Agenda

Asia Risk Congress 2023 | Full Agenda

Asia Risk Congress 2023 | Full Agenda

Morning sessions

09:0009:10

Chairman's opening remarks

09:00 - 09:05

09:1009:40

Special inspirational keynote speech

10:10 - 10:40

09:4010:10

The truth about the state of the global economy
Spitfire session

09:40 - 10:10

Sanjay Mathur

Chief economist for Southeast Asia and India

ANZ

Sanjay Mathur joined ANZ as the Chief Economist for South East Asia and India in 2017. Prior to joining, Sanjay was the Head of Economics Research (Asia ex-Japan) where he led research teams across economics, foreign exchange, rates and credit. Prior to this he held senior economic roles at Barclays and UBS.


Sanjay has an undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Delhi and a Masters in Economics and Finance from the University of Rochester, New York

10:1010:40

Regulatory agenda for 2023: How will APAC regulators respond?
Focus session

09:00 - 09:30

10:4011:10

Networking break

11:00 - 11:30

11:1512:00

Risk inventory: What are the lessons learnt in 2023?
Wartime stories

11:15 - 12:00

  • What were the major specific challenges that were tackled in 2023? 

  • How were the challenges navigated and issues resolved? 

  • What could have been done differently? 

Sanjay Guglani

Founder & chief investment officer

Silverdale

Sanjay Guglani is the Founder of The Silverdale Group, Director & Chief Investment Officer of Silverdale Fund VCC, and Director & Chief Executive Officer of Silverdale Capital Pte Ltd.

Sanjay has over 30 years of investment experience managing over a billion-dollars across a dozen funds, inter alia: Silverdale Bond Fund, Silverdale Asia Bond Fund, Silverdale Fixed Maturity Funds, and Silverdale Multi-Strategy Fund.

Earlier, as Managing Director of Silverdale UK, his firm channelized over US$ 4 billion of investments into emerging markets, including in joint venture with Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Lehman Brothers.

Investing is a passion for Sanjay, and he has been a frequent guest lecturer at various business schools in UK, India, and Singapore. His expert opinions are widely sought by media, from The Wall Street Journal to Economic Times India, The Straits Times Singapore to The Yield Report Australia, from CNBC to ET Now. He has delivered presentations at several forums, including at the United Nations.

By qualification, Sanjay is a Chartered Accountant, Management Accountant, Company Secretary, and Sloan Fellow of Management from the London Business School (as British Chevening Scholar).

Shivkumar Mahadevan

Chief risk officer, corporate, commercial & institutional banking

Standard Chartered Bank

Shiv is currently the Chief Risk Officer, CCIB at Standard Chartered Bank (SCB); with overall risk responsibility for Corporate, Commercial & Institutional Banking (CCIB) clients across all geographies.

Shiv chair’s SCB's CCIB Risk Committee which oversees all the risks associated with the CCIB business (i.e. both financial and nonfinancial risks) and is also part of the Group Risk Management Team, Remuneration Forum, Underwriting Committee & Investment Committee. He is responsible for risk managing a portfolio of over USD 500 billion spanning across 65 countries, managed via a team of over 500 Risk Officers. Besides exercising direct control responsibility for Credit Risk and Market Risk profile of the Group, he is extensively involved in maintaining alignment with risk appetite by rebalancing risks or controls that may be required in response to internal and external factors.

Prior to this, he was the Regional Chief Risk Officer (RCRO), ASEAN & South Asia, at SCB and responsible for all risk types for the region. Before the RCRO role, Shiv was Senior Regional Credit Officer (SRCO), Asia; providing credit risk oversight for all Corporate, Institutional & Commercial clients across Asia. He has also been the Head of Credit Risk - Specialized Finance, Funds and Traded Products, where he was responsible for providing global credit risk oversight covering all Financial Markets products, Acquisition Finance, Project & Export Finance, Aviation & Shipping Finance and Structured Finance.

Shiv has been in the financial services industry for over 28 years, of which the last 23 years have been with SCB where he has held various senior Risk roles across Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai and Mumbai – covering multiple geographies around the world. Before joining the financial services industry, Shiv worked for 3 years with Tata Motors, India.

Shiv holds a degree in Electrical Engineering and a Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Management (PGDM) from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore.

He is passionate about mentoring and coaching talent. He also occasionally goes in as a guest speaker at the Singapore Management University and was recently a Panellist at the “RiskMinds” Conference. Shiv is a Member of SCB's Global Diversity & Inclusion Council and leads the initiative for the Risk Function. Corporate Treasurer awarded Shiv for the best approval turnaround times for Cash Management Services for the year CY2014. He was also awarded the Leading Risk Practitioner by the Asian Banker in 2015 and was conferred the IBF Fellow in 2016 by the Institute of Banking & Finance, Singapore.

Nishank Srivastava

Managing director & chief risk officer, Singapore

UBS

Nishank is a Managing Director & the Chief Risk Officer of UBS Singapore and also head of credit for Structured Lending. He has over 20+ years of experience in risk management and prior to joining UBS, he was with Credit Suisse (CS) for 10 years where he was a Managing Director and Regional Head of Credit Risk for both Investment Banking and Wealth Management businesses for South Asia, South East Asia and Australia / New Zealand; and also APAC Head of Credit Risk for Real Estate, Securitization and Leveraged Finance.  Prior to CS, Nishank was with Deutsche Bank for 7 years in Credit and Risk Management, where in his last role he was in-charge of credit risk for the Structured Lending, Principal Finance and Distressed Debt trading businesses in APAC.

12:0012:45

Creating opportunities and leading the business
Exclusive CEO table

00:00 - 00:45

  • What needs to fundamentally shift in the mindset of financial services industry? 

  • What are the new opportunities for the financial services industry? 

  • Creating a customer centric approach with new business models in the financial services industry 

  • Should the financial services industry be the leaders of driving change? 

Patrice Conxicoeur

Chief executive officer

HSBC Global Asset Management

Patrice Conxicoeur is CEO, HSBC Asset Management (Singapore) Ltd and has been working in the financial industry since 1990. Patrice assumed this position in April 2020. Previously, he was CEO of HSBC Asset Management (Japan) K.K. From 2011-2015, Patrice was Global Head of the Insurance Segment, with overall responsibility for the further business development of HSBC Asset Management with insurance companies globally. Prior to that, Patrice spent three years as Head of Institutional Business for Asia Pacific with HSBC Asset Management in Hong Kong. From 2004 to 2008, he was Chief Executive of Sinopia Asset Management, Asia-Pacific. Patrice joined Sinopia in 1992 as an equity fund manager, later becoming Head of Global Equities and subsequently promoted to Head of Strategy, Equities and Balanced Products. Patrice was posted to Asia in 2000, initially in Japan as Chief Executive Officer of Sinopia T&D Asset Management Co, Ltd., and from 2004 in Hong Kong. Prior to joining Sinopia, Patrice worked in Tokyo with Japan Gamma Asset Management. He graduated from the E.M. Lyon Business School (France).

Clarence Singam-Zhou

Head of international banking group

First Abu Dhabi Bank

Clarence is the Head of International Banking Group at First Abu Dhabi Bank, leading the bank’s business growth across the FAB’s International network.

He was previously from Westpac Banking Corporation where he was the Chief Operating Officer, Asia and Chief Executive, Singapore. He spent his entire career in the financial services industry, primarily in Structured and Corporate Finance, and has previously worked at PwC, Rabobank, Macquarie Securities and Temasek Holdings.

Clarence speaks English, Malay and Chinese. He studied Organizational Leadership at Oxford University and holds Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Economics degrees from Monash University, Australia and a Master’s in Applied Psychology from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Outside of work, Clarence sits on the board of Aidha, a charity focused on empowering blue collar migrant workers through financial and personal development education.

12:4513:45

Networking Lunch

12:40 - 13:40

09:0009:10

Chairman's opening remarks

09:00 - 09:05

09:1009:40

Special inspirational keynote speech

10:10 - 10:40

09:4010:10

The truth about the state of the global economy
Spitfire session

09:40 - 10:10

Sanjay Mathur

Chief economist for Southeast Asia and India

ANZ

Sanjay Mathur joined ANZ as the Chief Economist for South East Asia and India in 2017. Prior to joining, Sanjay was the Head of Economics Research (Asia ex-Japan) where he led research teams across economics, foreign exchange, rates and credit. Prior to this he held senior economic roles at Barclays and UBS.


Sanjay has an undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Delhi and a Masters in Economics and Finance from the University of Rochester, New York

10:1010:40

Regulatory agenda for 2023: How will APAC regulators respond?
Focus session

09:00 - 09:30

10:4011:10

Networking break

11:00 - 11:30

11:1511:45

The journey of climate risk through the years
Deep dive

11:15 - 11:45

  • What are the specific challenges faced within the financial institution? 

  • Are financial institutions mainly concerned about regulations for climate risk? 

  • How can financial institutions be supported by third parties in the fight against climate change? 

  • Share a success story of progressing in managing climate risk 

11:4512:05

Disclosure and reporting for ESG – what else needs to be disclosed and reported?

11:45 - 12:05

12:0512:25

Climate risk stress testing: Counteracting the mindset of the business

12:05 - 12:25

12:2512:45

Considering climate risk in credit decisioning

12:25 - 12:45

12:4513:45

Climate risk/ESG roundtables & lunch

12:45 - 13:45

  • Disclosure and reporting 

  • Climate risk stress testing 

  • Climate risk and credit decisioning 

  • Climate risk data 

09:0009:10

Chairman’s opening remarks

09:00 - 09:05

09:1009:40

Special inspirational keynote speech

10:10 - 10:40

09:4010:10

The truth about the state of the global economy
Spitfire session

09:40 - 10:10

Sanjay Mathur

Chief economist for Southeast Asia and India

ANZ

Sanjay Mathur joined ANZ as the Chief Economist for South East Asia and India in 2017. Prior to joining, Sanjay was the Head of Economics Research (Asia ex-Japan) where he led research teams across economics, foreign exchange, rates and credit. Prior to this he held senior economic roles at Barclays and UBS.


Sanjay has an undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Delhi and a Masters in Economics and Finance from the University of Rochester, New York

10:1010:40

Regulatory agenda for 2023: How will APAC regulators respond?
Focus session

09:00 - 09:30

10:4011:10

Networking break

11:00 - 11:30

11:1511:45

Development and sophistication of the derivatives market
Deep dive

09:00 - 09:05

  • What are the latest offerings within the derivatives market?
  • Does the derivatives market need to be rebalanced?
  • Running into liquidity concerns for different products
  • What needs to change within the derivatives market?

11:4512:05

Clearing solutions – what can or cannot be cleared?

15:00 - 15:40

12:0512:25

How to optimise collateral with volatility and uncertainty in the markets?

10:50 - 11:40

12:2512:45

Regulatory drivers and considerations

09:30 - 10:10

12:4513:45

Derivatives roundtables & lunch

14:00 - 14:50

  • Clearing
  • Collateral optimization
  • Regulatory drivers
  • Electronification of derivatives trading

Afternoon sessions

13:4514:15

Navigating market conditions to maximise alpha
Trading room secrets

13:45 - 14:15

  • What to look for within instruments and products to ensure less risk high reward? 

  • Adjusting to the current market environment 

  • Utilising technology to find best prices 

  • Where to focus on for development as a trader? 

14:1514:45

Moving towards change in a seamless manner
Conversation with COOs

14:15 - 14:45

  • The journey and process of digitalisation – where are we as APAC? 

  • How to help the organisation buy-in to change of operations? 

  • Dealing with redundancy in the workplace 

  • Innovations happening for operations – where are the next steps? 

David Sharratt

Global head data product monetization

Standard Chartered

David has unique experience spanning the full trade lifecycle, execution to ledger. An experienced C-suite executive, David has significant exposure reporting to and working alongside CEOs and other C-suite focussing on strategic direction and operation of firms.

His geographic experience spans London, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, Moscow and Johannesburg having held senior executive positions in ask these locations. His experience spans established and emerging markets.

Currently based in Singapore he is looking at opportunities to work with businesses focussed on growth and geographical expansion where his strategy and build experience can be leveraged.

Thomas Barton

Chief operating officer

Trovio Group

Thomas is the Chief Operating Officer at Trovio Group – a firm providing a range of services across asset management, blockchain technology and digital infrastructure solutions. Thomas is a member of AIMA's global council; acting as an appointed representative for the APAC region for the period 2022-2024. Prior to joining Trovio, Thomas was CEO of Aralian Capital Pte Ltd., a Singapore based global macro hedge fund. Thomas joined Aralian from Tudor Capital, where he was an employee for over 12 years, most recently as head of their Singapore office. With over 16 years’ experience in global macro hedge funds, Thomas has a diverse skill set across middle office, risk, compliance, fund marketing and due diligence functions.

Fatema Bookwala

Managing director, chief operating officer, markets & securities services, ASEAN

HSBC Singapore

Fatema Bookwala is the Markets and Securities Services COO at HSBC Singapore with regional responsibilities in ASEAN (TH, MNL, VN). Fatema is a seasoned Front Office COO with 17+ years of Cross-Asset experience in Financial Services industry. Her areas of expertise include Strategy Development and Execution, Transformation, Regulatory Change, Risk Management and Governance as a strong business partner with all business infrastructure areas.
Fatema is a Rank holder Chartered Accountant from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and completed Level 3 CFA from CFA Institute Charlottesville.
Fatema is passionate about diversity & inclusion and sustainability initiatives, and is an active member of the Sustainability and Balance Employee Resource Groups at HSBC.

Adrian Teng

Group chief financial officer & chief operating officer

Clifford Capital Holdings

14:4515:15

Trends in people and talent management
Ideation talks

14:45 - 15:15

  • What is really happening with the job market? 

  • Unique incentivisation to retain employees 

  • Where can talent be found? 

  • Implementation of the ideas for the financial services industry 

Li Ling Quek

Head, human resources

Cathay United Bank

15:1515:45

Handling the vast amounts of data as a financial institution
Data spotlight

14:35 - 14:55

  • Where are the data holes for a financial institution? 
  • What can the business do to monetise the data? 
  • Are there any other opportunities or ways to use the data? 

15:4516:15

Networking break

11:00 - 11:30

16:1516:35

In-conversation with the US Fed
Interview

00:00 - 00:01

16:3516:55

Managing risks as a part of the … industry
Out of industry inspiration

16:36 - 16:55

  • What are the unique challenges faced in the industry? 

  • What are lessons learnt going through COVID? 

  • How are crises handled and resolved? 

16:5517:00

Chairperson’s closing remarks

16:00 - 16:05

13:4514:15

Mitigating risk to build the best strategy for efficient asset allocation

11:20 - 12:00

  • Outlining key strategic moves in preparation for looming economic uncertainty
  • How to ensure returns despite government monetary fiscal policies
  • Is diversification key to manage portfolios?
  • Are housing markets in Asia the obvious buy now moves?

14:1514:35

Leveraging technology for better and faster decision making

14:15 - 14:35

14:3514:55

Quantum models in trading and risk management

14:35 - 14:55

14:5515:15

Utilisation of technology and data to create a robust risk management framework

14:55 - 15:15

15:1515:45

Buy-side risk roundtables

15:15 - 15:45

  • Utilisation of technology and data 

  • Asset allocation 

  • Quantum models 

  • Navigating fiscal monetary policy risks 

15:4516:15

Networking break

11:00 - 11:30

16:1516:35

In-conversation with the US Fed
Interview

00:00 - 00:01

16:3516:55

Managing risks as a part of the … industry
Out of industry inspiration

16:36 - 16:55

  • What are the unique challenges faced in the industry? 

  • What are lessons learnt going through COVID? 

  • How are crises handled and resolved? 

16:5517:00

Chairperson’s closing remarks

16:00 - 16:05

13:4514:15

Fighting fraud in an ever-changing world

13:45 - 14:15

  • What are the most common types of fraud within financial institutions? 

  • Detecting fraud early to prevent catastrophic damage 

  • How does education play a role within the dynamic of fraud prevention 

  • Innovations in fighting fraud in the 21st century 

14:1514:35

The implementation of eKYC processes to ensure account safety

14:15 - 14:35

14:3514:55

Complexity of handling cryptocurrency fraud

14:50 - 15:40

14:5515:15

How AI and ML can be a force for good and for bad

14:55 - 15:15

15:1515:45

Fraud roundtables & lunch

15:15 - 15:45

  • eKYC 

  • Cryptocurrency fraud 

  • AI and ML in fraud 

  • Education to prevent fraud 

15:4516:15

Networking break

11:00 - 11:30

16:1516:35

In-conversation with the US Fed
Interview

00:00 - 00:01

16:3516:55

Managing risks as a part of the … industry
Out of industry inspiration

16:36 - 16:55

  • What are the unique challenges faced in the industry? 

  • What are lessons learnt going through COVID? 

  • How are crises handled and resolved? 

16:5517:00

Chairperson’s closing remarks

16:00 - 16:05