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Event Agenda

8.40am
Registration
9.00am
Welcome Address
Michael Stanhope
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Hubbis
9.05am
Panel Discussion
What are we going to do for the rest of year?
  • How do wealth managers engage clients on solutions after such a run in the markets?
  • Everything is going well - but how to prepare client portfolios for the next big market correction?
  • How cyclical is the transactional business?
  • Does advisory actually mean execution?
  • Advice vs discretionary – what’s best?
  • Are the fees we charge clients transparent in Asia? What is the ‘correct’ fee rate for advice?
  • Do we really care about the client and delivering performance?
  • How do we overcome the struggle in Asia to give consistent and structured portfolio-led advice – rather than just execute single trades?
  • How “active” should the management of portfolios be? Frequency of turnover, selection of funds/holdings, etc?
  • How can private banks and wealth managers play a bigger role in long-term retirement planning?

Chair

Michael Stanhope
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Hubbis

Panel members

Emmanuel Triomphe
Head of Investment Platforms and Solutions (IPS), Capital Markets Distribution, APAC
UBS Wealth Management

Michael Levin
Head of Asset Management, Asia Pacific
Credit Suisse Asset Management

Harmen Overdijk
Founding Partner
Capital Company

Kevin Liem
Chief Investment Officer
CBH Asia

Aleksey Mironenko 
Partner & Chief Distribution Officer
Premia Partners

9.55am
Presentation
Fixed income markets on demand
Christian Obrist
Head of iShares Distribution Asia
BlackRock
  • Today, technological advances are rapidly transforming finance. Old operating models are being rethought and modernised. We see this disruption occurring within the fixed income industry and it could not come soon enough
  • After all, investors can no longer rely exclusively on the old bond trading model to meet all their liquidity needs
  • We take a look at how ETFs have revolutionised the fixed income industry, and how bond ETFs on an exchange provides investors with the fixed income markets, on demand
10.15am
Presentation
How to think big in Asia ex-Japan small cap equities
Siddhartha Singh
Head of Client Portfolio Management, Asia Equities
PineBridge Investments
  • An on-the-ground research presence in Asia and a thorough knowledge of companies are among the key success factors in realising one of the largest alpha opportunities in global equity markets, particularly among many hundreds of investable, high-quality, under-researched small and mid-cap stocks in Asia
  • This introductory session serves as a teaser for those who are interested in the Asia small and mid-cap stocks universe and want to learn more on the topic in the 40-minute workshop
10.30am
Presentation
Smart beta in China – more than meets the eye
Aleksey Mironenko
Partner & Chief Distribution Officer
Premia Partners
  • Is investor bias and behaviour in A-shares different from what we observe elsewhere?
  • Can smart beta strategies benefit from these behaviours to generate excess return?
  • Is traditional stock-picking the only way to invest in China? (hint: the answer is no)
10.45am
Presentation
Looking for high quality income strategies?
Suresh Singh
Managing Director, Head of Funds Distribution - Asia
Principal Global Investors
  • Principal’s active, multi-boutique approach
  • Built on our heritage of retirement and income solutions
11.00am
Refreshment & Networking
11.30am
WealthTalk
Evidence-based investing
Harmen Overdijk
Chief Investment Officer
Leo Wealth
  • What is this and when will it come to Asia?
  • Putting the spotlight on active management
11.45am
Presentation
Cryptocurrencies - are my clients invested?
Ville Oehman
Co-Founder
Helvetic Investments
  • Cryptocurrencies are up USD150 billion in one year. Can this asset class still be ignored as part of a balanced portfolio?
  • Will the un-banked get banked, or crypto’ed? 
  • Cryptocurrency regulation is emerging. What’s the right timing to get involved? 
  • Custody, infrastructure and security challenges for asset managers
12.00pm
WealthTalk
Do we really need views on markets?
Jean-Louis Nakamura
Chief Investment Officer, Asia Pacific - Chief Executive Officer, Hong Kong
Lombard Odier
  • Agnostic portfolio construction reveals more robust than (often over-crowded and consensual) market views
  • This is timely to consider in a year which has so far seen initial widespread expectations of fiscal bazooka, self-sustaining reflation dynamics, a strong dollar and steepening yield curves deflating at the speed of the light
12.15pm
Panel Discussion
Do we need a new twist on discretionary portfolios?
  • Are we making any progress in creating a ‘stickier’ engagement with clients?
  • How can banks really make discretionary offerings work, to increase their share of client assets in DPM?
  • Is there still any real potential for DPM to grow in Asia?
  • Is this even relevant for Asian clients? What do the clients want?
  • Do we need to change the content of mandates and portfolios?
  • How are you working with third-party partners? White-labelling is best?
  • What’s the role of digital? Can 'robo' work in private banking?

Chair

Michael Stanhope
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Hubbis

Panel members

Jean-Louis Nakamura 
Chief Investment Officer - Asia
Lombard Odier

Lemuel Lee
Deputy Head of Investments Services, Asia Pacific
BNP Paribas Wealth Management

Stewart Aldcroft
Chairman, Cititrust Limited Senior Advisor & Managing Director, Citi Markets & Securities Services
Citi

David Lai
Co-Chief Investment Officer
Premia Partners

1.05pm
Lunch & Networking
1.55pm
Panel Discussion
Challenging the traditional investment approach
  • Is there any real disruption to investment processes? What’s worked, and what hasn’t?
  • Can we consolidate and automate the investment process? What’s the best way to do this?
  • Advice vs robo – together or separate?
  • How do we provide any real Intellectual insights?
  • How do you view robo advisory? AI? How on earth will you regulate and audit this?
  • Can a digital approach be innovative for the investment engine – and not just be about distribution?

Chair

Michael Stanhope
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Hubbis

Panel members

Alex Ypsilanti
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
Quantifeed

Steven Seow
Head of Wealth Management, Asia
Mercer

2.45pm
Presentation
The technology wake-up call for the customer-based business
Linus Yu
Business Analyst
Numerix
  • Impact on the wealth management business as a result of technology transformation 
  • Top 3 priorities for optimal performance in a customer-based business
3.00pm
WealthTalk
Innovation in the wealth management industry and implications for wealth managers
Steven Seow
Head of Wealth Management, Asia
Mercer
  • The hype and latest development of robo-advisers in the industry – the investment implications
  • Latest innovations in Asia and further afield in Europe and the US
  • What do those considering adding a robo-advisory capability need to consider?  What would best-in-class robo advisers look like?
3.15pm
Refreshment & Networking
3.45pm
WealthTalk
Why risk-focused investing is a better way to build a portfolio
Harold Kim
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Neo Risk Investment Advisors
  • Blind-spots in giving portfolio advice – why do most advisers only focus on returns?
  • You can’t control performance, but you can control risk
  • How a focus on dynamically managing risk can greatly improve returns
4.00pm
WealthTalk
Using HNW insurance solutions for liquidity planning and guaranteed returns
David Varley
Chief Partnership Officer - Brokerage, International HuBS
Sun Life

Using HNW Insurance solutions - such as high and low life cover Universal Life, HNW clients can:

  • Achieve higher returns, with a guaranteed strong minimum returns, better than a bank account rate 
  • Secure leveraging and liquidity whenever they need within an insurance policy 
  • Use insurance solutions for retirement and annuity planning, and effectively avoid probate through proper estate planning
4.10pm
Panel Discussion
How will you deliver performance and navigate the markets for the rest of 2017?
  • How are you delivering performance?
  • Which assets do clients want? What’s the best way to source and deliver on this?
  • What’s the role for private debt and alternatives within portfolios?
  • How can investors be creative in generating yield?
  • How will you navigate the investment markets for the rest of 2017?
  • How will the macro environment, interest rates, inflation and fund flows impact performance?
  • How do clients now view their risk?
  • How will geo-political risks impact the landscape?
  • What can you do to protect the portfolios from, and take advantage of, the large-scale structural shifts on the horizon?

Chair

Michael Stanhope
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Hubbis

Panel members

Mark McFarland
Managing Director & Chief Economist, Asia
Union Bancaire Privée

Tong Yew Sng
Joint Chief Investment Officer
Nomura

Edmund Yun
Head of Investment Solutions
CIC Investor Services

Nitin Dialdas
Chief Investment Officer
Mandarin Capital

Belle Liang
Head of Investment Advisory, Investment Services Division
Hang Seng Bank

5.00pm
Forum Ends

Workshops

10.15am
Workshop
How can I invest in the cryptocurrency & blockchain space?
  • What are my options if I want exposure to cryptocurrencies?

1. Direct ownership of cryptocurrencies
2. ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings)
3. Listed companies investing in blockchain technology
4. Traditional funds

Ville Oehman
Co-Founder
Helvetic Investments
Scott Littlewood
Fund Manager
Helvetic Investments
11.30am
Workshop
How to think big in Asia ex-Japan small cap equities
  • Some of the greatest corporate transformations driven by technology are occurring in Asia, a region that is now similar in size to the US in terms of nominal GDP
  • An on-the-ground research presence in Asia and a thorough knowledge of company strategies and managements are among the key success factors in realising one of the largest alpha opportunities in global equity markets, particularly among many hundreds of investable, high-quality, under-researched small and mid-cap stocks in Asia
  • We will also discuss why in this third and final phase of the market’s normalisation after the great financial crisis, asset owners are likely to increase their investment allocation to equities and to embrace a more active stance
Siddhartha Singh
Head of Client Portfolio Management, Asia Equities
PineBridge Investments
12.15pm
Workshop
The outlook for global REITs
  • Where are we in the physical property market cycle?
  • Can REITs continue to deliver in an environment of rising interest rates?
  • How do I use REITs to gain exposure to emergent structural themes like ecommerce, cloud computing etc?

The session will address the above and help participants gain a better understanding of the main share price drivers for REITs.

Shern-Ling Koh, CFA
Director/Portfolio Manager, Real Estate Securities Portfolio Management
Principal Global Investors
13.55pm
Workshop
A guide to bond ETFs
  • Since their introduction in 2002, investors are increasingly recognising the benefits of bond ETFs, as they have proved to be a dependable solution to today’s liquidity challenges, particularly in tough environments
  • This session is designed to offer an introduction into the tools and resources necessary for investors to start their journey on integrating ETFs into their investment strategies
Rory Caines
iShares Capital Markets, Asia Pacific
BlackRock
14.35pm
Workshop
Smart beta in China – more than meets the eye
  • Is investor bias and behaviour in A-shares different from what we observe elsewhere?
  • Can smart beta strategies benefit from these behaviours to generate excess return?
  • Is traditional stock-picking the only way to invest in China? (hint: the answer is no)
Aleksey Mironenko
Partner & Chief Distribution Officer
Premia Partners
Jason Hsu
Chairman & CIO
Rayliant Global Advisors