Course overview
Euromoney Legal Training is pleased to bring you our 7th Annual Asset Management Asia Seminar covering legal, regulatory and compliance issues. The Seminar will examine recent developments in fund management,
unravel regulatory issues, and identify emerging compliance and risk management challenges in the fund management industry. Experienced industry experts and practitioners will present today’s hottest issues on investment management in Asia and the related regulatory framework.
This programme is held in association with the following leading institutions: ABNR, ComplianceAsia, Conyers Dill & Pearman, Dechert LLP, Kim & Chang, Russin & Vecchi, Shook Lin & Bok LLP, Sidley Austin LLP, Simmons & Simmons, Wong & Partners and more.
Summary of content
- Understand the regulatory framework and recent developments for investment and fund management in mainland China, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Luxembourg
- Learn about establishment and management issues of offshore funds
- Receive updates on securities investment funds and RMBdenominated funds in China
- Explore regulatory development in Islamic asset management
- And more...
Who should attend this training seminar?
- Compliance and risk managers in asset management companies, banks, corporate and financial institutions
- Prime brokers and fund management service providers
- Fund managers and distributors
- Hedge fund managers
- Investment fund managers
- In-house legal counsel and advisors
- Lawyers
- Pension fund trustees
- Capital market managers
- Regulators
Special promotional rate for both IMAS and HKIFA members – save US$710!
Endorsed by:
Supporting publication
Day 1
09:00 Singapore funds regulations and updates 2012
- Regulatory and licensing framework
- Impact of Dodd-Frank, Volcker & AIFMD Developments
- New licensing and exemption regime
- Distribution of funds
- Safe harbours
- Updates 2011
- Fair dealing guidelines
- Representative notification
- Distribution of unlisted investment products
- Product highlight sheet
Tan Woon Hum
Partner, Trust
Asset & Wealth Management Shook Lin & Bok LLP, Singapore
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 Offshore funds and Hong Kong
- Distribution and fund raising
- legal requirements and restrictions
- Regulatory issues - licensing for fund managers
- Changes to the Code on Unit Trusts and Mutual Funds
Rolfe Hayden
Partner
Simmons & Simmons, Hong Kong
11:45 Legal updates on asset management business in the PRC and RMBdenominated funds
- Updates on regulation on investment advisory business
- Updates on investment in Index Futures by QDII
- Updates on assets management business of commercial banks and trust companies
- The regulatory framework for RMB-denominated funds
- Recent rules on setting up and investing into onshore RMB funds by foreign fund managers and investors
- The challenges for investors
- Compliance requirements
- Implications for global fund managers
Basil Hwang
Partner, Corporate and Securities
Dechert LLP, Hong Kong
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Luxembourg and selected EU fund regulations
- Evolution of the regulatory landscape for Luxembourg funds
- UCITS, a success story beyond EU borders
- Evolution UCITS III, UCITS IV and UCITS V
- Other relevant EU Regulations (AIFMD, PRIPs and MiFID II)
- ESMA Paper on Structured UCITS and ETFs
- Update regarding other regulated Luxembourg fund structures
- Market trends (RMB Bonds funds, UCITS and QDII, Luxembourg feeder funds, etc.)
Stéphane Karolczuk
Head of Hong Kong Office
Arendt & Medernach
14:45 Funds regulation in Malaysia
- Overview of regulatory and licensing framework
- Offerings of funds into Malaysia: requirement for approval and registration
- Extraterritorial application of Malaysian laws
- Distribution of funds into Malaysia
Azizul Azmi Adnan
Partner, Finance & Projects Practice Group
Wong & Partners, Malaysia
15:30 Coffee break
16:00 Legal updates on fund regulation in Indonesia
- Overview of regulatory and licensing framework
- Updates for 2012
- The Reksadana – analysis of main features
- Distribution of funds into Indonesia
- Investor challenges and opportunities
Theo Bakker
Senior Associate
ABNR, Indonesia
Day 2
09:00 Overview of Korea’s investment management regulatory regime
- Managing assets for and providing investment advice to Korean investors
- Offer and sale of offshore funds to Korean investors
- Sale of offshore funds to Korean feeder funds and fund of funds
- Hedge funds
- Recent developments
Pil-Kook Lee
Senior Foreign Attorney
Kim & Chang, South Korea
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 Taiwan fund distribution 2012: regulation and challenges
- Market entry barriers
- Growing offering document and post registration compliance requirements
- Master agent disputes
- AML issues both real and perceived
- Private label platform issues with master agent exclusivity
- Limitations on distributing asset management services in non fund format
- Impact of new regulated offshore structured product distribution regime
- Limitations and uncertainties for placement of unregistered funds
Thomas H. McGowan
Foreign Legal Consultant
Russin & Vecchi, Taiwan
11:45 2012 Japan regulatory / tax update
- Changes in disclosure items concerning corporate governance
- Structure of corporate governance
- Remuneration of directors and statutory auditors
- Cross-shareholding
- Voting results
- Voluntary adoption of IFRS
- Updates on tax developments
- What has been the FSA’s response to international developments since 2008?
- Improving the stability and transparency of OTC derivative transactions
- Strengthening securities clearing and settlement systems
- Consolidated regulation and supervision of securities companies
- Hedge funds regulation
- Development of reporting system for short selling
Scott D. Peterman
Partner, Foreign Legal Counsel
Sidley Austin LLP, Hong Kong and Japan
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Lessons from regulatory enforcement actions for asset managers
- Impact of expert networks and insider dealing prosecutions
- Appropriate internal controls over inside information
- Mis-selling and product suitability prosecutions
- Ensuring appropriate selling practices
- Issues with achieving appropriate and clear disclosures
Philippa Allen
CEO & Managing Director
ComplianceAsia Hong Kong and Singapore
14:45 Thai regulation in realm of asset management (NEW)
- Examining the regulatory and licensing framework
- What are the roles of asset management companies in Thailand
- Discussing the recent development in REIT regulations
Khemajit Choomwattana
Partner
LS Horizon Limited
Thailand
15:30 Coffee break
16:00 British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands 2012 update
- Cayman Mutual Funds Law
- Registration of master funds
- Ongoing requirements for master funds
- BVI update
- Recent developments
Preetha Pillai
Counsel
Conyers Dill & Pearman Singapore
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