Citywire Southeast Asia Retreat 2025
We are pleased to announce the Citywire Southeast Asia Retreat, which will be held at the Mandarin Oriental Bangkok on the 15th and 16th of May this year.
Our flagship ASEAN event offers an exceptional opportunity for learning and networking, bringing together leaders from investment, product and client departments from the largest banks, wealth managers, brokerages, families, and asset owners in Southeast Asia.
This event facilitates closed-door conversations, networking, and learning between industry peers as well as providing exclusive access to world-class portfolio managers who will travel to Bangkok to showcase their capabilities.
As with all our retreats, attendance is exclusively by invitation only and you will be able to earn up to 8 hours of structured CPT.
We look forward to welcoming you to Bangkok.
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Workshops
Workshops
Navigating the Risks and Opportunities in High Yield
Against a backdrop of steadily narrowing credit spreads, there are concerns from some fixed income investors about making an allocation to high yield in the current elevated interest rate environment. We explore the current fundamentals of the high yield market as well as assess the likely outlook from here.
Workshop Objective: Investors will learn the potential strategies they can adopt to avoid issuers with a higher likelihood of default and steer their portfolio towards issuers with a lower likelihood of default, and BNY Investments’ active investment approach.
Company Profile: BNY is a global financial services company that helps make money work for the world — managing it, moving it and keeping it safe. For 240 years we have partnered alongside our clients, putting our expertise and platforms to work to help them achieve their ambitions. Today we help over 90% of Fortune 100 companies and nearly all the top 100 banks globally access the money they need. We support governments in funding local projects and work with over 90% of the top 100 pension plans to safeguard investments for millions of individuals, and so much more. As of March 31, 2024, we oversee $48.8 trillion in assets under custody and/or administration and $2.0 trillion in assets under management.
BNY is the corporate brand of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE: BK). We are headquartered in New York City, employ over 50,000 people globally and have been named among Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies and Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators.
BNY Investments is one of the world’s largest asset managers, managing $2 trillion* across a range of traditional and alternative assets through seven specialist investment firms — ARX, Dreyfus, Insight, Mellon, Newton, Siguler Guff and Walter Scott. For more information, go to www.bnymellonim.com.
*As at 31 March 2024.
Speakers
Cathy Braganza
Co-Portfolio Manager and Senior Credit Analyst, High Yield
Cathy is a Portfolio Manager in Insight’s European High Yield and Loans Team. She originally joined Insight Investment (a BNY Investments' firm) in September 2012.
She originally joined Insight in September 2012 as a Senior Credit Analyst within the Fixed Income Group. Prior to this role, she worked at Citi where she was an Analyst focussing on high yield and distressed stocks. Cathy has previously worked as a Portfolio Manager at Saudi International Bank (now Gulf International Bank). She began her industry career in 1994 as a Portfolio Manager with AMP Asset Management.
Cathy holds a B Commerce degree in Finance/Economics from the University of New South Wales.
Representatives
Brett Kennedy
Vice President, Intermediary Distribution
Brett joined BNY Mellon Investment Management in 2013 in London and relocated to Singapore with the firm in 2017. Brett has held different roles covering client servicing and business development focusing on Private banks and intermediaries during his tenure.
Prior to joining BNY Mellon Brett held a similar role at Jupiter Asset Management in London and started his career in 2009 at UK funds platform Cofunds.
Brett holds an Honors degree in Financial Management from the University of Essex UK.
Speakers - Panel Session
Dr. Jon Wongswan
Agenda
09:00 - 10:00
Registration
10:00 - 10:15
Welcome Address
10:15 - 11:15
Conference Session
11:15 - 11:45
Fund Group Workshop 1
11:55 - 12:25
Fund Group Workshop 2
12:35 - 14:00
Luncheon and Networking: Top 25 ASEAN Selectors Awards Presentation
14:00 - 14:50
Conference Session
14:50- 15:20
Fund Group Workshop 3
15:30 - 16:00
Fund Group Workshop 4
16:10 - 16:40
Fund Group Workshop 5
16:40 - 18:00
Free Time
18:00 - 18:30
Drink Reception
18:30 - 20:00
Table Planned Dinner
09:00 - 10:00
Conference Session
10:00 - 10:30
Fund Group Workshop 6
10:40 - 11:10
Fund Group Workshop 7
11:20 - 11:50
Fund Group Workshop 8
12:00 - 14:00
Buffet Lunch
14:00
Event Close
Join us at
SOUTHEAST ASIA RETREAT
15 - 16 May 2025 / Bangkok
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