LSEG Insight Series

9 June 2026 | Jio World Convention Centre

8:30am - 9:00am | Meeting Room 105 | Registration and Coffee

9:00am - 10:00am | Meeting Room 105 | Opening remarks and Keynote

Speakers: 

Ms. Dimple Bhandia, CGM, Financial Markets Regulation Department, RBI

David Day - Head of Sales - APAC

10:00am - 5:00pm | Meeting Room 104 | Experience zone

10:00am – 11:00am | Meeting Room 105 | AI and the new alpha: Who wins when every investor has the same machine?

This session examines when every investor has access to the same models, signals and datasets, AI becomes the baseline. As GenAI and machine-driven investing become embedded across India's trading desks, quant strategies and fund management systems, the technological edge is giving way to a harder, more fundamental question: where does genuine alpha come from in an era of convergence? This Reuters-moderated panel brings together leading market practitioners to explore how 'competitive edge' is being redefined, as institutions think, decide and act beyond the technology itself.

 

Speakers:

 

Devina Mehra, Founder, Chairperson and Managing Director, First Global

Rohit Beri, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, ArthAlpha

Rishi Kohli, Chief Investment Officer, JioBlackRock Mutual Fund

Moderator - Divya Chowdhry, Reuters

11:00am – 12:00pm | Meeting Room 105

Managing FX volatility in a fragmented world: When correlations break

This panel brings together senior bank treasury leaders to discuss managing FX risk in an environment of heightened volatility, shifting RBI intervention and broken asset correlations. The discussion will focus on INR markets, evolving hedging strategies, liquidity management and how treasuries are adapting to a more market‑driven currency regime.

 

Speakers:

 

Rituparna Banerjee, Head of Trading, Treasury, Axis Bank 

Siddharth Bachhawat, Head – India Trading | Head of Markets, Barclays India

Giles Castelino, Managing Director, South Asia, LSEG Markets

Moderator - Ruchita Kenia, Account Director, LSEG

11:00am – 12:00pm | Meeting Room 205

India’s financing reset: what new rules mean for M&A, borrowing and capital markets

This session examines India’s evolving financing framework following recent reforms to ECB and M&A rules, including the entry of Indian banks into acquisition finance. The panel will assess whether these changes can unlock deal activity and capital formation amid global volatility, higher funding costs and investor risk aversion.

 

Speakers:

 

Akshay Naik, Director at Citigroup

Snehal Gupte, SVP, Head Debt syndication, Axis Capital

Shubangi Garg, Partner at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas

Sujata Guhathakurta, President & Head, DCM, Infra, Real Estate & Structured Finance, Kotak Mahindra Bank

Moderator - Krishna Merchant, Senior Reporter, IFR Asia, LSEG

12:00pm – 1:00pm | Meeting Room 105

Changing Indian wealth ecosystem: more informed, more involved

This session examines how India’s wealth landscape is being reshaped by a new generation of informed, data aware and digitally empowered investors. As access to markets, research and alternative assets deepens, the panel will discuss how this shift is redefining wealth management models, product design and distribution—while raising expectations for transparency, trust and investor outcomes amid heightened market volatility and regulatory scrutiny.

 

Speakers:

 

Deepak Shenoy, CEO, CapitalMind 

Herin Shah, Head of Investments, Jio BlackRock Investment Advisers

Jay Prakash Gupta, Founder, Dhan

Lakshmi Iyer, Group President, Investments & CEO, Bajaj Finserv

Moderator - Philip Lee, Head of Customer Success, APAC, LSEG

12:00pm – 1:00pm | Meeting Room 205

The intelligence edge: why connected data is the foundation of effective AI

AI in financial services is only as effective as the data behind it. This presentation and fireside discussion explore how connected, contextual data—spanning pricing, fundamentals, news, filings, transcripts and macro—enables reliable, institution grade AI, illustrated through a live knowledge graph demonstration using LSEG datasets.

 

Speakers:

 

Sanju Jose, Head of Consulting Innovation, LSEG

Arto Valio, GTM Director, D&F, LSEG 

2:00pm – 2:30pm | Meeting Room 105 | Fireside Chat with Shri KVR Murty, Whole Time Member, SEBI

An insightful fireside chat on regulatory priorities shaping the next phase of India’s capital‑market growth and global integration.

 

Speakers:

 

Shri KVR Murty, Whole Time Member, SEBI

Moderator - Ola Ajadi, Head of GRRS APAC, LSEG

2:30pm – 3:30pm | Meeting Room 105

India at an energy inflection point: security, strategy and the new geopolitics

This session explores how India is navigating geopolitical uncertainty, strengthening energy supply resilience and balancing growth with transition and decarbonisation.

 

Speakers:

 

Ajay Jain, VP, Risk Management, Reliance Industries

Deepak Iyer, SVP and Head IST, Essar Oil (UK) Limited

Sanjay Sinha, DGM Indian Oil

Sumit Kishore, ED Marketing, GAIL

Moderator - Shraddha Gandhi, Proposition sales, LSEG

2:30pm – 3:30pm | Meeting Room 205

India equity markets: balancing growth, valuations and global uncertainty

This session examines the structural growth drivers of India’s equity markets, sectoral opportunities, market depth, capital flows and India’s positioning within regional and emerging market portfolios.

 

Speakers:

 

Ajay Tyagi, Head of Equities, UTI Mutual Fund 

Harsha Upadhyaya, CIO, Equity & Debt, Kotak MF

Pankaj Tibrewal, Founder & CIO Ikigai Asset manager

Yogesh Kalwani, Head of Investment & Family Office at InCred Wealth

Moderator - Sangeeta Makhija, FTSE Russell

3:30pm – 4:30pm | Meeting Room 105

Strengthening supply chain due diligence: automating sanctions, integrity and emerging risk management

This session examines how Indian enterprises can modernise supply chain due diligence by automating sanctions, integrity and emerging risk assessments—enabling compliance, procurement and GRC leaders to scale effectively while meeting evolving local and global regulatory expectations.

 

Speakers:

 

Naysar Parekh, Partner at Walker Chandiok & Co LLP

Rajendra Barad, DGM, Meril Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd

Manvi Rai, Customer Success Director, LSEG Risk intelligence

Moderator - Renju John, Regional sales Lead – India, LSEG Risk Intelligence

3:30pm – 4:30pm | Meeting Room 205

Modernising Indian debt markets: building the roadmap for derivatives and market making

Following key announcements in the 2026 Union Budget, this session examines measures aimed at strengthening liquidity and enhancing hedging tools in India’s corporate bond markets. Topics include market making frameworks, derivatives on corporate bond indices and the potential introduction of total return swaps, alongside the challenges, solutions and roadmap ahead.

 

Speakers:

 

Aditi Mittal,  Director, A. K. Group & Co-Founder, IndiaBonds 

Amit Tripathi, President & CIO – Fixed Income Investments, Nippon AMC

Anurag Mittal, Head Fixed income, UTI MF

K. Ravichandran, EVP & CRO at ICRA Limited

Moderator - Bhushan Kedar, Director FICC, FTSE Russell

4:30pm – 5:30pm | Meeting Room 105

Inbound & Outbound Capital via GIFT City: India’s Emerging Hub for Capital, Trading & Global Investment

This panel examines GIFT City’s growing role as India’s international financial gateway, enabling inbound capital raising and outbound global investment. Panellists will discuss policy developments, capital markets, trading and fund structures, and how GIFT City is emerging as a hub for global market access, investment diversification and advanced trading activity.

 

Speakers:

 

Abhishek Kaushik, Founder & CEO Global Horizons 

Gaurav Sabharwal, Head of Business, HFT & Algo Trading Mathisys

Jay Kothari, Lead Investment Strategist and Global Head of International Business. DSP Mutual Fund

V Balasubramaniam CEO, NSE-IX

Moderator - Mohan Bhuyan, Head of South Asia - Primary Markets, London Stock Exchange

4:30pm – 5:30pm | Meeting Room 205

Indexing, ETFs and the evolution of passive investing

This session explores the evolution of passive investing beyond traditional cap weighted benchmarks, including factor based, thematic and customised indices used for strategic, tactical and outcome oriented portfolio construction.

 

Speakers:

 

Deepak Yadav, Head ETF, index funds and model portfolios - Jio Blackrock MF 

Rajiv Maniar, EVP and Head - Sales & Distribution at HDFC AMC

Satish Betadpur, MD, Head of Investments - India, State Street Investment Management

Sharwan Goyal, Fund Manager and Head Passive - UTI MF

Vishal Jain, CEO - Zerodha Fund House

Moderator - Ravi Jagarlapudi, Director - FTSE Russell