On November 15th 2011 Strategic Insight hosted its 2nd Annual Asia CEO Thought Leader Roundtable in Hong Kong, at the Mandarin Oriental. We were delighted to have the most important executives for the region be with us to discuss the pertinent issues for the industry in the region and globally.

SI Asia Thought Leader Series

Our discussion centered around the issue of multi-convergence, including

– regulatory developments (Asia passport(s), Newcits/UCITS, Chile’s disapproval of Dublin-funds, Brazil’s multimercado, et al),

– product trends (traditional vs. alternatives, a new global core product, headquarter centricity for global product development, Asia product needs, and operational issues)

– global, regional and local business management (local to local, global to local, blockbuster products)

– distribution trends (institutional, global distributors, local distribution diversity and approaches to build partnerships with asset holders)

We will publish a thought leadership piece with the key findings and recommendations in the coming weeks.

Below are a few pictures from both the discussion and the drinks and dinner afterwards.

SI Asia Thought Leader Series

Arne Lindman, Fidelity Chairman Asia-Pacific

SI Asia Thought Leader Series - Jim Casella, Lieven Debruyne, Arne Lindman

Asset International Chairman & CEO, Jim Casella

Schroders CEO Hong Kong, Lieven Debruyne

SI Head of Global Consulting, Daniel Enskat

Nikko Asset Management Head of Asia, Blair Pickerell

President & CEO Warren International, Robert Warren

Nikko Head of Asia, Blair Pickerell; Natixis EVP, Fabrice Chemouny

President China Universal, Dr. Sheldon Gao, Senior Researcher SI, Bryan Liu

Senior Researcher SI, Lise Carpenter

Jim Casella; Asset International Senior Advisor, Rosie Halfhead

Aberdeen MD, Alex Boggis; Natixis EVP, Fabrice Chemouny