Wendy Phillis, RBC Investor & Treasury Services

Wendy Phillis Wendy Phillis is Managing Director, Governance & Regulatory Solutions, Europe and Asia-Pacific at RBC Investor & Treasury Services. She is accountable for managing the first line of defence on regulatory change. Wendy has spent 25 years in financial services and is an experienced professional in the areas of risk and compliance. She was most recently Group Chief Risk and Compliance Officer at ICAP, a FTSE 250 listed company in the UK. Prior to this, Wendy spent over 16 years with State Street, most recently in the position of Chief Operating Officer EMEA for State Street Global Markets. Previously, she held a number of senior leadership positions in the compliance and risk areas in EMEA.  Wendy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Dickinson College and an MBA from Simmons College Graduate School of Management.

Agenda

Day 2 - 20 September 2017
09.15-09.35

A conversation with our partner associations: NICSA (USA) and HKIFA (Hong Kong)
09.50-10.35

Spreading the investment funds gospel: Market and regulatory developments in key regions and jurisdictions

Regulatory reforms and internationalisation of markets offer new opportunities for fund distribution. An overview of what is in the pipeline in Asia, Brazil, Canada, South Africa and Australia

  • Wendy Phillis

    Wendy Phillis Managing Director, Governance & Regulatory Solutions, Europe and Asia-Pacific RBC Investor & Treasury Services

  • Stewart Aldcroft

    Stewart Aldcroft Chairman Cititrust Limited, Managing Director and Senior Advisor, Citi Markets & Securities Services

  • Carlos Andre

    Carlos Andre Managing Director, BB Asset Management & Senior Vice President ANBIMA

11.05-11.50

Please show me your passport

Today, there are 3 existing fund recognition/passport schemes in the Asia Pacific region. Latin America is now gearing towards joining the fund passport band wagon as well. What can we learn from these “glocal” passport business cases?

  • A reality check and current state on the Asian passports
  • The ‘LATAM passport’ and state of play for the region’s fund industries
  • What are the main challenges when rethinking a region/country’s fund footprint
11.50-12.10

Can we wrap it up now? So - Where is global distribution really going…?

An open discussion with Richard Garland who tells it like it is, on the outlook for global distribution
15.15-16.00

A Fireside chat – Europe 2.0 and the rest of the world

The changing face of Europe and the world with Brexit, the rise of populism, an enduring low-interest environment, the threat of climate change, changing investor demand…What are the impacts of major geopolitical and macroeconomics trends on our daily business? Is the core role of asset management changing? Leading political and AM public policy figures tell their stories, discussing their views on the current and future state of Europe.
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