Singapore Forum

AIMA Singapore Annual Forum 2026

11:30AM - 8:00PM (Asia/Singapore) 12 March 2026

AGENDA

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PRE-FORUM

[10:00AM-12:00PM] AIMA Singapore Pre-Forum: Managers and Allocators in Dialogue (MAD)

This session is open to managers and allocators only. Please note that seats are extremely limited.

More details can be found here.

[11:30AM - 6:00PM] Wellness & Lifestyle Activations: Longevity in Action

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FORUM AGENDA

Co-Hosts

Corina Quah

Director, Solas

Gini Thaverajah

Vice President- Sales Solutioning, State Street

Irena Pavlova

Senior Vice President, Client Services, Citco Fund Services

Serena Chen

Director, Prime Financing Sales, BofA Securities

[11:30AM - 12:00PM] Registration | Welcome Tea Reception

Welcome tea, kindly sponsored by

[12:00PM - 12:05PM] Welcome Address

Michael Bugel

Managing Director, Co-Head of APAC, AIMA

[12:05PM - 12:20PM] Opening Keynote - SGX

Yao Loong Ng

Senior Managing Director, SGX

[12:20PM - 12:35PM] Industry Keynote - GIC

Siao Teng Yap

Head of Global Markets, External Managers Department, GIC

[12:35PM - 1:15PM] STREAM ONE
• Panel Discussion: Regulations
• Fireside Chat: India

[Panel One] Signal & Storms: Preparing for the Regulatory Speedboat

Amy Teh

CCO, Arrowpoint Investment Partners

Anne Yeo

Head & Partner, Funds and Investment Management Group, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP

Joey Yang

Head of Compliance, Blackstone Singapore

Rivani

Director, Godwin Austen Advisory Pte. Ltd.

Tania Toh

Partner, Investment Funds and Corporate, Walkers

[Fireside One] How to Capture India’s Alpha Without the Friction

Anish Mathew

Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer, Sundaram Asset Management Singapore

Mark Wittet

COO & Founding Partner, Ishana Capital Limited

Mustafa Sanchawalla

Director and Head of Product Management, Securities Services India, BNP Paribas

Sinyee Koh

Director, Integrity Consulting Pte Ltd

[1:15PM - 1:55PM] STREAM TWO
• Panel Discussion: Digital Assets
• Fireside Chat: Australia, Japan, Korea

[Panel Two] From Tokens to Trust: The Institutional Digital Asset Landscape 2026

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Gracie Lin

Chief Executive Officer, OKX SG

Dr. Tom James

CEO & CIO, TradeFlow Capital Management

Utkarsh Sharma

AVP, Business Development, NAV Fund Services

Ying Wang

Partner, Simmons & Simmons JWS

[Fireside Two] Speedrun - Australia, Japan, and Korea

Peter Kim

Global Investment Strategist, KB Financial Group; Head of Global Business Group, KB Securities

Phillip Meyer

General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Co-Chief Operating Officer, Oasis Management Company Ltd.

Tom Katsaros

Principal – Head of Funds, Carey Olsen Singapore

Yasuko Hirabayashi

Head of Capital Introduction, Prime Finance, Global Markets, Nomura International (Hong Kong) Ltd.

[1:55PM - 2:10PM] Brew & Bond

Refreshments and coffee, kindly sponsored by

[2:10PM - 3:55PM] Investor Xchange

Open to managers who are registered for the forum only. More details here.

[2:10PM - 3:00PM] Market Minds One | AI Advantage: Tools to Transformations

Donna Hutchings

Head of Asia Pacific, Managing Director, Citco Fund Services

Kenneth Gay

Chief FinTech Officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore

Nithi Genesan

Country Head – Singapore, Waystone

Vishal Tourani

COO, Oxbow Capital Management

Vivek Agarwalla

Executive Director, Head of Analytics Consultants, South Asia, MSCI

[3:00PM - 3:10PM] Market Minds Two | Tech, Talent, and the Future Operating Model

Yash Puri

Director of Strategic Solutions Asia Pacific, Buy Side & Sell Side, Capital Markets, FIS

[3:10PM - 3:40PM] In Conversation with MAS: Policy, Markets & the Road Ahead

Cheng Khai Lim

Executive Director (Financial Markets Development), Monetary Authority of Singapore

Jek Aun Long

Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig Singapore LLP

[3:40PM - 3:55PM] In Conversation with JFSA: Japan in a Shifting Asia

Hiroshi Okada

Vice Commissioner for Strategy Development and Evidence-based Policymaking, Japan Financial Services Agency (“JFSA”)

Kher Sheng Lee

Managing Director, Co-Head of APAC and Deputy Global Head of Government Affairs, AIMA

[3:55PM - 4:35PM] STREAM THREE
• Panel Discussion: Private Credit
• Fireside Chat: Asia Markets Singapore

[Panel Three] The Credit Frontier: Opportunities, Risks and What’s Next

Bennett Cupit

Managing Director, Portfolio Valuation, Kroll

Colin Lim

Head of Private Debt Asia, Tikehau Capital

Eric Chng

Senior Managing Director Global Alternatives, State Street

Ming Eng

Managing Partner, Granite Asia

Misch Mathes

Founder & CIO, Léiw Capital Management

[Fireside Three] Asia Market Pulse: Singapore’s Role in a Changing Region

Marc Franklin

Deputy Head of Multi-Asset Solutions, Asia, Manulife Investment Management

Ortwin Gierhake

Head of Asia Prime Services Sales, Marex

Richard Chan

Partner; Head, Equities. Avanda Investment Management

Serene Cai

Head of Securities Market & Depository, SGX

[4:35PM - 5:15PM] STREAM FOUR
• Panel Discussion: Private Wealth & Perpetual Vehicles
• Fireside Chat: Middle East

[Panel Four] Private Wealth & Perpetual Vehicles: The Rise of Customised Capital

Ann Ng

Regional Managing Partner - Asia, Head of Asia Funds & Investment Management, Maples Group

James Burdis

Head of Global Strategic Relationships & Private Wealth Alternatives APAC, J.P. Morgan Asset Management

Kylee Zhu

Counsel, Linklaters

Kylie Luo

Executive Director, Practice Leader - Asset & Wealth Management (Tax), BDO TAX Advisory Pte Ltd

Suhaimi Zainul-Abidin

CEO, Quantedge Capital

[Fireside Four] Middle East : A Gateway of Opportunity and Growth

Adam Kamyar

Head of MENA & APAC, Winton Capital Management

Craig Roberts

Independent Director, Solas

Jake Fisher

Regional Head, Asia and Global Head, Apex FX

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Karim Ghannam

Global Head of Real Assets, and Head of Alternatives Singapore, HSBC Asset Management

[5:15PM - 5:55PM] Panel Five | Strategic Titans: Shaping Capital Allocations & Navigating Disruptions

Akshay Krishnan

Co-Chief Investment Officer, Stenham Asset Management

Ani Deshmukh

Managing Director, Head of Credit, OMERS

Ginny Cheok

Managing Director – Head of Prime Services Sales, APAC, Singapore, BNP Paribas

Hsiao Ching Tang

Head of Investor Solutions, Private Wealth, Seviora Capital

Jon Caplis

CEO, PivotalPath

[5:55PM - 6:00PM] Closing Remarks

Thomas Scott-Barton

Chief Operating Officer (APAC), Jain Global LLC

[6:00PM - 8:00PM] Cheers & Celebrate!

Networking Reception & Canapes, kindly sponsored by

This event is being held under the Chatham House Rule. You may use the information received but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s) may be revealed.

Agenda subject to change, all times in GMT +8.