Topics that will be discussed at IPARM Southeast Asia include:

• GIPS – overview of the latest version and updates to be anticipated
• Implementing an effective counterparty risk management framework
• Developing approaches to manage investment risks in emerging markets
• Formulating strategies to measure and manage market risk today
• Managing risks in a fast evolving market from an insurance company’s perspective
• Multi-asset class risk management and performance analysis
• Managing liquidity risk for an investment fund
• Determining and managing risks for UCITS III hedge funds
• Examining effective approaches to fixed income risk management

Key highlights of IPARM Southeast Asia include:

• Focused sessions that will address today’s key concerns: fixed income risk and performance management, alternative assets portfolio analytics and liquidity risk management
• Panel discussions that will gather market leaders to share their perspectives on managing investment risks in emerging markets and generating risk and performance reports
• Case studies on hedge fund risk management, portfolio oversight and market risk management
• Southeast Asia’s largest gathering for performance and risk practitioners, and leading solutions providers to discuss the latest strategies and solutions for enhancing performance and risk management
• Exclusivity: the only event in Southeast Asia that addresses the performance and risk management needs of asset/fund managers, insurance companies, private banks, pension funds and sovereign wealth funds in the region

Pre-conference Masterclass: Multi-asset class performance attribution
15 August 2011, 0830 - 1430
Join Carl Bacon, Chairman of GIPS Executive Committee, as he leads this masterclass that will cover the latest performance measurement standards and advanced performance attribution for multi-asset class portfolios.

Workshop A: Practical approaches for liquidity risk stress testing and scenario analysis
15 August 2011, 1500 - 1800
Find out more about liquidity stress testing and scenario analysis as Puah Ser Sze, Director of Investment Services at Towers Watson addresses key aspects including setting stress test limits according to your institution’s requirement, liquidity risk stress test frameworks and determining scenarios.

Workshop B: Risk Measurement and Management for Traditional and Alternative Investments, Quantitative vs. Qualitative
18 August 2011, 0900 – 1200
Dr. Sam Y. Chung, Professor of Finance at Long Island University will share his expertise on alternative investments through two separate workshops that will focus on risk management and performance analysis.

Workshop C: Performance Measurement and Attribution for Alternative Investments
18 August 2011, 1400 – 1700
By Dr. Sam Y. Chung, Professor of Finance, Long Island University

Thank you to all participants of the IPARM Southeast Asia 2011 survey!

Congratulations to Mr. Teo Mon Kean, Head of Risk and Performance, Lion Global Investors Limited for winning a complimentary pass to IPARM Southeast Asia 2011.

A survey recently conducted with 3,300 investment performance and risk management professionals showed that 64.7 percent of the respondents face a challenge with performance measurement & attribution for alternative investments while half of the respondents who polled also felt that risk management in this area is another hurdle that they are facing at the moment.

Do you think that there is a need to upgrade your current systems for performance/risk management?

Download the full report here to see the complete results from this survey.