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Albert L. H. Cheng
Managing Director
Far East, World Gold Council
Albert Cheng joined the World Gold Council, Singapore
regional office in March 1993 as a Regional Manager,
Planning and Business Development, becoming Managing
Director, Far East in 2003 with responsibility for operations
in the entire region.
He was with Dentsu, Young and Rubicam, Hong Kong in
the early 80's, where he was responsible for the advertising
and promotion of a number of popular and durable consumer
products. His career in gold marketing began in July,
1985 when he joined the Royal Canadian Mint as a Manager
for South East Asia.
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Albert Lam
Investment Director
IPPFA
• Head, Investment Division
• More than a decade in investment products
and services, including property financing, stock
analysis, fund management and investment
advisory
• Regular contributor to Business Times Weekend
and quoted in Straits Times and CNA
• Bachelor of Arts in Economics, York University,
Canada
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Alice Lim
CFD Dealer
Phillip CFD, A Member of PhillipCapital
Ms. Alice Lim is a dealer on the
Phillip Securities Contracts for Difference (CFD) dealing
desk and specializes in providing customer care, execution
of trades and advisory services. Since 2008, Alice has
focused her efforts on educating clients through PhillipCapital's
Market Watch online broadcast program and Phillip CFD’s
Educational Program. She graduated from the Singapore
Institute of Management University majoring in Marketing
and has been with PhillipCapital since 2008.
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Alvin Lim
Director
Australian Wine Index
Alvin have been involved in financial
advising for over 13 years and am familiar with a number
of different investment products, with my main focus
being on Fine Wine Investment. I first started taking
a real interest in Fine Wine 6 years ago and it is now
one of my passions - not only to drink, but also as
an investment tool. I have built and led teams for 13
years and this is something I take great satisfaction
from. My main strengths are motivating team members,
building / leading teams and also advising clients on
when to buy/sell their wines, in addition to giving
advice on other financial instruments they are interested
in. My passions outside of work include spending time
with my family, socializing with friends and enjoying
a glass of wine.
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Andrew Cheng
Group General Manager
Kingsmen Creatives Limited
An Economist by training, Andrew
has over 20 years of sales and marketing, communications
and management experience in the logistics, hospitality,
corporate communications and investor relations industries.
At Kingsmen he is responsible for the Group's corporate
affairs and business development.
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Prior to joining Kingsmen,
he was General Manager of Citigate Dewe Rogerson
iMAGE. He has extensive experience in corporate
and financial communications and corporate branding,
honed from years of providing strategic counsel
& working closely with senior management across
multi-industries to strategise, develop and execute
marketing and communication programmes; aimed at
maximizing corporate and product branding, and driving
business growth.
Andrew has a Bachelor of Economics degree from the
University of Tasmania, Australia and currently
serves as Hon. Secretary to the Securities Investors
Association Singapore (SIAS).
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Anson Chow
Deutsche Bank
Anson Chow joined Deutsche Bank's
DBX Financial Products team in 2007 and is in the team
responsible for the exchange listed products business
including product development, statistical analysis
and investor education and training. Currently Anson
works with the financial institutions and the brokers
in Hong Kong, mainland China and Singapore on product
training. He speaks regularly in public investment seminars
in the region and attends media interviews in Hong Kong.
Anson holds a degree in Economics
from the University of Chicago in the USA.
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Bert Antonik
Instructor
Online Trading Academy
Bert Antonik is a retired US Navy
Commander who brings over 3 decades of trading knowledge
and experience to his Online Trading Academy presentations.
The dynamic and totally engaging approach he brings
to teaching Online Trading Academy’s curriculum
comes from years of hands-on, trial by fire experience
and an inexhaustible passion for trading and teaching.
His trading prowess can be linked to the fact that
he has devoured a library of trading materials worth
well in excess of $160,000.
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Bert knows exactly how and
why people run into trading obstacles. Even more
importantly, he knows exactly how to help them avoid
trading hazards because he has been down the hard
road looking for the Trader's Grail. You can’t
help but become a better trader when you participate
in a class taught by Bert. He is a classic Online
Trading Academy instructor, not just a great trader
but he knows how to teach. This is a rare breed!
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Chong Jiun Yeh
Executive Director and Deputy CIO
Fixed Income & Structured Investments
Jiun Yeh joined UOBAM in March
2008, he is currently Deputy CIO for Global Fixed
Income, Currencies and Structured Investments. Jiun
Yeh was formerly the Managing Director (Fund Management)
and Co-Head of Portfolio Management for ST Asset Management
(STAM). Prior to joining STAM, he was Head of Fixed
Income and Currencies at OUB Asset Management.
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Jiun Yeh has over 15 years of
experience in managing equities, fixed income and
structured finance portfolios, including emerging
market sovereign and investment grade credits, G-7
bonds and currencies, as well as Asian equities.
He has worked with rating agencies, insurers, investment
partners and banks in structuring investment products
for investors. Jiun Yeh graduated with a Bachelor
of Science (Estate Management), Honours degree from
the National University of Singapore.
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Christine Huang
Vice President,
Lyxor ETF, SOCIETE GENERALE GROUP
Christine Huang is responsible
for sales and marketing of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
launched by Lyxor International Asset Management for
both institutional and retail markets in Asia, and
expand Lyxor ETF business to new markets in the region.
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Prior to joining, Christine
was Sales Manager at FTSE Group, responsible for
product development and marketing of the FTSE and
FTSE Xinhua China Index among pension funds, institutional
investors, as well as working closely with regional
exchanges for local indexing, and Associate Director
at Standard and Poor's Fund Services, responsible
for introducing and develop the mutual fund rating
services in Asia Pacific.
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David Gerald
President and CEO of
Securities Investors Association (Singapore)
David Gerald is the President
and CEO of Securities Investors Association (Singapore)
or SIAS. He founded SIAS in 1999 to successfully contest
the freezing of shares owned by 172,000 Singapore
investors in Malaysian companies by the Malaysian
government. Today, SIAS has 66,000 members. SIAS is
THE voice for retail investors in Singapore and is
actively promoting investor education at all levels
in the community, investor rights programmes and corporate
governance and transparency in Singapore. SIAS today
enjoys a very high profile and has the recognition
of the regulators, the media and investors. The Business
Times (17.9.02) aptly described him as “such
a power in the stock market that he is often given
the royal treatment companies normally reserved for
major fund managers such as Templeton’s Mark
Mobius”. He has been featured in many international
magazines and appeared in the cover page of Forbes,
May 14, 2001 issue and has been often featured on
CNN, CNBC, BBC, Singapore’s Channel NewsAsia
on corporate governance issues.
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Since graduating in 1970 as
a lawyer, he has been in Singapore Government Legal
service as a Magistrate, Coroner, Deputy Public
Prosecutor and in private practice as an Advocate
Solicitor spanning some 30 years.
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David Mu
Head of Education
CMC Markets Asia
He has many years of banking experience,
having worked for several large, prestigious institutions
such as Bank of China and BNP Paribas. David has wide
knowledge of the financial markets and has devoted
his career to providing financial education and training
to professionals and ordinary investors. In particular,
he is recognized as an expert in the field of CFDs
- providing analysis and commentary and having presented
educational seminars regularly on the subject over
the last four years. As well as his distinguished
career at CMC Markets, David has lectured for Bank
of Communication, China Minsheng Bank, China Futures
Association, Dalian Commodities Exchange and many
licensed Futures Brokers.
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David appears regularly on numerous
investment talk shows on CCTV, Beijing TV, NMTV
and Radio Beijing. Besides his frequent media appearances,
he has written several books on trading such as
Gold Trading, Gold Futures and How to Trade Hong
Kong stocks.
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Dennis Ng
founder and CEO of
www.HousingLoanSG.com
Dennis Ng is an Accountant by training
and a Certified Financial Planner with 17 years of
Bank Lending experience. He founded www.HousingLoanSG.com
- a leading Mortgage Consultancy Portal in Singapore
in year 2003.
He is sought after for his comments
on Housing Loans and the Property Market by newspapers,
magazines, Radio and TV.
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He also writes a Fortnightly Personal
Finance Column on every alternate Wednesday for
My Paper starting from 8 Jan 2008.
In May 2009, he founded www.MasterYourFinance.com
and is author of Bestselling Book, the Very First
Chinese/English Book on Personal Finance in Singapore
entitled "Mastering Your Personal Finance.
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Edmund Seow
Technical Analyst
SIAS Research
Edmund’s interest in the financial
markets started in university where he avidly took
modules of financial management in his freshman year.
His first foray into the financial
markets began as a trader, actively trading in the
Hang Seng Futures Market. From there he moved on to
trading FOREX, futures and commodities in the Singapore
and US stock markets. See
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His focus in Technical Analysis
is a direct extension of his time as a trader, and
he believes that Technical Analysis is an integral
part of an investor’s tool kit.
Edmund has been featured in
the Today Newspaper and on Good Morning Singapore.
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Eric Cheng
Chief Executive Officer
ECG Group of Companies
Eric Cheng, Group Chief Executive Officer
of the ECG Group of Companies, is a successful entrepreneur
and property consultant. He has ventured into and
succeeded in trades such as real estate investment,
property development, lifestyle, events management,
information technology, automobile etc.
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He is a self-made millionaire and
a self-taught property investor. Through his years
of experience in real estate, he has mentored and
coached many millionaires as well as successful
business owners.
Eric is highly sought after and is well-known for
his property commentaries by the media. He frequently
conducts trainings and seminars, and is known as
a real estate guru. He is also a renowned author
and speaker.
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Gary Fu
Product & Business Development
CIMB-GK Securities
Gary Fu has been in the finance industry
since 2000 and joined CIMB Securities in 2002 as an
equities dealer. He moved to the Products and Financial
Services department in 2007 as the product training
specialist for the company. He has presented on topics
such as CFDs, Extended Settlements, Risk Disclosure,
Technical Analysis, Trading Systems, Warrants and
ETFs. See
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Gary has a post-graduate diploma in
Marketing Management and is a qualified trainer
with full Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment
(ACTA) qualification. He is also a registered Financial
Adviser Representative licensed by the Monetary
Authority of Singapore.
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Geoffrey Howie
Senior Vice President
Head of Global Futures
MF Global Singapore Pte Limited
Geoff has an international reputation
for providing insightful information into the dynamics
and workings of the fundamental and technical variables
that underpin market moves. His frontline knowledge
of markets and economics is complemented by a Bachelors
and Masters degree in economics, the later extending
into deferred PhD work after receiving the highest
grading for research and modeling conducted on the
Shanghai economy. More recently, in 2005, he was the
winner of two Hong Kong Securities Institute Candidate
of the Year awards.
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Geoff regularly speaks on behalf
of MF Global Singapore Pte Ltd at investor forums
and workshops. He is a regular contributor to The
Forex Journal and provides market commentary to
Bloomberg, Dow Jones and the Australia Financial
Review. Outside the realms of financial markets,
Geoff has been the Treasury adviser to the Leader
of the Queensland Liberal Party, receiving a commendation
in the Parliamentary Hansard for his analytical
work in government finances.
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Goh Khong Shung
Director,
Financial Services
Advisors’ Clique
Great Eastern
• Graduated
from National University Of Singapore in Sociology
• Over 15 years of experience in the Financial
Planning Industry
• Appointed Associate Trainer for Peak Performance
and Continuous Excellence Program in his company
• Achieved 8 consecutive years of MDRT qualifications,
an international association for the top 6% Financial
Advisors
in the world
• Qualified as a Chartered Financial Consultant
(ChFC) and Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) in 2001,
and Fellow Chartered Financial Practitioner
(FChFP) in 2003
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• Head various
Leadership positions including, Chairman of GE Life
MDRT Promotion Club, Executive Committee member
of TH Alumni (NUS) and Advisory
Board Member to Hua Yi Secondary School
• Spoke publicly at various platform on Financial
matters, including Channel News Asia 2008 ‘Wise
Up To Money’ Public Seminar, News Radio 938
Breakfast Club Forum, Asia Money Fair 2003
• Interviewed at CNA Prime Time Morning 2008,
and featured in Channel News Asia (Money & You)
• Appointed Director, Financial Services in
2008, managing an Agency of Financial Planners in
Advisors’ Clique
• Appointed Director, Private Wealth Management
in 2009
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Henry Teoh
Senior Vice President
MF Global Singapore Pte. Limited
Henry is a Sales Trader with MF
Global Singapore Pte Limited for the last 12 years.
Prior to that, he has 10 years of experience as a
Foreign Exchange dealer with ABN Bank, Citibank and
HSBC in Singapore. He holds a Bachelors degree in
Economics with a Masters degree in Business Administration.
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Henry's direct experience as
a bank foreign exchange dealer and his ability to
connect with clients has enabled him to share the
emotional aspects of trading in a realistic way.
Currently he writes a daily FX Outlook which is
sent out to clients every morning.
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Hon Cheung
Regional Director of Official Institutions
Group in Asia Pacific
State Street Global Advisors Singapore Limited
Hon Cheung is the Regional Director
for the Official Institutions Group in Asia and has
responsibility for developing relationships with central
banks, sovereign wealth funds and other government
agencies in the Asia Pacific region. Mr. Cheung joined
State Street Global Advisors in 1996 and has served
senior roles in the London, Hong Kong and Singapore
offices.
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He has worked closely with stock
exchanges, regulators, government bodies and other
institutions in Asia to advise on investment matters,
particularly in relation to Exchange Traded Funds
(ETFs). During his career in Asia, he has been involved
in many of the milestone ETF projects in the region
such as the streetTRACKS® Straits Times Index Fund,
Tracker Fund of Hong Kong and SPDR® Gold Shares;
most recently, he led the team that designed and
managed the ABF Pan Asia Bond Index Fund which was
successfully launched by Asia's leading central
banks.
Mr. Cheung holds an Honors degree in Mathematics
from Imperial College London and a Diploma in Mathematical
Statistics from Cambridge University. He is also
a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
in England and Wales and sits as a member of the
independent index committees for a number of index
providers.
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Prof. Jeremy C. Goh, Ph.D.
Director of the Centre for Corporate and Investor
Responsibility
Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics,Singapore
Management University.
Jeremy Goh is Finance Area Coordinator
(ACe) and Associate Professor of Finance at the Lee
Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management
University. He is also Director of the Centre for
Corporate and Investor Responsibility, which is housed
under the Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics
at the Singapore Management University.
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He received his BS degree from Southern
Illinois University in Carbondale (1985) and his
MA (1988), MS (1989), and Ph.D. (1991) from Washington
University, St. Louis. Prior to joining the Singapore
Management University in 2001, he was an Associate
Professor of Finance (with tenure) at Drexel University,
Philadelphia (1998-2001) and Assistant Professor
of Finance at the University of South Florida, Tampa
(1997-1998) and a member of the Finance faculty
at Chapman University, California (1992-1997).
Topics on which Professor Goh
has published paper in referred journals include:
corporate finance and governance; financial analyst
forecasts; earnings management; term structure of
interest rates; bond ratings; convertible bonds;
and private equity placements. Professor Goh has
published extensively in prestigious journals such
as: Journal of Finance, Journal of Business,
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis,
Financial Analysts Journal, Journal of Financial
Research, Financial Review, Review of Quantitative
Finance and Accounting, and Quarterly Review of
Economics and Finance.
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Juan Carlos Artigas
World Gold Council
Juan Carlos Artigas is an Investment
Research Manager for the World Gold Council in New
York, where he is in charge of writing strategic and
research notes that put gold in the context of global
financial markets. He also regularly presents the
strategic case for investing in gold to institutional
and private investors.
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He has over 5 years of experience
in financial markets, having worked for JPMorgan
Securities as a US and Emerging Markets strategist,
where he led the Latin American sovereign debt and
Mexico local market strategy effort. He holds a
BS in Actuarial Sciences from ITAM (Mexico), and
an MBA and MS in Statistics from the University
of Chicago.
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Kevin Scully
Executive Chairman
NRA Capital Pte Ltd
As Executive Chairman of NRA Capital
Pte Ltd, Kevin has overall responsibility for the
direction and strategy of our Group. He has more than
25 years experience in fundamental research and the
scars to show for it! An economist by training, Kevin
has an honours degree in economics and spent the first
two years of his working life in the regional and
economics division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He then started life as an equity analyst in the early
1980s in Lyall & Evatt for two years before moving
on to Schroder Securities for 12 years - where he
progressed from being an analyst to Head of Research
for Singapore/Malaysia in 1989, and as Managing Director
for Singapore from 1995. He was also Head of Research
at Kay Hian and HSBC Securities before founding Netresearch-asia
in 1999. Kevin looks at stock markets globally with
a focus on macro indicators. He has personal interest
in a large number of sectors with healthcare, banks,
telecoms and plantations being some of his favourites.
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Khun Panya Thongchai
Head of IR
Thai Beverage Public Co Ltd
Khun Panya Thongchai joins ThaiBev
as head of IR on April 1, 2010. Prior, he worked at
Shin Corporations Plc (SET listed) for over 15 years
where he held a title of Assistant Vice President and
oversaw its investor relations department. He spends
most of his IR career in telecom sector. Among his experiences
included IR function at Advanced Info Service Plc and
Thaicom Plc. He graduated from Baruch College –
City University of New York with a BBA in accounting.
In early 2000’s, he consecutively received numerous
IR awards such as best Thai IR individual from IR and
Finance Asian Magazines. Professional affiliation includes
member of Thai Investor Relations Club (TIRC) and currently
serving as a director.
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Kieren Soh
Manager
iOCBC Trade Mobile
Presentation Topic: iOCBC TradeMobile.
Smarter Trading on the Go
iOCBC TradeMobile is OCBC Securities’
latest addition to our suite of electronic trading
services. Kieren Soh, manager of iOCBC TradeMobile,
will tell you how the app allows you to trade on the
move and access timely information 24/7 with your
iPhone
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Law Kung Ying
Chairman and Managing Director
Appointed to Cheung Woh’s Board
of Directors on 18 May 1979, Mr Law joined our Company
in 1976. He is responsible for the strategic developments
of our Group. He devises and implements our strategic
business plans and identifies new markets, products
and customers. Mr Law spearheaded the Group’s
diversification into the China automotive industry by
acquiring Tysan Precision. He was also responsible for
the integration of the Group’s operations by setting
up Tysan Steel which enhances the Group’s source
of steel material. He has an aggregate of over 30 years
of experience in the metal stamping industry as well
as extensive experience in sales and marketing, procurement,
logistics, tool and die design and other manufacturing
activities.
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Li Xinjing
Chief Market Strategist
Blossom Valley Capital Pte Ltd
Li Xinjing, Chief Market Strategist
of Blossom Valley Capital Pte Ltd,with more than 20
years experience in market analysis. Regardless of the
bear or bull markets, Mr Li XinJing has maintained more
than 90% accuracy on his predictions of the global markets
in the past 4 years. During the last few months of 2007,
Mr Li predicted that Singapore markets will be experiencing
a certain degree of financial adjustment for 2 years.
That is when the global markets begun to crumble drastically
in 2008, Mr Li also commented that the Asian markets
will most probably bottom out in October 2008. He also
stated that the crude oil prices will peak in 2 weeks
after his interview in June 2008 with China's CBN TV.
In the same interview, he forecasted that the China
markets will see a stronger rebound in February 2009.
In November 2008, he also gave his views that crude
oil will drop to USD35. All the above major forecasts
and analyses are supported and testified by REAL market
conditions. Join us at AICE to find out the methods
and strategies that Mr Li utilized to formulate such
accurate forecast.
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Lynette Leong
Chief Executive Officer
CapitaCommercial Trust Management Limited
Ms Leong has more than 20 years of
international experience, including banking and finance
with Standard Chartered Bank and United Malayan Banking
Corporation Berhad in Singapore and Malaysia, and real
estate fund management in the London, New York, Chicago
and Asian offices of LaSalle Investment Management.
Prior to joining the Manager, Ms Leong was the Chief
Executive Officer of Ascendas' South Korea office where
she had spearheaded Ascendas' strong foothold in the
country's real estate market, including the acquisition
of office and logistics properties and the establishment
of its first real estate fund there that was co-invested
by some of South Korea's largest financial institutions.
Ms Leong holds a Bachelor of Science
degree in Estate Management and a Master of Science
in Real Estate from the National University of Singapore.
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Mario Sant Singh
Co-Founder and CEO
FX1 Academy
Mario Sant Singh Co-Founder and CEO
of FX1 Academy Mentored by some of the world's top traders,
Mario spear-heads the entire training and coaching department
in FX1. Known as a brilliant and intense communicator,
he has trained thousands of students worldwide on FOREX.
Mario is a regular guest on CNBC “Capital Connection”
and a frequent contributor to top investment magazines
like Smart Investor and Your Trading Edge. His other
media appearances include ChannelNewsAsia, Personal
Money, News Radio, City News, The Straits Times, FXStreet
and Your Choice.
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Mark Laudi
Managing Director
Hong Bao Media
Mark Laudi is an award-winning journalist
and broadcaster, well-known to radio and television
audiences in the Asia Pacific. Since leaving CNBC, Mark
has established Investor Central®, a news service
geared specially to value investors. You can watch and
read the programs on the Singapore Investor pages of
the SIAS website.
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Martin Tay
ABS / MoneySENSE speaker
Mr Martin Tay is a Vice President
of a local bank which is also a member of The Association
of Banks in Singapore (ABS), an industry association
that partners MoneySENSE, Singapore's national financial
education programme. He has about 10 years of experience
in retail banking, specialising in the area of mortgage
loans.
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Meenal Kumar
Investment Analyst
OCBC Investment Research
Meenal holds a Bachelor of Arts degree
in Psychology with an Economics minor from Stanford
University. She has been working for OCBC Investment
Research for almost three years. Prior to OCBCIR, Meenal
was working in Nitro Group, a boutique communications
agency in Shanghai, China, where her clients included
multi-national corporations including Mars and Expedia.
Meenal covers a basket of securities for OCBCIR, concentrating
primarily on yield instruments including S-REITs and
business trusts. Her reports are frequently quoted by
the financial media including The Business Times. Meenal
has passed all three levels of the Chartered Financial
Analyst Program.
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Mirriam MacWIlliams
Chief Trainer
Wealth Mentors
Mirriam MacWilliams, chief trainer
of Wealth Mentors is America's top stock market expert
and former National Director of Education of the largest
non-profit investment club. See
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She is a self-made millionaire. In
2 years, she turned US$10k to US$2 million in the
stock market.
A corporate high-flyer at the peak
of her career, Mirriam gave up a jet-setting job
as the former Vice President of Investor Relations
of a large bottling company outside of the US, and
a six-figure annual salary for a little known and
predominantly male-dominated area of options trading.
Today, Mirriam has taught over 5,000
people in Singapore, Asia and USA how to trade profitably
in forex and options, regardless of market directions.
She has been featured on televisions,
radio , newspapers and magazines in Asia. These
include Channel NewsAsia, NTV7, TV2, Lite FM, Radio
938, Star, The Sunday Times, The Business Times,
Share Investor, The Edge and more.
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Moh Tze Yang
Lead Analyst, SIAS Research
Tze Yang graduated from Deakin University,
Melbourne with a Bachelor Of Commerce (Double majors
in accountancy and finance) and a Master of Commerce
(Double majors in international business and accountancy).
Tze Yang was a Senior Auditor with a global “Big
Four” audit firm, before moving on to a position
as a Senior Equity Research Associate at a corporate
finance and asset management house. Prior to joining
SIAS Research, his last position was as at a China-focused
private equity fund as Investment Manager. Tze Yang
covers the property, industrial and financial institutional
sectors
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Mohd Salim
Chartered Financial Consultant
Salim graduated from the National University of Singapore
with a degree in Business Administration.
Salim has more than 20 years of
experience in the financial advisory services industry
and his views have been reflected in various financial
journals and media. He is the CEO of a financial advisory
firm, managing a group of advisers. Salim is also
actively involved in financial education. He is currently
the Immediate Past President of the Association of
Financial Advisers (Singapore), an industry association
that partners MoneySENSE, Singapore's national financial
education programme.
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Dr Ng Chin Siau
founder and CEO of Q & M Dental Group.
Dr Ng Chin Siau is the founder and CEO of Q & M
Dental Group. He started the Group in 1996 and has been
instrumental in building it into the largest private
dental healthcare group in Singapore.
Dr Ng has over 18 years of experience in the dental
industry, and practices as a dentist at Q & M Dental
Centre.
He was the top entrepreneur and winner of The Entrepreneur
of the Year Award for Enterprise (a Rotary-ASME
award) in 2009. He graduated with a Bachelor of Dental
Surgery from National University of Singapore and is
a
Fellow of the International Congress of Oral Implantologist.
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Ng Kok Siong
Chief Financial Officer
CapitaMall Trust Management Limited
Mr Ng joined CapitaLand Limited in September 2005 in
the Office of the President. He later assumed the position
of Senior Vice President of CapitaLand Eurasia where
he was involved in business development and investment
management. In October 2008, he was appointed as Senior
Vice President, Strategic Finance, CapitaLand Limited,
where he was responsible for overseeing the corporate
finance matters of the CapitaLand Group. Prior to joining
CapitaLand in 2005, Mr Ng spent more than a decade in
the oil and gas industry across Asia Pacific and Europe,
holding various finance and investment management positions
in Exxon-Mobil Asia-Pacific and Shell Oil Products East.
Mr Ng graduated with a Degree of Bachelor of Accountancy
(Honours) from Nanyang Technological University of Singapore.
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Omar Merican
Chief Operating Officer
Bursa Malaysia Berhad
Omar Merican, aged 51, a Malaysian,
graduated with an Economics degree from the University
of Birmingham, England and a Masters in Science from
the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (MIT). See
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Omar was founder and CEO of Merican
and Partners Asset Management Sdn Bhd, a fund management
company, from 1997 to 2004. Prior to this, Omar
worked in financial services institutions including
Solomon Brothers, James Capel and O'ConnorAssociates.
Omar has been the COO of Bursa Malaysia since 16
September 2005.
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Pablo Romero
VP of Marketing
Singapore, Walton International Group (S) Pte Ltd
Pablo joined Walton in 2006, operating
out of the company's global headquarters in Calgary,
Alberta, Canada. Extensive exposure to the company's
top leaders and experts has seen Pablo immerge as
a key speaker on Walton's business and vision.
In 2008, Pablo relocated to Singapore to support the
growth of Walton Asia's operations. In his current
capacity as Vice President of Marketing, Pablo is
responsible for elevating Walton's presence through
new and exciting campaigns.
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Prior to joining Walton, Pablo
spent over 5 years working with Coty Inc. where
he directed marketing and promotional campaigns
for some of the most recognized brands in the world.
Pablo graduated from the University of Calgary with
a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics and has his
certification in Canadian Investment Funds.
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Paul See
SIAS Speaker
Mr Paul See is a senior branch
manager with, Professional Investment Advisory Services
Pte Ltd, PIAS. He is in charge of spear-heading business
directions and development, to equip advisors with
skill-sets for both professional and personal growth.
Also as a portfolio strategist and business trainer,
he conducts research, training and seminars for both
his branch as well as clients.
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His experience accumulated since 1998
with over more than 11 years in the industry on
risk management and financial services, working
with both corporate clients as well as high networth
individuals over the past decade.
By working closely with institutional
partners, Paul ensures that his practice is constantly
at the forefront of the ever-changing demands of
the financial industry. Paul carries a vision to
impact the nation with financial literacy. He is
actively involved in many financial education workshops,
seminars, forums and MoneySENSE programmes in work
place and in schools.
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Peter Henrik Jantzen
Executive Vice President
Mr Peter Henrik Jantzen joined the Group in 2009 to
strengthen the management structure of the Group as
well as to drive the Group's growth strategy. Mr Jantzen
has extensive experience in management and he established
management consultancy companies such as JMC Pte Ltd
in Singapore and Metta Group Europe in his native Denmark.
He previously worked as the Managing Director and a
member of the board of directors of Viking Life Saving
Equipment Asia as well as a Director and Chief Operating
Officer of Uni-Bulk Pte Ltd. He held the position of
the Danish Trade Commissioner to Australia between 1991
to 1995 and in 2000, Mr Jantzen was appointed President
of the Danish Business Association in Singapore. Mr
Jantzen has a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master
of Business Administration from Copenhagen Business
School.
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Richard Dyason
General Manager
SIAS
Richard is the General Manager of SIAS. In his role,
he sees investors’ complaints and the challenges
they go thru. He is a certified couch for Clarity State
Decision Making and a Master NLP Practitioner. In his
spare time, he is an avid triathlete. Prior to joining
SIAS, Richard was Vice President with SGX.
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Roger Tan
Vice President / Head of Research
SIAS Research Pte Ltd
Roger Tan was previously the Lead Analyst with SIAS
Research in 2006 and had covered companies such as Macquarie
International Infrastructure Fund (MIIF), Ho Bee, and
Soilbuild. Before rejoining SIAS Research as Vice President,
Roger was an investment analyst in Standard Chartered
Bank.
He is often quoted by print media such as Business Times
and Lianhe Zaobao and had appeared on TV programmes
such as StockWatch, Singapore Business Tonight, and
Cai Jing Zhui Ji.
Roger has a Masters of Finance and a Bachelor in Business
Accountancy from RMIT University.
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Dr Ronnie Tan
CEO,
FIRST REIT
Dr Ronnie Tan is a Director as well as the Chief Executive
Officer of the Manager. Dr Tan qualified as a Medical
Doctor from the University of Melbourne in 1977. He
worked in various government and private healthcare
facilities in Australia and Singapore as a Medical Practitioner
until 1987. After receiving his Master of Health Administration
from Loma Linda University, he joined Parkway Holdings
Limited as its international business development manager,
and also served as Chief Executive Officer of Gleneagles
Hospital. In 1995, he worked in Indonesia as Executive
Director of Lippo Group and Chief Executive Officer
of Siloam group of hospitals. From 1998 to September
2004, he took various postings as Chief Executive Officer
and Director of AsiaMedic Limited and Senior Executive
in Parkway Holdings Limited. Dr Tan was an Independent
Non-Executive director and Chairman of the Audit Committee
of Auric Pacific Group Limited from 2001 to 2002. From
1 October 2004 to July 2009 Dr Tan was an executive
director of Auric Pacific Group Limited responsible
for the areas of Business Development (non-food related)
as well as Property and Strategic Investments. Dr Ronnie
Tan is currently a non-executive director of Auric Pacific
Group Limited and Food Junction Holdings Limited.
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Rudi Tung
Vice President
Marketing & Business Development
DBS Asset Management
Mr. Tung joined DBS Asset Management
in 2009, as Vice-President overseeing Marketing and
Business Development for the Greater China region.
He also serves as the main contact person for DBSAMs
China joint venture partner, Changsheng Fund Management,
and is responsible for the business expansion in China,
Taiwan and Hong Kong. See
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Prior to joining DBS Asset Management,
Mr. Tung was the Head of Global Business Development
for Polaris Investment Trust, the largest ETF and
Indexing product provider in Taiwan. His role at
Polaris was to promote Polaris P-shares ETFs, and
also to oversee the business development for Polaris
Investment Trust with varies international financial
institutions. Mr. Tung was also a regular guest
speaker in several conferences.
Mr. Tung has a Master Degree
in Business Administration from Royal Road University
in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
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Sani Hamid CFP,
MSc(App Econs), BBus(Hons)
Director, Wealth Management (Economy & Market Strategy),
Financial Alliance Pte Ltd
Sani has more than 17 years of working experience in
the financial markets, having worked for companies such
as S&P MMS where he led a team of analysts covering
Emerging Asian economies; BNP Paribas Peregrine as a
senior economist; and S&P Ratings as a sovereign
analyst overseeing the ratings of countries such as
India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. In his present
position with Financial Alliance, an independent financial
advisory firm, he provides advice on the strategic allocation
of clients’ investments. He has been widely quoted
in the media throughout his career and has spoken at
numerous international seminars on a range of topics.
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Sean Lee
Chief Executive Officer
Marco Polo Marine Ltd
Mr Sean Lee Yun Feng is our Group CEO. He is responsible
for the overall management and day-to-day operations
of our Group as well as the formulation of the business
directions, strategies and policies of our Group. Mr
Sean Lee is instrumental in initiating and penetrating
new markets for both our shipping and shipyard operations.
On the operational front, he introduced a slew of strategic
operational measures, which greatly improved the efficiency
of our fleet of vessels. He also spearheads our shipyard
operations since it commenced operations in December
2005. Mr Sean Lee holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree
from the Murdoch University (Western Australia).
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Sebastian Chong
Founder
Shareowl.com
Sebastian Chong is an active investor
in stocks since the 1970s. He founded Financial Info
Analysis Pte Ltd in 2003 after retiring as a professor
at NUS Business School where he spent 23 years as
an academic and consultant. Before that, he was a
senior audit manager with Ernst & Young.
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In 2005 he founded the popular investment
website, www.shareowl.com, based on fundamentals.
Its subscription base has been increasing in bull
and bear years alike. He has published three books
on investment analysis, including Value Investing.
He is a sought after speaker and trainer in investment
and financial statement analysis. He served on the
Management Committee of SIAS from 2000 to 2009.
Sebastian is an FCPA (Singapore and
Australia) and holds a Master of Economics (Accounting)
degree from the University of Sydney.
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Simon Ho
Chief Executive Officer
CapitaMall Trust Management Limited
Mr Simon Ho has more than 20 years of experience in
real estate investment and management and was responsible
for managing the operations of 17 retail properties
in Singapore as well as the operations of CapitaMalls
Asia Limited's regional retail portfolio in China, India,
Japan and Malaysia prior to assuming the CEO post for
CapitaMall Trust Management Limited in November 2009.
He was previously the Deputy CEO of CapitaMalls Asia
Limited.
Mr Ho holds a Master of Real Estate and a Bachelor of
Science (Estate Management) (Honours) from the National
University of Singapore.
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Sisilia Kodyat
Business Development Manager
IG Markets
Sisilia is IG Markets' Business Development
Manager and has more than 9 years' experience working
in the financial services industry.
Sisilia has extensive experience
in CFDs, FX and futures trading, having worked on
the dealing desks of leading forex and futures broking
houses. She joined IG Markets in 2005 at the conception
of the company's operations in Singapore, where she
is responsible for business growth and driving market
awareness.
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Stella Tan
Investment Analyst
UOB Kay Hian Research
Stella joined the team in 2009, and
is currently responsible for the coverage of the Singapore
Oil Services and Land Transport sectors. Her current
primary focus is on the small- and mid-cap oil services
stocks listed on the SGX. Previously, she covered the
Offshore and Marine, Construction, and Land Transport
sectors. She is a graduate of the University of Melbourne
in Australia.
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Dr. Tan Khee Giap
Associate Professor
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy,
NUS Chair, Singapore National Committee for Pacific
Economic Cooperation
Upon graduating with a PhD from
University of East Anglia, England, UK in 1987, he
joined the banking sector as a treasury manager and
served as secretary to the Assets and Liabilities
Committee for three years, there after he taught at
the National University of Singapore (1990-1993; 2009--)
and Nanyang Technological University (1993-2009).
Dr Tan has consulted extensively with the various
government ministries, statutory boards and government
linked companies of Singapore government including
Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Trade & Industry,
Ministry of Manpower, Housing & Development Board,
Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, Singapore Tourism
Board, Trade Development Board, Maritime Port Authority,
Ministry of Information, Culture & Arts, Media
Development Authority, Singapore Design Council, Ministry
of Community Development, Youth & Sports, Singapore
Press Holdings, Mendaki, StarHub and Capital Land
on policies concerning financial, fiscal, trade, tourism,
public housing, labor, telecommunication, tourism,
creative industry, media, community development, airport
and seaport activities. He has also served as a consultant
to international agencies such as the Asian Development
Bank, Asian Development Bank Institute, United Nations
Industrial Development Group, World Gold Council,
ASEAN Secretariat, Central Policy Unit, Hong Kong,
Kerzner International, Las Vegas Sands, and other
international financial institutions and multinational
corporations. See
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Dr Tan’s has published
in international refereed journals including Applied
Economics, Asian Economic Papers, Review of Pacific
Basin Financial Markets and Policies, Competitiveness
Review in the area of capital flows, economic forecasting,
financial sector liberalization and macroeconomic
competitiveness. His current research interests
include econometric forecasting, financial reforms
and liberalization of ASEAN 10 + 5 Economies, and
competitiveness analysis on 31 provinces in China,
35 states in India and Asean-10 economies. Dr Tan
was Deputy President of the Singapore Economic Society,
2004. He served in the 2002 Economic Review Committee
(ERC), served as Chairman of the Task Force on Portable
Medical Benefits (PMB), served as the Deputy Chairman
of the IPS Forum for Economic Restructuring (IFER)
in 2003 and served as a member of the Resource Panel
of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Transport
and Government Parliamentary Committee for Finance
and Trade since 2007. Dr Tan has extensively advised
and guided multinational corporations leading to
public listings especially those companies from
Mainland China and Taiwan. He is also currently
an Independent Director of the publicly listed Hi-P
International and Artivision.
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Tan Teng Boo
Managing Director & Fund Manager
Capital Dynamics
Tan Teng Boo - the brain behind the Capital Dynamics
Group and THE i Capital products and services - has
been a “student” of the stock market for
almost 40 years and is recognized as one of the REGION'S
MOST iconoclastic minds in INVESTMENT research AND ANALYSIS.
A fanatic’s interest in investing and his unique
ability to blend investing skills with business experiences
distinguishes him from other investment managers. As
a highly regarded investment expert, his views are frequently
sought after by THE international media such as Bloomberg,
Business Times, CNBC, Reuters, etc
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Tan Yang Po
CEO
Azea Personal Coaching
Has transformed a business from US$3
million to US$128 million in just 5 years. She had established
a network over 52 countries.
Yang Po authored the book,
Cash Your Passion: What Test Books Don’t Teach
About How to Start and Manage Successful Businesses.
She was also the Director of Yves Saint Laurent Beaute,
Asia Pacific. During that time, she oversaw 22 countries
in the region. Yang Po Now owns 2 businesses; Azea Personal
Coaching and Azea Property Investment.
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Tan Zing Yuen
Chief Financial Officer
Thomson Medical Centre
Mr Tan Zing Yuen joined Thomson Medical Centre in 2009
as Chief Financial Officer.
Mr Tan has held key financial positions in several public-listed
companies namely, as Finance Director in Courts Singapore
Limited and as Chief Financial Officer of Nippecraft
Limited Group and Flairis Technology Corporation Limited
Group. He was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Energy
Market Company Pte Ltd which was set up to be the market
operator of the Singapore Wholesale Electricity Market.
From 2006 to 2009, Mr Tan was the Financial Controller
in the MediaCorp Group.
Mr Tan’s broad experience also includes MIS, human
resource management, corporate secretariat and risk
management.
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Terence Wong, CFA
Executive Director
DMG & Partners Research Pte Ltd
Terence Wong is Co-Head of Research
and Senior Vice-President at DMG & Partners Securities
Pte Ltd. He was formerly the CEO and Chief Investment
Analyst of SIAS Research Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based
independent equity research company. He has received
numerous commendations for his work. He warned investors
against the technology bubble in an article to the
Singapore Exchange magazine Pulses (March 2000) one
month before the tech meltdown. He was also ahead
of the curve on the hard disk drive (recommended in
Jan 2002), construction (May 2005), and small cap
(Dec 2005) sectors, all of which were recommended
well before the run-ups. See
more.
Terence has been featured on
financial programmes on BBC, CNBC, ChannelNewsAsia
and MediaCorp TV (Channel 5 and Channel 8), and
is well-quoted in both international and local media,
including Asian Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg,
Dow Jones, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Reuters and The
Business Times. In addition, his analyses and commentaries
have been published in The Straits Times, The Business
Times and Pulses.
Since 2004, he has spoken in over 60 investment
seminars organised by the Singapore Exchange, Asia
Seminar, CapitaLand, Lim & Tan Securities, Nanyang
Technological University, National University of
Singapore, NextView, NTUC, Shell, Securities Investors
Association (Singapore), SIAS Research, ShareInvestor
and Westcomb.
Terence graduated from Simon Fraser University in
Canada with a Joint Honours in Business Administration
(Finance) and Economics. He is a Chartered Financial
Analyst (CFA) charter holder.
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Thomas Mathew MBA
(F.S.)
Thomas Mathew holds an illustrious career journey spanning
the military to financial industry to management business
to coaching and mentoring field. He has been instrumental
in transforming the landscape of his working community
and a catalyst to moulding the lives of the top performers
in various industries. Thomas is highly sought-after
for his private coaching and inspirational seminars
by companies, financial institutions and universities
in the region. He is also a regular guest speaker on
the conference circuit and has endeavoured to share
his life experience and knowledge through the many best-seller
books he has authored.
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Tom Yuen Chee Kwong
SGX Speaker
YCK is a much sought-after leading
futures trader and trainer, with extensive system-based
trading and execution experience. His unrivaled passion
for trading and training, as evident in his dynamic
and inspiring presentation deliveries, is legendary
in the futures industry. He coaches regularly on risks
and rewards of trading, quantitative technical analysis,
money management and financial literacy, and has mentored
legions of traders on his proven-effective tactical
trading strategies.
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Tony
Sagami
Owner and Founder of Harvest Advisors
Tony Sagami, a veteran investment advisor and a leading
expert on Asian markets, is the owner and founder of Harvest
Advisors, an investment research and money management
company. Mr. Sagami has been managing money for more than
20 years and is also the editor of Asia Stock Alert service,
an advisory newsletter that specializes on identifying
the fastest-growing stocks in Asia, with a special emphasis
on China. Mr. Sagami’s no-nonsense and sometimes
acerbic views on Asian markets have been featured in publications
such as The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Kiplinger’s,
Smart Money, Business Week, New York Times, Washington
Post, Investors Business Daily, Bloomberg, Financial Planning
Times, Mutual FundsMagazine, Chicago Tribune, and the
LA Times, as well as on CNBC and CNBC Asia.
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Vasu Menon
Vice President at
OCBC Bank’s Wealth Management Unit
Vasu Menon is Vice President at OCBC
Bank’s Wealth Management Unit. He has more than
two decades of experience monitoring and forecasting
the outlook for financial markets. He is a well known
figure in the wealth management industry and is often
featured and quoted in the media. In his current capacity
in OCBC, Vasu meets and polls several international
fund managers regularly and the inputs he gets from
them, coupled with his own research and internal discussions,
helps him to formulate views on the investment outlook
for markets. Vasu also writes articles for OCBC’s
Wealth Management’s website (www.ocbc.com/wealth)
and its newsletters, offering interesting and useful
insights about various aspects of wealth management.
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Wendy Kwek
Kwek is the owner of several businesses including
being the co-founder of Executive Directions Pte Ltd
& Entrepreneur Action Program Pte Ltd, both of which
are fast growing and dynamic education and events organizations.
She has over 15 years of entrepreneurial,
regional training & global sales experience. She is
also the Master Developer and Lead Trainer for Entrepreneur
Action Program™ and Persuasive Public Speaking programs.
Together with her business partner, Mr Jerome Tan, they
have been appointed as the Master Resellers of highly
acclaimed programs like Money & You™ and Business School
for Entrepreneurs (programs originating from the United
States).
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Wendy is very passionate about
learning and personal growth and she is able to
inspire learning and help others see that they can
be more than what they are capable of. She is an
astute communicator and has an eye for identifying
areas where businesses or people can improve significantly.
She is main creator of one of their cornerstone
programs called the Entrepreneur Action Program.
This is a program where they coached their participants
to start a business projects and generate profits
even before they complete the program! Their propagate
resourcefulness, creativity, developing strong leadership,
forging win-win alliances, continuous learning,
and value adding to people. They are strong believers
of starting and growing businesses with little or
no money down.
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Wong Eng Soon
Investment Analyst
Phillip Futures, A Member of PhillipCapital
Wong Eng Soon is an investment analyst with Phillip
Futures. Other than Gold and Crude oil, he also examines
primarily the inter-relations between the US equities
markets and the other asset classes such as currencies,
gold and crude.
Eng Soon graduated from the University
of Adelaide with a Masters of Applied Finance. He
has been interviewed by Channel News Asia on Asia
Business Tonight (gold, crude outlook) and is a regular
contributor of his views on Gold on Dow Jones News
and Reuters Gold Commentary.
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Wong Weiyi
Research Manager
iFAST Financial
Wong Weiyi graduated with a Bachelor of Banking and
Finance (First Class Honours) from the Nanyang Technological
University (NTU) in 2006. He joined iFAST Financial
in early 2007 and currently oversees a team of analysts
residing in Singapore and Malaysia. His team is involved
in market and funds research. His other core responsibilities
include the conducting of regular training sessions
for the Financial Advisers. He is a Financial Adviser
Representative licensed by the Monetary Authority of
Singapore.
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Xianlin Li
Deutsche Bank ETF
Xianlin Li is a member of the Deutsche Bank ETF structuring
team, branded as db x-trackers. db x-trackers currently
offers 32 ETFs listed on SGX, making it the largest
ETF provider in terms of product offerings in Singapore.
Worldwide, Deutsche Bank offers more than 130 ETFs on
various asset classes which manage over US$50bn in assets.
Deutsche Bank is a committed market maker for all db
x-trackers ETFs and was named the winner of the "Exchange-traded
funds, Asia Pacific" Award at the AsianInvestor
2010 Investment Performance Awards.
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