Agenda
Breakfast and Registration
Chair's Opening Remarks
Conference Co-Chairs- Pauline Skypala, Editor, FTfm
Keynote Presentation: The Outlook for Asia's Capital Markets
A leading strategist gives the outlook for Asia, exploring recent and potential trends and policy moves across the region, and how these could impact capital markets and money flows, so setting the context for the discussions to follow.
Speaker(s)- Mark Mobius, Executive Chairman, Templeton Emerging Markets Group
Keynote Interview: View From The Top (Part One)
The CEO of a leading asset management company discusses the state of the industry with an FT journalist.
Conference Co-Chairs- Henny Sender, Chief Correspondent, International Finance, Financial Times
- Mark McCombe, Chairman, Asia Pacific, BlackRock
Panel Discussion: The Asset Management Industry Today
A broad-ranging discussion on the state of the asset management industry, looking at the regulatory reforms that followed the financial crisis and the other major changes - both within and outside the sector - that have transformed the industry and will affect its development in Asia.
Conference Co-Chairs- Pauline Skypala, Editor, FTfm
- Curtis Arledge, CEO, Investment Management, and Vice Chairman, BNY Mellon
- Kim Hong, Managing Director and Head of Asia Pacific, PIMCO
- Graham Mason, Chief Executive, Eastspring Investments
- Philippe Uzan, Chief Investment Officer, Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management
- Charles Wang, CEO, E Fund Management (Hong Kong)
Networking Break
Keynote Interview: View From The Top (Part Two)
A leading investor shares insights on Asia with an FT journalist.
Conference Co-Chairs- Henny Sender, Chief Correspondent, International Finance, Financial Times
- Gregory Curl, President, Temasek Holdings
Keynote: View From The Top (Part Three)
A leading asset manager discusses the changing investment landscape
Conference Co-Chairs- Rita Raagas De Ramos, Managing Editor, Ignites Asia
- Bill Maldonado, Chief Investment Officer, Asia Pacific, HSBC Global Asset Management
Panel Discussion: What Institutional Investors Want and Need - a discussion on their current strategies and new ones they are exploring
The assets under management held by sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and other large financial institutions, such as insurance firms, are continuing to grow rapidly, particularly in
- Pauline Skypala, Editor, FTfm
- Peter Chen, Senior Principal, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
- Mark Delaney, Chief Investment Officer and Deputy CEO, AustralianSuper
- Nicholas Hadow, Director, Aberdeen Asset Management Asia
- Joanne Segars, Chief Officer, National Association of Pension Funds, UK
- Abhi Shroff, Principal, Greenwich Associates
Networking Lunch
Keynote: The Next Generation of Alternative Investing
How different approaches are evolving as more sophisticated investors enter the market.
- Matthew Botein, Head, BlackRock Alternative Investors (BAI)
Panel Discussion: China - The next wave
China is now the world's second largest economy and could in the not so distant future overtake the US as the largest. It holds substantial influence in the global economy and financial system. Yet its currency is still not fully convertible and its asset management industry is substantially under-developed. How will the QFII, QDII and RQFII programmes evolve? How should investors and asset management firms position themselves for the opening of what could become the world's largest market for investment funds?
What is the outlook for the Chinese economy, and where are the opportunities and risks that will emerge for institutional investors focused on the mainland?
Conference Co-Chairs- Rita Raagas De Ramos, Managing Editor, Ignites Asia
- Peter Alexander, Principal, Z-Ben Advisors
- Paul Chan, Chief Investment Officer, Asia ex-Japan, Invesco
- Steve Chiu, Managing Director, Bosera Asset Management
- Christina Choi, Director of Investment Products, Securities and Futures Commission, Hong Kong
- Jing Ulrich, Managing Director and Chairman of Global Markets, China, JP Morgan
Networking Break
Keynote Interview: View From The Top (Part Four)
A leading investor discusses the outlook for alternative asset classes.
Conference Co-Chairs- Henny Sender, Chief Correspondent, International Finance, Financial Times
- Wesley Edens, Co-Founder, Principal and Co-Chairman, Fortress Investment Group
Panel Discussion: Managing Institutional Portfolios - The role of alternative investments in the search for outperformance
Market returns may prove too low in a low-growth world to keep assets in line with liabilities, so investors are looking to alternative asset classes for uncorrelated sources of return with the potential to outperform. Strategies include distressed debt, managed futures, catastrophe bonds, credit arbitrage and direct lending. How do these fit into traditional portfolios? What are the risks and rewards and how are managers executing these new mandates? What are the most popular alternative assets for institutions in Asia?
Conference Co-Chairs- Henny Sender, Chief Correspondent, International Finance, Financial Times
- Oliver Bolitho, Head, Asia Pacific, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
- Grant Kelley, Co-head of Asia Pacific, Apollo Global Management
- Stephen Roberts, Head of Investments, Asia Pacific, Mercer Investments
- Joe Zhou, Chief Investment Officer and Executive Director, Ortus Capital Management
Chair's Closing Remarks
Conference Co-Chairs- Rita Raagas De Ramos, Managing Editor, Ignites Asia