Asia-Pacific FinTech Month

This webinar is free and open to the public.

What will drive the finance of tomorrow? The COVID-19 pandemic facilitated strong tailwinds for the adoption of financial technology, with millions of businesses going digital. The continuous development of digital banking and investment, AI and machine learning, blockchain and decentralized finance and fintech in sustainability are expected to be the growth engine for the Asia Pacific region.

To help unlock the power of disruptive technologies and to enable digital transformation in business models, customer experiences and skills of investment professionals, CFA Societies in APAC, in partnership with CFA Institute Asia Pacific Research Exchange (ARX) are teaming up to organize a FinTech Month in August to provide the latest insights on how the fintech ecosystem is evolving, what impact it brings to the financial services industry, and how investors can best position themselves amid these changes.

Sessions Include:

VIRTUAL ASSETS

• Date                    August 4, 2022 (Thursday)
• Time                    7:00 PM – 8:30 PM (GMT+8)

Agenda and speakers:

1. 25 mins keynote presentation by Matthew Hougan, Chief Investment Officer, Bitwise Asset Management
2. 60 mins Panel discussion + Q&A

• Panelist: Marco Lim, Managing Partner and CSO, MaiCapital
• Panelist: I-Cheng Liu, CFA, Vice Chairman & President, PEGATRON VENTURE CAPITAL
• Panelist: Raymond Tsang, CFA, Associate Professor of Practice, CUHK
• Panelist: Bryan Ventura, Senior Associate (Financial Services), MinterEllisonRuddWatts
• Moderator: Joanne Murphy, Managing Director, Asia-Pacific, CAIA Association

DEPLOYMENT OF AI IN THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND INVESTMENT INDUSTRY

• Date                    August 11, 2022 (Thursday)
• Time                    12:30 PM – 2:00 PM (GMT+8)

Agenda and speakers:

1. 25 mins keynote presentation by Larry Cao, CFA, Senior Director, Industry Research, CFA Institute
2. 60 mins Panel discussion + Q&A

• Panelist: Aaron Low, CFA, Chief Executive Officer, LUMIQ
• Panelist: Carlos Queiroz, Managing Director, Global Head Data Science Engineering, Standard Charter Bank
• Panelist: Laurel Teo, CFA, Board Member, CFA Society Singapore
• Panelist: Ming Zheng, Senior Financial Business Architect, Alibaba Cloud
• Moderator: Dr. Alan Lok, CFA, Director, Ethics Education, CFA Institute

DIGITAL BANKING MATURITY

• Date                    August 18, 2022 (Thursday)
• Time                    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM (GMT+8)

Agenda and speakers:

1. 90 mins Panel discussion + Q&A

• Panelist: Sam Ho, Alternative Chief Executive & CFO, Ant Bank (Hong Kong)
• Panelist: Siva Raj Jeyarajah, FCCA, Executive Vice President, Maybank
• Panelist: Dharmasri Kumaratunge, Assistant Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
• Panelist: Tengfu Li, Assistant Vice President, Analyst, Moody’s Investors Service
• Moderator: Fatin Nabila Sam, CFA, Credit Risk Manager, Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad

FINTECH FOR SUSTAINBILITY

• Date                    August 25, 2022 (Thursday)
• Time                    12:30 PM – 2:00 PM (GMT+8)

Agenda and speakers:

1. 25 mins keynote presentation by Jason Tu, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, MioTech
2. 60 mins Panel discussion + Q&A

• Panelist: Simeon Burnett, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Snowball Effect
• Panelist: Abhilasha Purwar, Found and Chief Executive Officer, Blue Sky Analytics
• Panelist: Dael Wilson, Chief of Staff and Head of Sales, ESGTech
• Panelist: Shih Shen Wong, Country Head, APAC, Planet
• Moderator: Sivananth Ramachandran, CFA, Director of Capital Market Policy, India, CFA Institute