingham and a Ph.D. in Finance from The University of Thessaly. He is working in Investment Management and Finance since 1991 and had been the General Manager of Alpha Trust Investment Services (1995-1998), of Marfin Investment Services (1998-2000), Vice-President and Managing Director of IBG Asset Management (2000-2003) and Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Board of Profile Systems and Software (2003-2007). He holds the CIIA accreditation, is a certified investment manager and derivatives trader and market maker, Vice President of the Hellenic Fund and Asset Management Association, member of the Hellenic Chamber of Economics, the Association of Chief Executive Officers, the International Association of Registered Financial Consultants and the Hellenic Institute of Registered Financial Analysts. |
| Asset Management in Greece. Dynamics Trends and Opportunities |
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Monokroussos Platon, Ph.DAssistant General Manager, Head of Financial Markets Research Division, Eurobank Ergasias S.A. |
 Dr. Platon Monokroussos currently works as Head of Financial Markets Research with Eurobank in Athens. Before joining Eurobank, he held high-level positions in leading financial institutions, including ABN AMRO and Bank of America. Dr. Monokroussos holds a Bachelor's degree in theoretical Mathematics (University of Crete, Greece), Masters Degrees in Economics (MA in Economics, Clark University, Worcester, MA USA) and Business Administration (MBA, Boston College, Wallace E. Carroll School of Management Boston, MA USA) as well as a Diploma in Business and Corporate Leadership from Harvard Business Publishing. He received his Ph.D. from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Economics. Over the past several years, Dr. Monokroussos has participated as a speaker in numerous international economic forums and has regularly been cited in the local and international financial press and newswires. In recent years, his team has repeatedly been included in the Reuters top-10 list of most accurate global forecasters of the short-term outlook of major exchange rates. |
| Euro Area Sovereign Debt crisis: Focus Greece |
| Sovereign crisis and Macroeconomic Prospects |
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Mourla GeorgiaDirector of Strategic Planning, Communication & Investor Relations Division, Hellenic Exchanges S.A. |
 Georgia Mourla is the Director of Strategy, Communication and Public relations of the Hellenic Exchanges Group since May 2011.Prior to that, she spent over 25 years working in professional services firms in Greece and the UK, reaching the level of Partner in the Management Consulting Services Division at PricewaterhouseCoopers and Partner - Head of Management Consulting services at Planet Ernst & Young in Athens. Her specialisation is in Strategic change and the restructuring of large companies and groups in the private and public sector. Georgia is a Licensed Chartered accountant in both the UK and Greece (Member of the institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales and of the Body of Auditors and Accountants of Greece and holds a Bachelor of Science - Chemistry (upper second, with Honours) from King's College, London University. |
| Opportunities in the Greek Economy |
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Siokis DimitrisHead of Risk Management, Eurobank Asset Management MFMC |
 Mr. Siokis is Assistant General Manager of Eurobank Asset Management MFMC heading the Risk Management Division. Mr. Siokis previously served as Head of the Risk Management team responsible for the measurement of counterparty risk for structured OTC derivatives at Barclays Capital. At Barclays Capital he was responsible for the Credit Risking of exotic interest rate/fx/credit derivatives and served as the Credit Risk Management’s liaison with the Front Office Teams responsible for the dynamic hedging of Barclays Capital credit exposures. Prior to that, Mr. Siokis worked as a Market Risk Consultant at Price Waterhouse Coopers in London, leading consultancy projects related to risk valuation models’ validation and Market/Credit Risk internal procedures reviews for various global investment banks. He began his career as a treasury dealer with Piraeus Bank in London. Mr. Siokis holds a Mathematics degree from the University of Athens and an MSc in “Mathematical Trading and Finance” from Cass Business School of City University. He also holds the professional qualification FRM ((Financial Risk Manager) from the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) |
| Coordinator of the 1st Panel |
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Stamoulis HarisCEO, LEAD Finance |
 Haris has a combined experience of 20 years in Investment Banking and Corporate Finance, both in Greece and the U.S. He has graduated from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki where he received his Bachelor in Economics. He continued his studies in the US, receiving an MBA from Adelphi University and a M.Sc. in Finance from New York University. Following the completion of his studies, he worked with Goldman Sachs in New York as an investment banker for 9 years, focusing on M&A and Corporate Restructuring projects. Upon his return to Greece in 1997, he worked with Hellenic Securities as Head of Corporate Finance, Marfin Bank as Head of Investment Banking and KPMG as Head of Corporate Finance. He is the founder of LEAD Finance. |
| Coordinator of the 2nd Panel |
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Toschi Maria PaolaExecutive Director, Market Strategist, J.P. Morgan Asset Management |
 Maria Paola Toschi, executive director, is a market strategist at J.P. Morgan Asset Management in the Milan Office, in charge of communications to domestic retail and institutional clients. Maria worked from 1986 to 2008 as a sell-side equity analyst in different Italian banking institutions including Banca IMI and Intesa Sanpaolo Banking Group, mainly covering small-mid industrial companies and following several IPOs. In 2003 she became responsible for the retail investment communications team dedicated to the Sanpaolo Retail and Private Banking network. She graduated in Economics at the Milan L. Bocconi University and has been a Member of the Italian Financial Analysts Association since 1989. She joined J.P. Morgan Asset Management Milan in November 2008. |
| Long Term Investing in a Record Low Interest Rates Environment |
| Life expectancy is increasing mainly in the developed world; in the meantime we are still living in a record low interest rates environment. Income search is even more relevant in the long term investing strategies. Investors can be forced not only to diversify but also to Increase risk in order to capture long term income opportunities. |
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Vincent EtienneHead of Systematic Management at THEAM, a division of BNP PARIBAS Investment Partners |
 Etienne Vincent is head of Systematic management within THEAM; a new partner of BNP Paribas Investment Partners specialized in index, active systematic, guaranteed and alternative management. THEAM, created in 2011, is the result of an alliance between BNP Paribas Asset management SIGMA teams and Harewood Asset Management.Etienne Vincent joined BNP Paribas Asset Management in January 2004 as Head of Formula and Index Funds Investments. He has over 15 years of experience in derivative products within the Group. In his present position, Etienne Vincent directly supervises the daily management of Systematic Strategies (among which Quantitative Management, Formula Funds, Systematic Strategies, Index and ETF) in Paris and Brussels, as well as Assistant PMs. Prior to joining BNP Paribas AM, he worked for 3 years as Management Auditor for the Group (General Inspection) and for 5 years within CIB as Interest Rates Swaps trader in Tokyo, Singapore and Paris. Etienne graduated from Mines ParisTech in 1996. |
| Low Volatility Equity Investing |
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Xafa Miranda, Ph.DCEO, E.F. Consulting Ltd |
 Miranda Xafa is CEO of E.F. Consulting, an Athens-based consultancy focusing on economic and financial developments in the Euro area. She has served as a member of the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC (2004-09), where she had previously worked as a staff member.Dr. Xafa has also served as chief economic advisor to the government of Prime Minister Mitsotakis in Athens (1991-93), and as a financial market analyst at Salomon Brothers/Citigroup in London (1994-03). She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and has taught economics at the Universities of Pennsylvania and Princeton. She has published several articles and papers on international economic and financial issues. |
| Global Economic Outlook |
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