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Summary
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Speakers
Real GDP growth in the Asia-Pacific region is expected to moderate in 2025, yet it is projected to continue outperforming global expansion. Factors influencing this growth include the anticipated economic slowdown in mainland China, ongoing challenges in global trade, renewed pressure on local currencies, and a cautious approach to monetary policy easing.
As Hong Kong navigates this shifting economic landscape, the city continues to play a crucial role in the global market. Amidst evolving geopolitical dynamics and economic transformations, businesses face a range of challenges and opportunities that will be explored in our sessions.
Join us for a complimentary event as we delve into vital discussions on topics such as navigating geopolitical rivalries, leveraging artificial intelligence for market intelligence, and adapting to trade tariffs—all essential elements for understanding how to thrive in this complex environment.
Explore the key topics with us:
- Power Plays in 2025 - Navigating the Interplay of Geopolitical Rivalries, Economic Shifts and Evolving Trade Dynamics
- Artificial Intelligence Powering Market Intelligence 2.0
- Global Trade: How Will Asia-Pacific’s Macro-Credit Conditions Hold Up Amid Shifting Trade Policies?
- Adapting to Trade Tariffs: Enhancing Resilience and Credit Surveillance with Data and Generative AI
- [PANEL]Evolving Dynamics in Greater China’s Capital Market – Risk and Opportunities
- Regulatory Reporting Reimagined – From Burden to Benefit, Obligation to Opportunity
- What's next for US Megacaps Tech stocks?
- Leveraging Unique Datasets for Equity Derivatives & Delta-one Desks
- Navigating Sustainability Trends: Unlocking Opportunities in a Changing Landscape
This is a highly attended event each year. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis, so register early!
View the full agenda here*
* Agenda is subject to change.
Event Support
Paul CHAN Mo-po
Financial Secretary of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Faizal Aziz
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Head of Business Change and Regulatory Relations, Cappitech
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Joshua Mintz
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Director, Asia-Pacific Product & Market Development
Joshua is based in Hong Kong and leads market development and business strategy for the Asia-Pacific desktop solutions business. He has more than 13 years of leadership experience with S&P Global Market Intelligence in Hong Kong and New York, across multiple product lines and client segments.
S&P Global Ratings
Charles Chang
Corporates
Managing Director, Greater China Country Lead, Corporate Ratings
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Michelle Cheong
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Head of Thought Leadership, Credit Solutions
Michelle P Cheong is Head of CreditPro® Product, Credit Solutions, where she owns product development, quality assurance, strategy, go to market, thought leadership and customer experience globally. Prior to joining S&P Global Market Intelligence, Michelle was a portfolio manager in Barclays Global Investors, State Street Global Advisors and Goldman Sachs Asset Management with responsibility of AUM up to USD 1bn; where she focused on alpha, portfolio construction and risk research. Michelle has a Bachelors in Mathematics and Economics (with Distinction) and Masters in Financial Engineering from Cornell University. She has also completed the All But Dissertation at the Ph.D. program in Finance at Nanyang Business School, Singapore.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Andreas Darmawan
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Director, Quantitative Specialist
Andreas works with APAC clients in understanding & utilizing complex datasets in their quantitative workflows. Prior to joining S&P Global, he was a proprietary trader where he utilized and developed quantitative methods for automated trading strategies. Andreas holds a Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering from The University of Tokyo, specializing in wireless communications and signal processing.
Charles Foo
Business Development Lead, APAC
Charles serves as Director, APAC lead for Business Development within S&P Global Market Intelligence Cappitech and is responsible for leading the growth of the regulatory reporting capabilities in Asia. His 15-year capital market experience spans across middle office, G20 regulatory reporting and post-trade securities processing.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Mohammad Hassan
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Head of APAC Dividend Forecasting, APAC Equities Dividend Forecasting
Mohammad Hassan heads up the APAC Equities Dividend Forecasting product and business for the Asia Pacific region and is based out of Singapore.
Hassan has over a decade of experience in the financial services industry with expertise spanning fundamental equity research, equity derivatives, quantitative investment due diligence on hedge fund strategies and indexation. Hassan is a regular speaker at conferences and is cited frequently for his views on macroeconomics, dividends and hedge funds in press and news media.
Hassan is a CFA Charter holder and holds a BA in Economics from the National University of Singapore.
Charmaine Li
China Construction Bank (Asia)
General Manager, Institutional Banking Division, China Construction Bank (Asia)
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Clement Ma
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Senior Director
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Melissa Otto, CFA
Head of Visible Alpha Research
Melissa is Head of Visible Alpha Research at S&P Global. She focuses on understanding AI applications and the role of the mega-cap technology stocks, while integrating Visible Alpha and CapIQ tools into a broad range of investment research topics, sectors and persona workflows. Prior to joining Visible Alpha, she spent 20+ years as an equity analyst and portfolio manager, investing in global technology and consumer stocks and the Pan-Asia region. In addition to her equity investing career, Melissa worked with engineering teams at data providers and Microsoft Azure building cloud-based solutions to centralize and aggregate critical investment data for investors.
Melissa studied Japanese at Harvard University, received her MA in economics from Brandeis University and MS degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and is a CFA charterholder. She is certified in Azure Fundamentals and Agile Project Management and recently completed The Business of AI course at Columbia Business School. She is a frequent media commentator on equities in the US and abroad.
LinkedIn profile: http://linkedin.com/in/melissa-otto-cfa
Venkatraman Panchapakesan
HSBC
Managing Director, Head of Products & Propositions – Asia Pacific & Global Head of Core Trade, Global Trade Solutions, HSBC
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Aries Poon
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Head of APAC & Latin America Insights and Analysis, Economics and Country Risk
Aries oversees a team of economists and country-risk experts for S&P Global Market Intelligence.
His team provides comprehensive economic forecasts, country-risk scores, and geopolitical analyses on 48 economies across Asia-Pacific. Aries has published widely on a range of topics, from China's banking system and energy sector to Asia-Pacific's semiconductor industry and the global green bond market. He previously worked as the editorial lead, also at S&P Global Market Intelligence, overseeing the coverage of banking, insurance, financial services and real estate in the Asia-Pacific.
Before joining S&P Global in 2018, Aries had worked for the Wall Street Journal as the chief of its Hong Kong and Taipei newsrooms. He was also a finance editor at Caixin Global in Beijing. A Hong Kong native, Aries has a Master of Public Policy from the University of Oxford. He is also a lecturer for the Global Studies undergraduate program at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Zaid Shahzadeh
Executive Director, Pricing, Valuation and Reference Data, APAC
Joined legacy-IHS Markit in 2014 focusing on OTC derivatives data and solutions in Singapore then Hong Kong. Prior to S&P Global, Zaid worked at Barclays and Morgan Stanley in Singapore and London focusing mainly on the derivatives valuation space.
Zaid holds a Master’s degree in Finance from the University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom.
Andrew Sit
Partner and COO, Jeneration Capital
Gordon Tsui
China Asset Management (Hong Kong)
CFA, Managing Director & Head of Fixed Income, Fixed Income Investment, Ping An of China Asset Management (Hong Kong)
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Cecilia Xing
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Head of Relationship Management – Hong Kong & Taiwan,