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| Learn the latest in dairy risk management | NZX Global Dairy Seminar |
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| Thursday 9 November, 1.00pm – 5.00pm |
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| Marina Bay Sands, Singapore |
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At this year's seminar, the first day will begin with a series of education modules held by this year’s gold sponsors and NZX.
The sessions will target all aspects of price risk management in the dairy industry and demonstrate tools currently used in the market including futures and options.
Following the education sessions attendees are invited to the annual NZX drinks and networking function at the Adrift bar from 5.10pm.
An overview of this year's education session speakers and gold sponsors can be found below:
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| Why manage risk – Volatility & its effects: 1.10pm - 2.00pm |
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| Peter Turk |
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| Brian Fletcher |
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Rice Dairy, Director & Co founder, Pete Turk
Peter Turk started his career in the commodities industry at Staley Commodities, an agricultural clearing firm. He served a variety of roles in the industry, before joining Rice Dairy in 2005. During the past ten years, Turk and co-owner Brian Rice have grown the company into the leading brokerage firm in the dairy industry, offering consulting and brokerage services along with information products and educational resources. Turk is also the co-director of Rice Dairy International Ltd., a Partner at Vault Technologies, a dairy software start-up, and a Principal of Dairy Opportunities, an award-winning investment management firm.
Rice Dairy, Broker, Brian Fletcher
Brian Fletcher focuses on strategy development and implementation of price-risk management for dairy commodities. He works with a wide range of clients from around the world that encompass the entire dairy supply chain. Brian is a registered floor broker and key team member of Rice Dairy’s over-the-counter, electronic futures and options markets’ operations. His research and analysis focuses on global dairy product prices using a relative value of dairy fat and protein approach. Brian also co-authors the Fat and Protein Wire, an e-newsletter that provides a weekly recap of milk and dairy prices.
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| Rice Dairy, Research Analyst, Yuyang Zhang |
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As an analyst, Yuyang dives deep into dairy financial data, from volume and open interest on various exchanges to OTC trades from all three swap data repositories. She also explores the Chinese dairy markets, and assists with customer services. Yuyang also compiles and analyses data for Dairy Opportunities, an award-winning investment firm.
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About Rice Dairy
Rice Dairy LLC is a dairy brokerage firm in Chicago, IL specializing in comprehensive solutions to dairy price risk management. Rice Dairy’s mission is to arm our clients with the right tools and information for participation in a very competitive marketplace. Rice Dairy operates globally and services the entire dairy supply chain, from dairy farmers and cooperatives and to processors, physical traders, and other commercial entities.
About ADM Investor Services, Inc
ADM Investor Services has been a leader in the futures brokerage industry for more than 50 years. We are a registered Futures Commission Merchant providing comprehensive services to retail, commercial and institutional clients. Our work is supported through a network of Introducing Brokers, non-clearing FCMs, branch offices, subsidiaries and sister companies across the United States and around the globe.
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| Introduction to Futures: 2.00pm – 3.00pm |
| Blimling & Associates, CEO & President, Phil Plourd |
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Phil Plourd is President of Blimling and Associates, Inc. and President of the services division of Dairy.com. He has been involved in dairy market analysis, research, forecasting and risk management activities for 20 years. Phil draws on that experience to lead an expert team of nearly 20 professionals committed to helping clients find better ways to do business.
About Blimling & Associates and Dairy.com
Blimling and Associates provides preeminent market information, risk management and consulting services to a global clientele. It’s sister company, Roger W. Blimling, Inc., an introducing broker to ADM Investor Services, has participated in dairy futures and options markets since their inception in 1993. The Blimling companies are a division of Dairy.com, a provider of cutting edge technology and services that helps dairy processors, food companies and farmers with tools to create better ways to do business.
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| Interactive Hedging Simulation: 3.30pm – 4.30pm |
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| Robert Chelser |
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| Dr. Xiaoyue Li |
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INTL FCStone, Vice President Foods Division, Robert Chelser
Robert Chesler has had varying career as a trader, market analyst, and broker and risk management consultant and has particular expertise in the dairy sector, advising hedge based clients. Part of Robert’s responsibilities as Vice President and Head of the INTL FCStone’s Foods Division is traveling to speak about dairy and grain market forecasts, while educating the industry on hedge strategies, and most importantly, margin management.
INTL FCStone, Managing Director - Asia Operations, Dr. Xiaoyue Li
Dr. Li has engaged in the commodity trading and risk management since 1996. His current focus is the risk management of agricultural commodity trading, especially regarding corn and soybeans international import & export hedging. Over almost the last 20 years Dr. Li has been invited to speak on “Risk Management of Commodity Trading” at FCMs, trading companies, futures Exchanges, soybean crushing plants and universities across Asia.
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| About INTL FCStone |
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INTL FCStone Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides execution, risk management and advisory services, market intelligence, and clearing services across asset classes and markets worldwide. We combine our sector expertise with our global network and our deep partner relationships to provide financial products and advisory services that help our clients’ access markets efficiently, manage their risk, and improve their bottom lines. Our client-first approach emphasizes guidance, integrity, transparency and trust. We serve clients from 40 offices in 15 countries.
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| Introduction to Options: 4.30pm – 5.00pm |
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| NZX, Head of Derivatives, Nick Morris |
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Nick joined NZX in February 2016. He previously worked for BNZ holding a variety of foreign exchange roles, including as an Institutional Foreign Exchange dealer. Prior to this he worked for Medley Global Advisors as a macro-economic analyst focused on central bank policy. At NZX Nick heads the derivatives markets, including dairy commodity and equity derivatives. Nick also sits on the Global Dairy Trade Oversight board as a board member and representative for financial markets.
About NZX Derivatives
NZX launched its Global Dairy Futures and Options market in 2010 to help provide a useful tool for farmers, producers, and manufacturers, among others for the management of price risk inherent to the global dairy industry. Since the launch of Whole Milk Powder (WMP) futures contracts, NZX has continued to expand its product offering with the introduction of Skim Milk Powder (SMP) and Anhydrous Milk Fat (AMF) futures contract, Butter (BTR) futures and WMP options. Most recently NZX extended its product offering with the launch of liquid NZ Milk Price (MKP) futures and options contracts in 2016.
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Tickets are on sale now – get in quick and secure your place today.
 
Thanks to our 2017 sponsors
Contact
For all enquiries please contact NZX's Head of Derivatives, Nick Morris at nick.morris@nzx.com or +64 9 308 3703 or NZX’s Market Development Manager, Saskia Ruscoe at saskia.ruscoe@nzx.com or +64 9 308 6006 or NZX’s Junior Analyst | Markets & Derivatives, Jessica Darrah at
jessica.darrah@nzx.com or +64 9 368 1374
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