Southeast Asia Investors Forum 2025 | Markets Group | 16 April 2025 | EQ Kuala Lumpur, EQ, Equatorial Plaza, Jln Sultan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, 50250 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

This Forum is an educational initiative designed through close coordination with the region’s leading institutional and private wealth investors to build peer communities that merge global best practices with local expertise. The forum brings together fund leadership teams, investment officers, board members, trustees and their consultants representing Southeast Asian institutional and private wealth investment community.

The agenda is developed through extensive travel and feedback from the institutional and private wealth investor community across sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, endowments, foundations, insurance companies, family offices, fund selectors, funds of funds, wealth managers, private banks and investment consultants.

Key Discussion Topics:

Maneuvering the Macro:
• Learn how institutional and private wealth investors navigate their global portfolios through major economic change.

Private Market Investments – Time to Shine:
• Discussing the long-term outlook on private equity and credit and the opportunities in distressed assets

Fixed Income: Challenges, Opportunities and What to Expect:
• With potential in credit markets, the opportunity in the floating-rate sector, the global market focus on politics, policy and crisis management, what role does fixed income play?

Alternative Investments: Unravelling Opportunities and Challenges:
• Industry experts to shed light on the benefits, risks, and considerations surrounding liquid and illiquid alternative investments, aiming to support investors make informed decisions in today's dynamic financial markets.

Asset Allocation Trends, Governance And ESG:
• Environmental, Social, and Governmental discussions continue to evolve rapidly, the panel explores how investors assess longer-term strategies and share UN SDG framework opportunity for allocators.

The Great Equity Debate: Long-Term Investors View on Stock Markets:
• Amidst slowing global growth, margin compression, and the challenging backdrop of high inflation and rising interest rates, hear the different strategies investors are using to determine their equity allocations and guide their investments.

Private Credit Amid Global Rate Hikes:
• The growth in private credit over the last decade has been seismic, to what extent should the growth of private credit be capitalised on by regional investors?

Artificial Intelligence, Web 3 and Digital Assets:
• Progressive investors to discuss the extent to which asset owners should allocate to digital assets as a proportion of their portfolios.

CIO Portofolio Construction - how Allocators Are Planning for The Future:
• Gathering regional institutional, SFO principals and wealth managers to discuss the megatrends facing the industry.

2025 Speakers

Ujjwal Deep Dahal
Chief Executive Officer, Druk Holding and Investments

Durraini Baharuddin
Group Chief Investment Officer, MNRB Holding Berhad

Erwinda Anggraini
Deputy of Investment, BPKH

Liza Jansen
Head of Responsible Investment, Prudential

Premraj Janardanan
Director of Infrastructure, KWAP

Adrian Zuercher
Managing Director, Head Global Asset Allocation and Co-Head Global Investment Management APAC, UBS Chief Investment Office

Roger Zhu
Chief Executive Officer, Winfield Global Capital (Multi-Family Office)

Patrick Chang
Chief Investment Officer, Affluent Product and Proposition, CIMB Bank Berhad

Faris Jamal
Deputy Co-Head of Public Markets, Khazanah Nasional Berhad

Hor Kwok Wai
Managing Director, Global Markets, Hong Leong Bank

Ikhwan Bakren
Head of Research, Investment Department, Lembaga Tabung Haji

Amar Ramachandran
Head of Investment, Manulife Insurance Berhad

Thiyachai Chong
Head of Wealth Management & Preferred, Executive Vice President, CIMB Thai Bank

Sani Hamid
Director, Wealth Management (Economy & Strategy), Financial Alliance Pte Ltd

Mohd Sedek Bin Jantan
Head of Investment Research, UOB Kay Hian Wealth Advisors

Shiraz Poonevala
Director of Investments, GP Group

Johnny Adji
Alternatives Investment Leader, Asia, Mercer

Ana Isabel
Group Chief Investment Officer, Farringdon Group

2025 Sponsors

LEAD SPONSOR:
• ChinaAMC

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Apollo
• GW Grant $ Eisenhofer
• Jane Street
• Lazard
• MA Financial Group

GOLD SPONSORS:
• HSBC
• Morningstar

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Deerpath Capital
• Mercer
• Mondrian Investment Partners
• VinaCapital

NETWORKING SPONSOR:
• AlterDomus