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New rules proposed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore on the 23rd March, will instruct fund managers seeking to gather assets in the country to set-up local operations in the fund domicile. Such rules indicate the growing confidence Asia-Pacific based regulators have to enforce local operations and the potential business windfalls for fund administrators, technology and data providers in Singapore, Hong Kong and other main APAC financial centres.

To track these changes, the second annual Fund Technology, Data & Administrator Operations, APAC report brought together 8 Asia-Pacific based fund and asset management groups, to explore the challenges faced by buy-side firms as they ramp up technology, data and administrative operations in the region.

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Exploring technology innovation and advances in automation as an enabler to drive forward wealth management in Asia Pacific

SECTION 1

TECHNOLOGY-ENABLED TRANSFORMATION

1.1 WHITE PAPER: The Future of fund management in APAC: a look at data, digitalization and automation

Kathryn Barnes, Managing Director, Head of Digital Strategy, BlackRock Australia

SECTION 2

THE CHANGING FACE OF RISK IN AN ERA OF TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION

2.1 INTERVIEW: Multi-asset trading

Marlena Fitts, Front Office Product Marketing, SimCorp

2.2 WHITE PAPER: Why cyber security is increasingly relevant in asset management and how to reduce the risk and cost of robust protection

Grant Slender, Information Technology, Security and Risk Manager, Queensland Investment Corporation

SECTION 3

ADVANCES IN AUTOMATION

3.1 ROUNDTABLE DEBATE: What is the immediate impact of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) on fund management?

Panellists:

Lilian Tham, Chief Operating Officer, Singapore, Schroders Investment Management

Rakesh Vengayil, Chief Operating Officer, Asia Pacific & Emerging Markets, BNP Paribas

Douglas Talbot, Director, Strategy & Investment Services, AMP Capital

SECTION 4

INTELLIGENT OUTSOURCING

4.1 INTERVIEW: How should you balance cost, service quality, production and availability when deciding what to outsource, and to whom?

Rafael Lopez, Chief Administrative Officer, Asia Pacific, PIMCO

4.2 ROUNDTABLE: Insourcing vs outsourcing

Oliver Johnson, Managing Director, Asia Pacific, SimCorp

Dr. Mark Konyn, Group Chief Investment Officer, AIA

Dean Chisholm, Regional Head of Operations, Invesco

Lilian Tham

Chief Operating Officer, Singapore, Schroders Investment Management

Rakesh Vengayil

Chief Operating Officer, Asia Pacific & Emerging Markets, BNP Paribas

Oliver Johnson

Managing Director, Asia Pacific, SimCorp

Kathryn Barnes

Managing Director, Head of Digital Strategy, BlackRock Australia

Rafael Lopez

Chief Administrative Officer, Asia Pacific PIMCO

Grant Slender

Information Technology, Security and Risk Manager, Queensland Investment Corporation

Douglas Talbot

Director, Strategy & Investment Services, AMP Capital

Dr Mark Konyn

Group Chief Investment Officer, AIA

Marlena Fitts

Senior Product Marketing Manager, SimCorp Singapore Pte. Ltd.

Dean Chisholm

Regional Head of Operations  Invesco

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