Registration and Buffet Lunch (1 hour)

Opening Remarks (10 mins)

Alex Prout

Head of APAC, DWS

Keynote Presentation:
Green and Sustainable Finance: G20 and China Initiatives (40 mins)

Dr. Jun Ma

Co-chair of G20 Green Finance Study Group; Former Chief Economist of the People’s Bank of China (PBoC)

A Sceptical Fiduciary’s Guide to Sustainable Investing (30 mins)

The Right Answers to the Wrong Questions

Stuart Kirk

Head of Global Research Institute, DWS

Investors Panel:
Why Responsible Investment Matters (40 mins)

• What Drives Responsible Investment (RI) among Asset Owners and Managers?
• How is the RI Landscape Evolving in Asia?
• Global ESG Investment Trends

Helga Birgden

Partner, Global Business Leader,
Responsible Investment, Mercer

Carlos Sanchez

Director, Climate Resilience Finance
Willis Towers Watson

Jacqueline Duiker

Senior Project Manager Responsible Investment, VBDO

Moderated by:

Pieter Furnée

Global Head of Responsible Investing,
Global Coverage Group, DWS

Physical Climate Risk and Asian Portfolios (30 mins)

• Assessing Climate Risk in Financial Portfolios
• The Importance of Climate Risk to Asian Valuations
• Introducing the Asia Climate Risk Index Strategy

Michael Lewis

Head of ESG Thematic Research, DWS

Networking Break (30 mins)

Regulatory Panel:
Corporate Governance and Risk Management (40 mins)

• Does Good Governance Deliver Better Corporate Performance?
• ESG Governance Codes – Best Practices in Asia and Around the World
• Activism vs Active Ownership

Colin Seng, CFA

Head of ESG and Research
Nippon Life Global Investors Singapore Limited

Michael Tang

Head, Listing Policy & Product Admission, Singapore Exchange

Benjamin McCarron

Managing Director, Asia Research and Engagement

Moderated by:

Nicolas Huber

Head of Corporate Governance, DWS

Implementing ESG in Your Portfolio (40 mins)

• From Filtering to Smart Integration – Deploying the DWS ESG Engine
• Ex-ante Impact Analysis: How Does Your Bespoke ESG Definition Affect the Investment Universe and Performance?
• Performance Attribution in an ESG Framework: Separating Various Layers of Decision Making

Ferdinand Haas

Head of Product Strategy and Head of Investment Specialists EMEA & APAC, DWS

Networking Cocktails (2 hours)

SuperTree by IndoChine

Registration and Morning Break (30 mins)

Go Digital or Go Home (30 mins)

Thorsten Michalik

Member of the Executive Board, DWS

Keynote Presentation:
Are You Managing Portfolio Risk or Just Chasing Past Performance? (40 mins)

Roland Rousseau

Head of Client Risk Strategy, Global Markets, RMB Morgan Stanley

Investors Panel:
Implementing Smart Beta Strategies in Your Portfolio (40 mins)

• How to Approach Smart Beta Investing?
• Which One is More Effective – Rotating through Single Factors vs Staying Invested in a Multi-factor Portfolio?
• Have We Thought about Fixed Income Smart Beta Investing?
• How Can We Forecast Smart Beta Portfolio Outcome?

Björn Kvarnskog

Head of Equities, Future Fund

Chiam Swee Chiang

Portfolio Manager, Real Return Program, Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC)

Stefano Cavaglia

Head of Investment Research, Findex

Moderated by:

Simon Klein

Head of Passive Sales Specialists,
EMEA & APAC, Global Client Group, DWS

Networking Break (30 mins)

Factor Investing:
Avoiding the Pitfalls, Capturing the Full Potential (30 mins)

• Mind the Difference: Factor Returns vs Factor Yields in Return Estimation
• Mind the Structural Break: How to Manage Your Portfolio in an Ever-Changing Market Environment
• Turning Theory into Application: Learnings from 17 Years of Practical Implementation

Ferdinand Haas

Head of Product Strategy and
Head of Investment Specialists
EMEA & APAC, DWS

Smart Beta Implementation in Fixed Income (30 mins)

• Identifying and Capturing Factors in Fixed Income Markets
• Yield Enhancement Opportunities
• Case Studies for Multi-asset Investors: Generating Income with Fixed Income

Olivier Souliac

Strategic Beta Fixed Income
Product Development, DWS

Lunch Break (90 mins)

Welcome Remarks (10 mins)

Victoria Sharpe

Head of Alternatives, APAC, DWS

Keynote Presentation:
The Outlook for Real Estate and Infrastructure (30 mins)

• Where are the Core Locations with Favourable Demographic Dynamics?
• What are the Attractive Opportunities in Unlisted Infrastructure?
• How to Play Defensive with a Real Estate Portfolio?

Mark G. Roberts

Head of Research and Strategy for Alternatives, DWS

Sustainability Trends to Watch in Asia Pacific (40 mins)

• Private Equity and Debt Type Strategies
• Environmental Social Capital Funds
• Global Clean Technology Investing

Alan Chan

Associate Director, Business Development & Asset Management Oversight, CLP Holdings Limited

Mingdi Cao

Senior Economist, Deputy Director, Department of Green Finance, Renmin University of China

Moderated by:

Priscilla Lu

Networking Break (30 mins)

Investors Panel:
Asia Pacific Allocation on the Rise (40 mins)

• Which are the latest trends when it comes to capital allocation globally and specifically to APAC?
• Why APAC allocation is able to attract more interest than US and Europe / other regions?
• Are the risk adjusted returns appropriately defined towards APAC where there is a lot of diversity across countries?

Joseph Tang

Principal of The Townsend Group

Charlene Huang

Co-Head Multi-Managers Real Estate APAC, Real Estate & Private Markets, UBS Asset Management

David Edwards

Portfolio Manager, Alternatives, DWS

Moderated by:

Gianluca Muzzi

Head of Alternatives Coverage Specialists, DWS

One Belt, One Road: Navigating New Opportunities (40 mins)

• China’s Belt and Road Initiative: What Does it Mean for Investors?
• Digital Silk Road: How Does Technological Advancements in Connectivity Contribute to the BRI Initiatives
• Sustainable Financing: How has ESG / Sustainability Shaped Potential BRI Investments

Richard Hu, CFA

Managing Director, Everbright Overseas Infrastructure Investment Fund, China Everbright Limited

Jonathan Berney

Chief Operating Officer, Chayora

Moderated by:

Danny Chow

Head of China Institutional Business, Global Coverage Group, DWS

Event Ends