Principal Sponsor
CLSA
CLSA is Asia’s leading capital markets and investment group, providing global investors with insights, liquidity and capital to drive their investment strategies.
Award-winning research, an extensive Asia footprint, direct links to China and highly experienced finance professionals differentiate CLSA’s innovative products and services in alternative investments, asset management, corporate finance, capital and debt markets, securities and wealth management.
As the international platform of CITIC Securities, China’s leading investment bank, CLSA is uniquely positioned to facilitate cross-border capital flows and connect China with the world and the world to China.
Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Hong Kong, CLSA operates from 13 countries across Asia, Australia, Europe and the Americas. For further information, please visit www.clsa.com.
Supporting Sponsors
EY
EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.
Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate.
Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.
Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo)
Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo) is the independent Singapore Exchange subsidiary undertaking all frontline regulatory functions including as securities market regulator. Their activities include the admission and supervision of issuers, intermediaries and Catalist sponsors, the surveillance of trading and issuers’ disclosures, and the formulation and improvement of policies and products, guided by market feedback.
SGX RegCo also has the Whistleblowing Office to look into allegations of issuers’ regulatory shortfalls and the Sustainable Development Office to house ESG-related regulatory efforts. Regulation Asia has named them Exchange of the Year four times in recognition of efforts to uphold the integrity and development of their markets.
Find out more at https://regco.sgx.com/
Luncheon Sponsor
Capital Group
Capital Group is one of the oldest and largest asset management companies in the world, managing multi-asset, equity and fixed income investment strategies for different types of investors.
Since 1931, Capital Group has been singularly focussed on delivering superior, consistent results for long-term investors using high-conviction portfolios, rigorous research and individual accountability. We build our investment strategies with durability in mind, backed by our experience in varying market conditions. Fundamental proprietary research provided by our global network of experienced investment analysts forms the backbone of our approach. Capital Group has an integrated global research network of more than 450 investment professionals, and its portfolio managers have an average of 28 years of investment experience.
Today, Capital Group works with financial intermediaries and institutions to manage US$2.7 trillion1 in long-term assets for investors around the world.
1Assets under management are preliminary for 30 June 2024. All other data are as at 30 June 2024 and attributed to Capital Group, unless otherwise stated.
Workshop Sponsors
CLP Holdings
The CLP Group is one of the largest investor-owned power businesses in Asia Pacific with investments across Hong Kong, Mainland China, Australia, India, Taiwan Region and Thailand. Hong Kong-listed CLP Holdings Limited is the holding company for the CLP Group, which has a diversified portfolio of generating assets that uses a wide range of fuels including coal, gas, nuclear and renewable sources.
Through CLP Power Hong Kong Limited, the Group operates a vertically integrated electricity supply business that provides a highly reliable supply of electricity to 80% of Hong Kong’s population. The CLP Group is one of the largest external investors in the energy sector in Mainland China. The Group’s wholly-owned subsidiary EnergyAustralia is a leading integrated energy company in Australia, providing gas and electricity to about 2.42 million households and businesses. Apraava Energy, in which CLP has a 50% interest, is one of India’s biggest renewable energy producers with operations in power generation and transmission.
CLP Holdings is included in the Global Dow – an index of the world’s leading blue-chip companies, in addition to sustainability-focused indices including the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index (DJSI Asia Pacific), the Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Index Series and the FTSE4Good Index series.
Norges Bank Investment Management
Norges Bank Investment Management runs the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global, which has assets of more than NOK19 trillion (US$1.47 trillion). The fund is invested in international equity and fixed-income markets and in real estate and renewable energy infrastructure. It is one of the largest single owners in the world’s stock markets, holding almost 1.5% of all shares in the world’s listed companies, with holdings in around 9,000 companies.
The aim of the fund is to ensure responsible and long-term management of revenue from Norway’s oil and gas resources so that this wealth benefits both current and future generations. The objective is to generate the highest possible return on the fund in a safe, efficient, responsible and transparent manner, and within government guidelines.
Welcome Reception Sponsor
TPC
TPC (Tsao Pao Chee) is a fourth-generation family business holding company headquartered in Singapore that is committed to empowering the well-being economy. TPC does this by supporting global connectivity and resilience through its supply chain and logistics activities, and well-being-focused activities aimed at fostering individual and collective growth. TPC’s purpose-driven well-being business ecosystem comprises IMC Industrial, OCTAVE, and multiple non-profit organisations, including Octave Institute, No.17 Foundation and Restore Nature Foundation, operating in unity to add value to life.
Supporting Organisation
Investment Management Association of Singapore (IMAS)
Since its inception in 1997 amidst the Asian Financial Crisis, IMAS has played a pivotal role in shaping Singapore’s asset management industry.
IMAS has been active in enhancing the standards of professionalism amongst practitioners, advocating industry concerns, working closely with government agencies and regulators to formulate policies and strategies to grow and strengthen the asset management industry in Singapore.
IMAS plays a central role in the investment ecosystem, as the platform that brings together investors, fund managers, regulators, government agencies and service providers; facilitating international connectivity and playing a leading role among our network of investment associations globally.
For more information, visit https://imas.org.sg/
