24 June 2010, Singapore. Asia’s most recognised student-run conference that focuses on mergers andacquisitions (M&A) and corporate finance in Asia will kick off at Singapore’s premier international business
event venue from 5 to 6 July. With an aim to present networking opportunities between accomplished
finance professionals and bright minds from some forty universities the world over, the Asia Investment
Banking Conference (AIBC), organised for the second year running by undergraduates from the London
School of Economics and Political Science, will see at least 300 delegates congregating in Singapore
Expo’s Conference Halls.
Aside from listening to five illuminating keynote speeches, participants will also have the opportunity to
tune in to five energetic panel discussions on a wide range of topics that are most pertinent to today’s
economy, namely
• Will Asia’s M&A activity catch up to the level in the developed US and European markets?
• Analysing the increasing involvement of China in cross-border activity
• Examining opportunities in the emerging markets in Asia
• Obtaining finance in Asia: Analysing the sources and uses of capital in Asia
• A different business model for financial sponsors post-financial crisis?
Some of the banking and finance luminaries who will grace this premier event include C-level executives and
senior management from Citigroup Inc, Clifford Chance, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs (Singapore), HSBC,
J.P. Morgan (China), Linklaters, Morgan Stanley, Nomura, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, and Temasek Holdings.
AIBC will also feature five complementary workshops in the afternoons of the two event days. Participants
can look forward to learning from the movers and shakers in today’s most reputed financial institutions, such
as Bank of America-Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, Macquarie Capital, Standard Chartered Bank and UBS.
Singapore set to continue its reign as a leading international financial hub
In an admirable span of four decades, Singapore has established a flourishing financial centre of global
standing, serving not only her domestic economy, but also the broader Asia Pacific region and even the
world1. With a well-developed free-market system, a robust, corruption-free business environment and stable
prices2, Singapore is expected to maintain its supremacy as the global business and financial powerhouse.
Just as Singapore, being at the heart of Southeast Asia, is well-placed to serve both the fast-growing
emerging markets as well as the developed ones in the region and beyond, likewise Singapore Expo,
strategically located just a stone’s throw from Changi International Airport with the thriving finance and IT
hub, Changi Business Park, literally at its backyard, is more than ready to deliver world-class event venue
solutions to corporate and public organisations, including educational institutes. No stranger to hosting
international corporate conferences, meetings and seminars, Expo has both the intimate knowledge of
organiser needs as well as the creative event support services expertise to ensure the successful execution
of any business event of varying scale and size.
Says Mr Chandran Nair, Deputy General Manager of Singex Venues Pte Ltd, the managing company of
Expo, “Education is the cornerstone of any economic sector, especially so for the business and finance
industry, which is ever-evolving and highly demanding. To ensure that talent management and succession
planning practices are widely shared, more business educational establishments are organising conferences
that will see respected academics, business leaders and tertiary students in related fields engaging in
dialogue and networking with one another. In March this year, we played host to the International Convention
& Expo Summit (organised by University of Nevada Las Vegas), where delegates discussed sustainability in
the MICE industry. Now we are welcoming another business conference spearheaded by a prestigious
institute of higher learning to our venue. We are all excited about this growing MICE sub-segment and
certainly look forward to many more such affairs.”
