Agenda: Making the Renminbi work for Singapore 12th July 2011, The Fullerton Hotel , Singapore
8.30-09.00
Registration
09:00 –10.00
Opening Keynote Session
Welcome Note by Mr. Emmanuel Daniel, President & CEO, The Asian Banker
Determining and understanding the corporate clients’ different needs for Renminbi products
Damian Glendinning, President, Association of Corporate Treasurers, Singapore and Treasurer, Lenovo
Chin Loo Thio, Senior FX & Interest Rate Strategist, BNP Paribas
Sumit Aggarwal, Country Head of Transaction Banking, Singapore, Standard
Chartered
10.00-10.30
Tea/Coffee Break
10.30-11.30
RMB trade settlement & financing: Challenges and opportunities for the Singapore banking sector
Patrick de Courcy, Head of Markets,SWIFT Asia Pacific
Anita Loh, Head of Trade, Payments & Collections Treasury and Trade Solutions, Global Transaction Services, Citibank
Venkatesh Somanathan, Director, Trade Finance Head, Singapore Branch & Regional Trade Product Management, Asia Global Transaction Banking, Deutsche Bank
11.30-12.30
The development of RMB products and the impact on financial institutions and corporate clients in Singapore
Hong Aik Sai, Senior Vice President & Head, Global Treasury Institutional Sales,
OCBC
Bernard Lee, Founder and Chief Executive, HedgeSPA Pte. Ltd. (Hedge Funds and Sophisticated Products Advisors) and Research Fellow, International Trading Institute, Singapore Management University
Chia Woon Khien, Head of Emerging Markets Strategy, Asia Ex-Japan, Royal
Bank of Scotland
12.30-14.00
Lunch
14.00-15.00
Effectively structuring RMB-denominated derivative products to meet the varying requirements of the corporate client
Albert Leung, Currency & Rates Strategist, Citi
Jennifer Ilkiw, Director, Asia Pacific, IntercontinentalExchange
15.00-16.00
RMB-denominated investment tools: Best-practice in structuring and distribution
Pang Cheng Duan, Head of Fixed Income, Manulife Asset Management
John Ng, Head of Research, Bank of Singapore
Alistair Chamberlain, Director, Products & Marketing, Aviva Asia
Gaetan Gosset, Director, Euroclear Bank
16.00-16.30
Tea/Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:30
Successfully meeting the legal challenges of RMB-denominated products and services
Basil Hwang, Hong Kong Managing Partner, Dechert
Andrew Malcolm, Head of Capital Markets - Asia, Partner, Linklaters
