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Asian Finance & Capital Markets 2003

Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore
Presentation materials can be downloaded from the agenda page

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The Asian Finance and Capital Markets conference 2003 was successfully held on the 5th November with close to 300 delegates attended the event. We are very delighted to see that many guests have come to support us despite a very difficult year in Asia because of SARS and the War.

It was a wonderful event with of a great range of areas that are of interest to the delegates. To start with, we had DBS Bank sharing with the audience their experience in the first ever cross border REIT in Asia. Galen Lee highlighted why Singapore was chosen for the Cheung Kong Fortune REIT and the challenges that they face during the execution process. Mr. Lee wrapped up his presentation by looking ahead of the REIT market in Singapore and the changes in the regulations in the region.

The second presentation was delivered by Professor Richard Ho, the member of the Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation. In his interesting presentation on the development of the Asian Bond Markets, Professor Ho outlined the actions that have been taken by the various Asian governments (such as the setting up of the Asian Bond Funds) and the hurdles that we are facing so far. Being a member of the Hong Kong Government think tank, he also highlighted the importance of the support of the government and the potential needs of bond issuance and securitizations in Hong Kong because of the budget deficit.

Ms. Eleanor Lim of Euroclear Bank offered a very comprehensive overview of Euroclear services and explained in details how Assets can be optimized using their Triparty Collateral Management mechanism. The development of the global collateral management solution was also highlighted.

Attracted by the presentation title of "Why do the Rich Get Richer? From Wall Street to Main Street", the delegates found out how hedge funds should be an important part of investment portfolio from the leading expert, Mr. Michael Coglin, the Head of Product Management of Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management. Mr. Coglin also shared with the audience the findings of the various survey conducted by Deutsche Banking regarding Hedge fund and asset allocations.

In both the coffee break and the buffet lunch break, the audience had the chance to speak to the speakers as well as visit the exhibitor booths to learn more about their products and services.

The afternoon session started with the presentation from Mr. Rohan Bedi, Head of Anti-money laundering (AML) of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Bedi highlighted the importance of AML and how the issue is related to not only the compliance and risk management personnel but also to front line professionals including brokers, private bankers etc. Mr. Bedi explained the development of AML in Asia and put in simple terms how the various form of money laundering problems (Terrorist funding, Drug Money, Bribery etc.) are affecting the Asian countries. Mr. Bedi also spent a considerable of time to offer the audience the insights of how an organization should do to tackle the issue.

The final presentation of the day was delivered by Dr. Warren Huang of OSA, who flew in all the way from San Francisco. With over 20 years of tracking the various Asia economies, Dr. Huang discussed with the delegates on the situations of China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Taiwan and Korea. Dr. Huang also explained the models that he used in predicting the asset prices, stock prices, Oil and Steel prices and demand as well as bubble burst warning.

The conference was well received and the delegates left the conference with a lot of useful knowledge and information and we would like to thank our sponsors and supporting organizations again for their kind supports. We would like to thank also those delegates who filled up the evaluation forms.

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