Highlights of Asia Risk Congress 2009

Asia Risk Congress 2009 was a phenomenal success attracting over 370 senior executives from private, retail and investments banks, life insurance and pension companies, hedge funds, asset management firms and regulatory bodies from over 10 countries. More than 20 topics were packed into the 3-stream agenda shedding light on the current challenges faced by risk and investment managers across the region.

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What our speakers say:

“It was a pleasure to participate.”
Theo Lubke, Senior Vice President, Risk Management, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

“Thanks for having me and it was really a great event! Great job.”
Johann Santer, Managing Director, Superfund Financial

“Thank you for hosting such a great event. The conference was very enriching and the networking opportunities provided were aplenty. Have been able to meet a lot of professionals from risk management.”
Pankaj Gupta, Reliance Fund

Asia Risk Congress 2009 has addressed the following key issues:

Structuring regulation according to objective or purpose, with two agencies – one focused on financial stability irrespective of legal form and the other focused on consumer protection for all legal products
The impact of the implementation of the new elements from Basel Committee’s capital reform programme
The benefits and risks of establishing a central counterparty (CCP) and global trade repositories
The insights gained from the 1997–98 Asian financial crisis on currency policies, foreign currency debt and foreign exchange reserve holdings
The controversy over product innovation and regulation - the concept of a regional overseer to facilitate more unified change in the Asian asset manager and distributor segments of the market as well as a standardisation of product risk ratings among distributors, sales processes and customer suitability assessment
The roll-out of solvency II in life insurance markets in Asia
Techniques to examine cross-asset correlation and investing in insurance-linked securities as a uncorrelated asset class

2009 Asia Risk Congress was featured by keynote and special addresses from:

Karen Kemp, Executive Director, Banking Policy Department, HONG KONG MONETARY AUTHORITY
Theo Lubke, Senior Vice President, Risk Management, FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK
Rob Curtis, Head, International Insurance Policy, Wholesale and Prudential Policy Division, FINANCIAL SERVICES AUTHORITY (UK)
Dr. Michael Taylor, Advisor to the Governor, CENTRAL BANK OF BAHRAIN
Philippe Carrel, Executive Vice President, Risk Management, THOMSON REUTERS