Cedric Tang, MSCI

Cedric Tang Cedric Tang is an Executive Director responsible for MSCI's Hong Kong index business covering key asset manager accounts. He joined MSCI in 2006. Cedric started his career at UBS Investment Bank in London where he marketed UBS's proprietary online foreign exchange trading platform to European banks and asset managers. Later he relocated to Singapore where he was responsible for UBS's FX online execution service, prime brokerage and clearing business in Asia Pacific. Before leaving UBS, Cedric was a Director at the FICC bank desk covering regional banks and private banks in Asia Pacific. Cedric was born in Hong Kong and grew up in England. He graduated from Magdalene College, Cambridge and he received an MBA from the University of Chicago.

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
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
  • Stewart Aldcroft

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

  • Yoshio Okubo

    Yoshio Okubo Vice Chairman Japan Investment Trust Association (JITA)

  • Cedric Tang

    Cedric Tang Executive Director, APAC & Australia Client Coverage MSCI

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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