Funds Forum — Sydney
Updated 26 November 2008
Date: Tuesday 2 December 2008, 12:30
Venue: NSW Trade & Investment Centre, MLC Centre, Level 47, Martin Place, Sydney
Automation in the Australian domestic funds market
SWIFT would like to invite you to a free information forum on the market initiative to automate the Australian Investment Funds Industry with the first few participants about to go live. Joining us at the forum will be many of the market participants who will be sharing their experiences, there will be a panel discussion covering some of the topics of the day as well as an opportunity to meet with many of the vendors and service partners working with SWIFT on this initiative. Please mark your diary for this forum at 12:30 on Tuesday 2 December at the NSW Trade & Investment Centre, MLC Centre, Level 47, Martin Place, Sydney. There will be a short cocktail reception, after the event, starting at 17:00. The full agenda is available below.
Tim Hamer
Commercial Manager Funds
SWIFT
To register, please send an email to Amanda Wright: amanda.wright@swift.com (tel: 02-92 25 81 01). Please provide attendee name/s, business title, department, organisation, contact telephone and email. For catering purposes, please confirm attendance at the cocktail event. |
| Detailed agenda |
| 12:30 | Solutions zone and registration | | 13:00 | Welcome and opening remarks
Charles Legrand, Head of South Asia, SWIFT | | 13:20 | Welcome by NSW State Development
Claire Pamenter, Senior Manager, Investment NSW Department of State and Regional Development | | 13:30 | Austrade's role in promoting Australia as a regional financial services centre
Gary Johnston, National Manager — Financial Services Austrade | | 13:45 | The Australian Funds project — an update
Tim Hamer, Commercial Manager Funds, SWIFT | | 14:15 | Efficiencies debate in superannuation — Lessons for managed funds?
Josef Pilger, Executive Director Strategic Growth Markets, Ernst & Young | | 14:35 | Break | | 15:00 | Panel discussion: Funds Service Providers — Where to from here? - Moderated by Martin Stockley-Smith (Stockley-Smith & Associates)
- Gordon Little, Director Fund Services, RBC Dexia Investor Services
- Tom Sargent, Division Director Manager Fund Services, Macquarie Group Ltd
- Brian Thomas, Head of Retail Funds Management, Perennial Investment Partners
| | 15:50 | Funds Advisory Group
Rob Brown, CEO, Ausmaq | | 16:10 | Success stories: Pensions in the UK and Hedge Funds in Europe
Steve Wallace , Head of STP Solutions, idea group | | 16:40 | Closing remarks
Charles Legrand, Head of South Asia, SWIFT | | 16:45 | Cocktails |
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