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Tue May 31
8:30 AM
8:30 AM - 8:35 AM GMT +8 / 12:30 AM - 12:35 AM Your local time   (5 min)
Opening Remarks


8:35 AM
8:35 AM - 9:00 AM GMT +8 / 12:35 AM - 1:00 AM Your local time   (25 min)
Opening Keynote Interview


9:10 AM
9:10 AM - 10:00 AM GMT +8 / 1:10 AM - 2:00 AM Your local time   (50 min)
Integrating ESG principles into leadership decisions

As the world emerges slowly from the pandemic, the rules on adoption of
environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles are tightening for Asia’s
asset managers. Under increasing pressure from regulators, stakeholders and
clients, how are fund firms integrating ESG norms into management decisions?
Which markets in the region are the most receptive to integrating ESG
principles? How can asset managers balance investment and resources to integrate
ESG principles across their entire operation? How can they meet the challenges
of obtaining, sharing and reporting ESG data across the region? In the wake of
the high-level deliberations at COP26 last year, what should asset managers be
doing differently to drive meaningful change?
Ben Meng
Executive Vice-President, Chairman of Asia-Pacific and Executive Sponsor of
Sustainability
Franklin Templeton
Panelist
10:10 AM
10:10 AM - 11:00 AM GMT +8 / 2:10 AM - 3:00 AM Your local time   (50 min)
Leaders’ Forum: Assessing strategies in search of growth

Asset management leaders in Asia are strategising about how to tackle the
immediate challenges of a pandemic-hit industry while looking for future growth
opportunities as the economy recovers.  Which key elements of their business
strategies should they prioritise to realise post-pandemic success? Will asset
management leaders explore business opportunities in onshore and offshore
markets, or perhaps turn to new secondary markets? In addition, how much
consideration should mergers and acquisitions be given in strategies for growth?
How should leaders assess these strategies against a likely backdrop of
continuing market volatility, political and economic risks, and a changing
regulatory environment?

11:10 AM
11:10 AM - 12:00 PM GMT +8 / 3:10 AM - 4:00 AM Your local time   (50 min)
China: Opportunities and risks in a changing business environment

Over the past two years, China’s government has cracked down on domestic private
education, technology and property companies. This continued challenge, mixed
with the disruptions wrought by a zero-COVID policy and a slowing economy, has
made asset managers consider their position. Is the business environment making
the asset management market in China riskier? What has changed in recent years
for global asset managers? Where do fund firms see the best opportunities, and
the biggest challenges? How can they balance global capabilities and strategies
with localisation efforts? How can they work with domestic asset managers? How
are the latter adjusting to the opening-up of the asset management market to
international firms?
Clare Zhao
Managing Director, Head of China Business
Amundi Asset Management
Panelist
12:10 PM
12:10 PM - 12:35 PM GMT +8 / 4:10 AM - 4:35 AM Your local time   (25 min)
Fireside Chat: Navigating Asia’s shifting regulatory environment


12:45 PM
12:45 PM - 1:10 PM GMT +8 / 4:45 AM - 5:10 AM Your local time   (25 min)
Afternoon Keynote Interview


1:20 PM
1:20 PM - 2:05 PM GMT +8 / 5:20 AM - 6:05 AM Your local time   (45 min)
Alternative Assets: Capitalising on real estate and infrastructure

Notwithstanding the shakeup in China, real estate as an asset class is expected
to grow in major Asian economies this year and the next, as commercial property
picks up steam, along with hotel and retail. The infrastructure sector, which is
less vulnerable to major economic cycles and market volatility, is also
appealing to asset managers. How will this asset class and other alternatives be
affected by demand from Asia’s private capital? Is the popularity of private
capital putting traditional asset managers under pressure? What are the key
trends behind the development of the alternatives market in Asia that asset
managers should note? What is the outlook over the next few years?

2:15 PM
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM GMT +8 / 6:15 AM - 7:00 AM Your local time   (45 min)
Equities, Fixed Income, and Green, Social and Sustainability Bonds: Responding
to changing investor needs

Even as markets in Asia begin to recover from the pandemic, asset managers must
deal with other sources of volatility: the unpredictable effects of China’s
policy reforms, for example, or worrying rates of inflation in the US and Europe
where many asset managers in Asia have significant allocations. Given the
anticipated headwinds to hit the region over the next few years, what is the
outlook for equities, fixed income, and green, social and sustainability bonds?
In which Asian markets is each asset class likely to perform the best in the
short term? What would be the main drivers for their long-term growth? How are
asset managers evolving to meet changing investor needs—for greener assets, for
example, or assets more appealing to the millennial or Gen-Z generations?
Tomomi Shimada
Executive Director and APAC Lead Sustainable Investing Strategist
J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Panelist
3:10 PM
3:10 PM - 4:00 PM GMT +8 / 7:10 AM - 8:00 AM Your local time   (50 min)
How is technology disrupting the region’s asset management operations?

Technology continues to disrupt the operating environment for Asia’s asset
management firms. Greater digitalisation across the entire value chain is
helping to cut costs, boost efficiency, process client data, enhance the
customer experience, test investment strategies and more. In the age of the
pandemic, remote working has proved to be a success, and could determine office
locations in the future. Meanwhile, data-reliant strategies across sales and
distribution would complement the use of artificial intelligence in portfolio
management or investment decisions. Are asset management firms investing
sufficient resources, personnel and technologies into the digitalisation of
their businesses? To what extent will the use of digitalisation for portfolio
allocations, client advisory and internal operations increase as the industry
pivots back to a return to physical interaction? How far would a
digitally-driven business model meet current and future needs?
Gerard Lee
CEO
Lion Global Investors
Panelist
4:10 PM
4:10 PM - 4:50 PM GMT +8 / 8:10 AM - 8:50 AM Your local time   (40 min)
Digital Assets in Asia: On an upward growth trajectory?

Despite suffering regulatory setbacks in a few key markets, digital assets are
evolving into an energetic segment in Asia. Driving this growth are innovation
and diversification in digital assets, along with the region’s private clients
looking for new avenues of investment, and the wealth managers and private
bankers who service them. To what extent are traditional asset management firms
embracing digital assets? Which digital assets are proving most appealing, given
the regulatory and structural challenges they face? Are local capital markets
providing the necessary data infrastructure and knowhow to facilitate the growth
trajectory of digital assets? How quickly can digital assets develop an
institutional ecosystem? What could hold them back? What is the forecast for
digital assets in Asia in the next few years?

5:00 PM
5:00 PM - 5:25 PM GMT +8 / 9:00 AM - 9:25 AM Your local time   (25 min)
Closing Keynote Interview


5:25 PM
5:25 PM - 5:30 PM GMT +8 / 9:25 AM - 9:30 AM Your local time   (5 min)
Closing Remarks



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