*Times are listed in BST. The agenda and order of the panel topics are subject to change.
9:20am - Diversified opportunities in a new cycle of the China asset management industry
Speaker:
- Xin Xiong, Head of Investor Service Department, AMAC
9:35am - A global manager’s take on China’s economy and the investment market landscape
Speaker:
- Deborah Zurkow, Global Head of Investments, Allianz Global Investors
9:50am - Looking into the future: The unfolding outlook opportunities set for China’s asset management industry
Speaker:
- Yuming Dou, Chairman, Zhong Ou Asset Management Co., Ltd.
10:05am - Exploring business strategies across China’s asset management sector—what’s working and what’s not?
Moderator:
- Natasha Xie, Partner, Junhe Law Offices
Speakers:
- Yin Chen, Head of China Business Strategy, Bridgewater Investment Management Co., Ltd (China)
- Pierre-Axel Margulies, China Country Manager, AXA Investment Management; Deputy Chairman, AXA SPDB Investment Managers
- Mark Thomas, Chief Strategy Officer, Abrdn Group
- Shankar Madkaikar, Head of Non-Financial Institutions, London Branch, ICBC
- Melody Yang, Partner, Simmons & Simmons
- Angely Yip, Head of Asia Desk, UK & EMEA, BNP Paribas Securities Services
||| 10:55AM | MORNING BREAK |||
11:10am - Products & strategies combined with fund structures: outlook for cross border connect schemes in the secondary market
Moderator:
- Zhiyi Ren, Partner, Fangda Partners
Speakers:
- Charles Chan, CEO, DH International Management Limited
- Jeremy Collard, Managing Director, Deputy Head of Asset Management, CITIC CLSA Limited
- Florence Lee, Head of Greater China Business Development – EMEA, Markets & Securities Services, HSBC
- Wei Sun (Maggie), CFA,Senior Portfolio Manager, Sumitomo Mitsui DS Private Fund Management (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- Jianhao Xu, Deputy Governor, London Branch, CCB
11:50am - China’s private equity & venture capital landscape: current thoughts on the state of play. Is now the time to invest ?
Moderator:
- Li Yang, Partner, Han Kun Law Offices
Speaker:
- Michelle Lloyd, Partner, K&L Gates
- Vicky Mao, Head of Direct Investments, bite Alternative Investments
- Fangfang Zhou, Partner, London, KPMG
||| 12:15PM | LUNCH |||
1:00pm - Climate change & ESG resolution – global and China’s investment community thoughts and current trends
Moderator:
- Pietro Rocco, Head of Green Finance, Carbon Trust
Speakers:
- Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative
- Lucy Liu, Managing Director, Client and Partner Group, KKR
- Zhong Liu, Chairman & General Manager, Sino-Securities Index Information Service (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
- Tim Skeet, Director, Institutional Business, London Branch, Bank of China Limited
- Dr Dequan Wang, Founder & CEO, Governance Solutions Group
- Hugo Yan, Chief Executive Officer, Neuberger Berman Fund Management (China) Limited
1:50pm | As China managers venture out internationally, what experience and toolkits can they learn from UK & European asset managers
Moderator:
- Charlotte Bradshaw, Senior Associate, Ogier
Speakers:
- Ben Cotton, Global Head of Product, Apex Invest
- Fearghal De Feu, Partner, Legal Services, London, Maples Group
- Jinming Hu, CEO, Guotai Junan Securities (UK) Limited
- Chang Liu, Senior Economist, BNP Paribas Asset Management
- John Springett, Director of Investor Relations & Marketing, Aspect Capital Limited
2:30pm | Long-term strategies and asset allocation thoughts (ETF & alternative investment) from global pension fund community
Moderator:
- Sun Wei, CFA, Managing Director, CNW Capital Service Ltd., European Senior Advisor, Shanghai Lujiazui Financial City
Speakers:
- Majid Khan, Director, Alternative Strategy Investment, Russell Investment
- Wei Li, Global Chief Investment Strategist, BlackRock
- Owen McCrossan, Senior Solutions Director- Pensions, abrdn
- Christopher Nichols, Head of Client Solutions, Newton Investment Management
- Kwan Sau Ha, President, E Fund Management Co., Ltd
- Carsten Schmitz, Co-Chief Investment Officer, Winton
- Yumeng Zhang, Head of China, Legal & General Group
||| 3:20PM | AFTERNOON BREAK |||
3:35pm - What does the future hold for the asset management industry when looking at AI and quant investment in the current market cycle
Moderator:
- Tian Lu, Deputy GM，Goldman Sachs China Securities Limited
Speakers:
- Iman Honarvar Gheysary, Director, Quantitative Research, ROBECO
- Simon Thwaite, Head of Alternative Markets, Man AHL
- Yueya Liu, Director, Custodian Department, CITIC Securities
- Yi Zhou, Deputy General Manager, Director, Quantitative Investment and Global Markets Department, Yinhua Fund Management Co., Ltd
4:15pm - Due diligence thoughts and approaches to China managers & China mandate selection and refreshing on global practices in asset allocation and product selection
Moderator:
- Hassanali Suleman, Solutions Specialist, eVestment, Nasdaq Asset Owner Solutions
Speakers:
- Gareth Anderson, Equity Manager Researcher, Mercer
- Bhaskar Laxminarayan, Managing Director, Head of Investment Management, APAC, Julius Baer Group
- Robert Moore, Head of Quantitative Strategies, Man FRM
- Weidong Yang, Chief Compliance Officer, AEGON-INDUSTRIAL Fund Management Co., Ltd.
- Wilson Zhang, Global Management Member of Equities, Managing Director, CICC
5:00pm - Closing Remarks
Speaker:
• Michael Bugel, Managing Director, Co-Head of APAC, AIMA