Joint Seminar: How should capital markets participants react to abnormal market volatility?

Seminar PowerPoint can be reviewed in here.

Speakers' Profile:

Alan Lok, CFA, is the director of Capital Markets Policy within the Standards and Advocacy division of CFA Institute in the Asia-Pacific region. He is responsible for conducting research projects in the area of market instruments and market structures. Mr. Lok works with regulators, institutional investors, academics, and various other stake holders within the financial industry to uphold investor protection and market integrity.

Prior to joining CFA Institute, he was a senior investment manager in a renewable-energy multinational corporation in Singapore. His portfolio revolved around carrying out intensive due diligence exercises in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. He received his MBA from the University of Manchester. He was also awarded the FRM (Financial Risk Manager) certification by the Global Association of Risk Professionals.

Dr. Chiang, CFA, has 15+ years of professional experience in investment management and corporate finance in New York as well as Hong Kong.

Presently, he is working in an investment bank, providing investment advisory to ultrahigh net worth individuals and family officers in Greater China. In this capacity, he helps create and implement long-term strategic asset allocation solutions as well as customized investment strategies.

Mr. Franki Chung, CFA, is the Director of The Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts and the Chief Investment Officer of MEAG HK, the asset management arm of Munich Reinsurance. Based in Hong Kong, he and his team cover Asian equities and fixed income portfolios for Munich Re. Before joining MEAG in 2010, he was the deputy head of Asia Equities in Baring Asset Management and responsible for country allocation, stock selection and managing equity portfolios in Asia Pacific. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of New South Wales, a Bachelor of Science (Economics) (Hon.) degree from the University of London, a Higher Diploma in Production and Industrial Engineering from the Hong Kong Polytechnic and received the CFA Charter in 1998.

Dr. Chan is the Head of Investor Relations of C C Land Holdings Limited. (stock code : 1224) and founding Chairman of Hong Kong Investor Relations Association. She has more than 25 years of experience and was the CFOs and company secretaries of various listed companies in Hong Kong. She is mainly responsible for formulating the IR strategies for the company and conducting meetings with investors and fund managers all over the world. She also leads in a number of corporate finance exercises and corporate restructuring activities.

Dr. Chan graduated from the City University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting. She then earned her MBA degree from the University of Nottingham. She also obtained a DBA degree from the Polytechnic University of Hong Kong. She is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries, a fellow member of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

Ms. Kwong is currently working in NF Trinity Capital, engaged in buyside equity and credit research. She is also current CFA Charter holder and a holder of Bachelors of Economics and Master of Finance degree. She had been worked in JP Morgan Securities for 8 years and led the sell-side research of Hong Kong and China real estate equities.