Name: Asia Training Series
Start: 2021-11-23T08:00:00+00:00
End: 2021-11-23T17:00:00+00:00

An event hosted by:

2021

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Course Chair: Guan Seng Khoo, Senior Management Professional and Former Academic

Global economic outlook: what to expect in international and domestic markets in 2020?
- Overview of financial markets and emerging market economies (EMEs)
- Key features of financial resilience: in Asia and global jurisdictions
- Impact of the US economic slowdown: fading of fiscal stimulus and financial volatility
- Discussion: Growth in 2019 and 2020: how this is supported by the expansion of investments and exports
Implications and opportunities of the evolving reserve management landscape
- Key macro-economic and geopolitical dynamics shaping global financial markets
- Understanding significant risks facing reserve management in 2019 and beyond
- Implications of disruptive technological innovation for reserve management
- Discussion: What are the main reserve challenges in the delegate’s central banks?
CBDC’S and technology driving the future of Reserve Management
- Does digital money present a major threat to financial stability?
- What Fintech is leading the changes in RM
- What changes will CBDCs bring to central banks role in the markets
- Central banks and commercial banks: deposits in the new digital currency

Greening the financial system: the new role of central banks
- ESG’s and green financing’s place in investment portfolios
- How to incorporate an ESG policy into an investment portfolio
- Climate change: a powerful new force for central banks and climate-related risks
- The current difficulties associated with ESG and how it demands a multifaceted approach

Strategic asset allocation: key dynamics, evolving risk and emerging opportunities
- Financial markets and the unprecedented challenges faced by reserve managers
- Adapting strategic asset allocation (SAA) processes and portfolio construction techniques
- Tips for the reassessment of priorities for reserve management towards the preservation of capital
- Discussion: what are the key features of the implementation process
  
  Understanding risk and its role in Reserve Management
- Effective Risk management in RM
- How to create an effective risk profile
- Balancing risk with your mandate and other considerations.
- How to diversify without the need to de-risk

Diversifying reserves portfolios: how to get your portfolio fit in 2019 and beyond
- Reserves management policies and guidelines review – the diversification drive
- Examples of why investors should consider a regionally diversified portfolio in 2020
- Evolution of securities lending as a diversifying tool
- Discussion: How to manage risk when investing in a diversified portfolio

Currency, FX markets and the managing foreign currency reserves

Equities and Alternatives

How to use External managers effectively

Overview of the investment approach
How to approach operations diligence for external managers: search, selection and appointment
External managers: fitting into the overall investments
Discussion: How to best combine managers to form portfolios

Delegate action points and course conclusion
Summary of the course and main points
Discussion of the observed trends and case studies
Application of learning points in the delegates home organizations
Preparation of action points
- How to approach operations diligence for external managers: search, selection and appointment
- External managers: fitting into the overall investments
- Discussion: How to best combine managers to form portfolios
Delegate action points and course conclusion
- Summary of the course’s main points
- Discussion of the observed trends and case studies
- Application of learning points in the delegates’ home organisations
- Preparation of action points

Reserve Management and Portfolio Techniques

CBDC’S and technology driving the future of Reserve Management