Singapore Alts & Private Markets Forum
Singapore Alts & Private Markets Forum
October 8, 2024
Raffles Hotel, Singapore
The growth of the Asia-Pacific region as an economic powerhouse, and the wealth of opportunities for global alternatives, served as the prime topics for our Singapore Alts & Private Markets Forum at Raffles Singapore. Economic leaders and senior executives joined broad discussions about macroeconomics, the impact of inflation and interest rates, building purpose-driven cultures and promoting employee wellness, trends in outsourcing and data management, the future of private markets in the region, and much more.
Reinventing Asia’s Economic Model
John Sergides, MUFG Investor Services CEO, and Dr. Jeffrey Jaensubhakij, GIC’s Group Chief Investment Officer, examined a host of global macroeconomic and region-specific issues shaping the global alternatives industry in a fireside chat that opened our MUFG Investor Services Singapore Alts & Private Markets Forum on October 8, 2024.
The Art of Thriving: Cultivating a Purpose-Driven Culture
Companies that create a thriving, purpose-driven cultures embracing employee wellness are more likely to be successful. Sarah Mears, our Chief Human Resources & Legal Officer, led a vibrant panel discussion about building people-centric cultures in Asia-Pacific with Amy Cho, M&G Investments CEO and Head of Asia-Pacific; Amy Fong, Senior Advisor for FountainVest Partners (Asia) Limited; and Rahul Ghai, Managing Director – Asia at Salter Brothers, at our Singapore Alts & Private Markets Forum.
Requiem for Reengineering: Scaling Up Operations to Fuel Growth
Outsourcing is now commonplace for firms in Asia-Pacific, but there are as many different approaches as there are firms doing business. Dan McNamara, our Chief Strategy Officer & Chief Financial Officer, hosted a panel discussion about reengineering operating models with Patrick Cordes, Chief Operating Officer, EQT Private Capital Asia; Lynn Lau, Managing Director, CFO, Southeast Asia, Warburg Pincus; and Ivan Lim, Group Chief Financial Officer, ESR, at our Singapore Alts & Private Markets Forum.
“We’re no longer the partner that we used to be. We’ve become the partner that people need us to be.”
John Sergides, CEO MUFG Investor Services
