Hubbis is delighted to announce we will be hosting the 2023 HUBBIS DIGITAL ASSETS IN WEALTH MANAGEMENT FORUM on Wednesday 29th November 2023, in Singapore.

The event will feature our all-day format we introduced with great success in 2022 to deliver the most efficient and engaging agenda, discussions and networking, beginning at 9.00am and ending at 2.00pm. After lunch there are detailed workshops.

Very simply, the event will focus on the role for and evolution of Digital Assets in Asia’s vibrant wealth management markets.


Key elements of the event:

  • 6 specialist presentations
  • 4 panel discussions
  • 3 workshops
  • A unique get-together enabling delegates to meet with 200+ leading wealth management practitioners from local, regional and international Private Banks, Independent Wealth Management Firms, Family Offices, IFAs, Securities Firms and digital wealth managers.
  • An unprecedented opportunity to hear from more than 20 local and international speakers who are well-known experts in digital assets.
  • Networking coffee and refreshment breaks
  • Lunch
  • And…The event will qualify for 3 hours of CPT / CPD (Continuing Professional Development).


These are some of the key topics that will be covered in the Forum:

  • Is the crypto winter now over? In the aftermath of the FTX collapse, and a host of other negative news, is the worst over for investors in cryptocurrencies?
  • Why should Asia’s private clients even be considering investing in digital assets?
  • And should Asia’s banks, private banks and EAMs be promoting digital assets to their wealthier clients?
  • What sort of allocations to digital assets should HNW and UHNW investors consider as part of their broader portfolios?
  • How do banks and other intermediaries help educate investors on cryptocurrencies and more broadly on digital assets/tokenisation, and what will this achieve?
  • Tokenisation is the next big phase of the digital asset revolution - what is tokenisation, what real world physical or financial assets can be tokenised and fractionalised, and what does this all mean to private investors?
  • What will be the key factors that lead to the greater adoption of tokenised securities?
  • What will be the “breakthrough” asset classes of tokenised securities?
  • What are the key barriers to launching a digital asset strategy for private banks and wealth managers?
  • What key improvements would wealth management practitioners like to see in the nascent digital securities and tokenisation industry?
  • After all the chaos and concerns around crypto exchanges, is regulation improving and are investors safe working within the existing digital assets ecosystem?
  • For those private clients buying into these assets or thinking of doing so, how should they buy safely and efficiently, and how should they hold/store these invisible assets?
  • What Digital Tools & Solutions can help Facilitate the Rising Importance of Digital Assets in Wealth Management?
  • What are the investment strategies available to clients looking to access other tributaries within this space? For example – staking and yield farming.
  • What is next for digitised assets and what does it all means for the wealth management community in Asia? 


And to give you even more understanding of what you can expect from this second Singapore digital assets event, we can refer you to the very successful inaugural Hubbis Digital Assets in Wealth event that took place in Singapore in late 2022 and on which this Forum will be based in terms of content and structure.

To view selected reports and videos from that very successful 2022 Forum, CLICK HERE.

And as prelude to the event, we hosted a fascinating panel discussion at our recent Hubbis Investment Forum in Hong Kong, focused on The Adoption of Digital Assets & Tokenisation Amongst Private Clients in Asia.

Nov 29

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The Ballroom, L2, Conrad Centennial, Singapore

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Annabelle Huang

Amber Group

Sudeep Chatterjee

AsiaNext

Philip Chow

Audacy Ventures

Jackson Ng

Azimut

Bruce Zhang

CSOP Asset Management

Wong Kok Hoe

Chintai

Jia Yng Wee

Cloudwall

Leon Potthoff

GX Labs

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  • 8.30am

    Registration

  • 8.55am

    Welcome Address

    Michael Stanhope

    Founder & Chief Executive Officer

    Hubbis

  • 9.00am

    Panel Discussion

    The Digital Assets Landscape – More Confusing Than Ever?

    • What is next for digitised assets and what does it mean for the wealth management community in Asia? What are the big trends we need to pay attention to?
    • Is the crypto winter now over? In the aftermath of the FTX collapse, and a host of other negative news, is the worst over for investors in cryptocurrencies?
    • What are the infrastructure building blocks required for institutional investors, asset managers, private banks who want to work with digital assets?
    • What are the various risks to manage when working with digital assets and what are institutions doing to mitigate each of them (counterparty risk vs. tech risk vs op risk vs reg risk vs settlement risk vs credit risk, etc. etc.)?
    • How has the state of regulation evolved post the crypto exchange chaos, and are the current safety measures adequate for investors within the existing digital assets ecosystem?
    • What are the regulatory updates we need to consider?
    • What measures have been undertaken to mitigate regulatory inconsistencies and arbitrage in the financial sector?

    Chair

    Lasanka Perera

    Chief Executive Officer, Singapore

    Independent Reserve

    Speakers

    Christopher Ngoi

    Director of Blockchain

    KPMG

    Rajeev Tummala

    Head of Digital & Data - Asia & MENA, Securities Services

    HSBC Bank

    Richard Swainston

    APAC Market Director

    Metaco

    Silvia Wong

    Sales Director

    Talos

    Wee Jia Yng

    COO & Co-founder

    Cloudwall

  • 9.30am

    Presentation - Wealth Management in the Age of Digital Assets and Tokenisation: To the Moon?

    Jakub Smolinski

    Associate Partner

    Synpulse

    • How are Asian high-net-worth individuals responding to the adoption of cryptocurrencies, and what is the scale of crypto wealth that bypasses traditional wealth management?
    • Why is there an urgent need for traditional wealth management to incorporate digital assets, and what role should private banks and external asset managers (EAMs) play in this adoption?
    • What potential benefits and opportunities does the emergence of tokenization offer to investors, markets, and wealth managers?
  • 9.45am

    Presentation - Why Bitcoin? Why now?

    Lasanka Perera

    Chief Executive Officer, Singapore

    Independent Reserve

    • Bitcoin and money today.
    • Bitcoin and crypto in your portfolio.
    • Bitcoin and ESG.
     
  • 10.00am

    Presentation - Virtual Asset ETFs: How else can Wealth Managers access Digital Assets?

    Bruce Zhang

    Portfolio Manager

    CSOP Asset Management

    • Why Digital Assets as an Asset Allocation consideration for Wealth Managers?
    • What are some of the factors affecting performance of Digital Assets?
    • How can wealth managers access exposure to Digital Asset while eliminating the risk of frauds?
  • 10.15am

    Panel Discussion

    Wealth Managers and Digital Assets – Are We Making Any Progress?

    • What are the key barriers faced by private banks and wealth managers when launching a digital asset strategy?
    • What are the considerations in build vs buy when it comes to preparing your tech stacks for digital assets?
    • Why should Asia’s private clients consider investing in digital assets?
    • Should Asia’s banks, private banks and EAMs promote digital assets to their wealthier clients?
    • What sort of allocations to digital assets should HNW and UHNW investors consider as part of their broader portfolios?
    • What are the investment strategies available to clients looking to access?
    • What guidelines would you suggest for private clients on purchasing, holding, and storing digital assets safely and efficiently?
    • From a wealth management practitioner's perspective, what improvements are desired in the digital securities and tokenization industry?
    • What strategies are wealth management firms employing to navigate divergent regulatory outlooks towards digital assets across key financial hubs like Singapore, Thailand, and Hong Kong?
    • How can wealth managers balance compliance with emerging regulations while leveraging blockchain and AI technologies for improved service delivery and operational efficiency?

    Chair

    Sean Lawrence

    Head of APAC

    Kaiko

    Speakers

    Ray Tam

    Chief Executive Officer

    REVO Digital Family Office

    Jackson Ng

    COO

    Azimut

    Donald Day

    Chief Operating Officer

    VDX

    Steve Knabl

    Chief Operating Officer & Managing Partner

    Swiss-Asia Financial Services

    Rafael Weber

    Head of Institutional Clients

    Swissquote

  • 10.45am

    Presentation - The Next Wave: Institutional Adoption Of Digital Assets – is the infrastructure ready for wealth managers?

    Sudeep Chatterjee

    Head of Product

    AsiaNext

    • Which Digital Assets Are Relevant for Wealth Managers?
    • Advancements in the Industry and Infrastructure
    • How Are Crypto & Digital Assets Evolving for Wealth Clients?
  • 11.00am

    Refreshment & Networking

  • 11.30am

    Presentation - The Nexus of Blockchain and Asset Management in the Future

    Sean Lawrence

    Head of APAC

    Kaiko

    • Market Update: digital assets current status/activity across the banks, brokers, asset managers and exchanges.
    • The existential threat of blockchain technology represents to asset managers.
  • 11.45am

    Panel Discussion

    The World of Tokenization and Its Role in Sustainability

    • What is tokenization and what’s the hype about it? What’s the difference/opportunity here vs. crypto?
    • What types of tokenized assets are out there and starting to gain traction especially in the sustainability space?
    • In what ways does tokenization democratize access to traditionally illiquid or high-entry-barrier assets? What is the state of tokenization today with regard to institutional demand, liquidity, and growth?
    • How can we address the environmental concerns associated with blockchain technology and digital asset tokenisation?
    • If you could pick the most important single problem that blockchain tech solves for environmental sustainability efforts, what is it, and what are some examples?
    • Successful use cases that have proven the efficient intersection of sustainability and digital asset tokenisation? How will this landscape evolve in the coming years?
    • How is tokenization redefining private wealth and asset management, especially in the context of Asia's evolving financial landscape?
    • What unique value propositions does asset tokenization unveil, and how are these values aligned with the financial aspirations of high-net-worth (HNW) and ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) individuals in Asia?
    • How do investors view tokenised assets in terms of sustainability and risk? Are they more likely to invest in tokenised assets aligned with their ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) goals?

    Chair

    Wong Kok Hoe

    Marketing and Business Development Director (APAC)

    Chintai

    Speakers

    Philip Chow

    Venture Partner

    Audacy Ventures

    Manly Liu

    Managing Partner

    Kingbridge Capital Asset Management

    Dan Sleep

    SVP Digital Assets and Financial Markets

    Northern Trust

    Leon Potthoff

    President

    GX Labs

  • 12.15pm

    Presentation - Living Beyond Borders: Investment Migration and Crypto

    Rory McDaid

    Managing Director - Private Clients

    Henley & Partners

    • Where & why are millionaires migrating in 2023.
    • Global insights from Henley & Partner’s Crypto Wealth Report.
    • Which jurisdictions are the most crypto-friendly investment migration host countries.
  • 12.30pm

    Presentation - From Custody to Web3: How to build and scale Digital Asset business models

    Richard Swainston

    APAC Market Director

    Metaco

    • How are private banks and wealth managers approaching digital assets?
    • What are the factors leading to crypto and digital asset adoption in Singapore?
    • What are the bank-grade infrastructure requirements to securely manage digital assets, at scale?
    • What’s next beyond custody and trading: tokenization, NFTs, staking, yield generation, Web3?
  • 12.45pm

    Panel Discussion

    Wrapping Up the Day - So Where Do We Go from Here?

    • Reflecting on what’s been discussed today – how can we take this industry to the next level?
    • How can we build more trust and understanding?
    • What likely to happen from a regulatory perspective and what’s role of Singapore?
    • How will digital assets in wealth management evolve? What can we expect in the next twelve months?
    • Traditional finance – collaborating or competing with digital assets?

    Chair

    Irfan Ahmad

    Head of Digital Asset Commercialization APAC & MENA

    State Street Digital

    Speakers

    Annabelle Huang

    Managing Partner

    Amber Group

    Pamela Lee

    Head of Sales, APAC

    Talos

    Mauricio Ribeiro

    Partner

    MOIQ Capital

    Alice Chen

    Co-founder & General Counsel

    InvestaX

  • 1.15pm

    Lunch & Networking

  • 2.00pm

    Forum Ends

Nov 29

HUBBIS DIGITAL ASSETS IN WEALTH MANAGEMENT FORUM - SINGAPORE...

The Ballroom, L2, Conrad Centennial,Singapore

Speakers

Annabelle Huang

Amber Group

Sudeep Chatterjee

AsiaNext

Philip Chow

Audacy Ventures

Jackson Ng

Azimut

Bruce Zhang

CSOP Asset Management

Wong Kok Hoe

Chintai

Jia Yng Wee

Cloudwall

Leon Potthoff

GX Labs

Rajeev Tummala

HSBC Bank

Rory McDaid

Henley & Partners

Lasanka Perera

Independent Reserve

Alice Chen

InvestaX

Christopher Ngoi

KPMG

Sean Lawrence

Kaiko

Manly Liu

Kingbridge Capital Asset Management

Mauricio Ribeiro

MOIQ Capital

Richard Swainston

Metaco

Dan Sleep

Northern Trust

Ray Tam

REVO Digital Family Office

Irfan Ahmad

State Street Digital

Steve Knabl

Swiss-Asia Financial Services

Rafael Weber

Swissquote

Jakub Smolinski

Synpulse

Pamela Lee

Talos

Silvia Wong

Talos

Donald Day

VDX

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Summary

Setting the Scene for the Day

There are still plenty of sceptics amongst the private banks and Independent Wealth Managers (and Family Offices) but for what is perhaps the majority today, digital assets are part of our collective futures.

These banks and firms increasingly consider that their private clients should not only understand more about digital assets, but they should to some extent at least actively participate by building some exposures in order to understand more about buying, storing, custody, and, of course, the vicissitudes of market pricing and volatility.

Why? Because there is more than a sporting chance that the future is populated by more and more digital assets of all types.

The November 29 event will aim to stimulate both vital information flows and lively debate on the importance of digital assets to the wealth management community in Asia, looking at the evolution of cryptocurrencies and digital assets/tokenisation, and in particular analysing how the wealth management community can help educate themselves, their advisors and their private clients on this evolving market, and then help deliver the right types of products and execution.

They will look under the hood of the expanding digital assets ecosystem to consider what makes the different participants valid partners in digital assets for the established private banks and independent wealth management firms. And they will discuss how regulation and licensing are evolving and how that can help the nascent digital assets market grow and mature to the fully professionalised levels they wish to see where digital assets are more genuinely part of the core assets that private clients and their advisors are comfortable with. 

The crypto storms have been receding since very late in 2022, and there is again some greater optimism in the air, albeit easily deflated when bad news emerges. Yes, cryptocurrencies took a major price battering last year, with Bitcoin slumping roughly 75% from November 2021 to November 2022, when news of the FTX collapse hit the markets. The nascent market for tokenisation of real-world financial and physical assets also suffered collateral damage, as general confidence waned.

But there is optimism amongst many advocates of these markets that this is a somewhat predictable phase of bloodletting that will see the entire body of digital assets consolidate, and then strengthen in time. They remind us also that the FTX type debacle has been witnessed far too often – and usually with far more destructive effect - in the world of traditional finance.

These optimists argue that the flight to quality that is also now taking place is very timely and a huge positive for the entire emerging landscape of cryptos and digital assets.

They maintain that the regulators and every committed participant in this expanding ecosystem are now focusing on greater caution, deeper due diligence, better oversight, improved governance and operational discipline, and far more rigorous risk management.

They are also encouraged that there will also be a flight to better quality jurisdictions, and away from some of the more esoteric centres whose standards and practices have perhaps already been found out, and where there could be associated reputational taint. And they say that as far better self-governance and self-regulation also penetrate these markets, any rogue players will increasingly be weeded out, or just wither in the dark.

And they conclude that all this will help investors of all types, from a local retail buyer in Dubai to a sovereign wealth fund in Europe.

In Asia, a steadily rising number of mass affluent, high-net-worth (HNW) and ultra-HNW investors have for the past several years been dipping their toes in the cryptos markets, and we are now seeing the same type of activity emerge in the UAE and Middle East. Some might rationalise their activity as portfolio diversification, while others fully admit these investments are purely speculative.  There are also plenty of private clients everywhere who still shun cryptocurrencies, and who remain extremely wary of any type of digital assets.

So too there is a dichotomy in the wealth management industry. There are those private banks and independent wealth managers in the region who are ‘believers’, who consider this to be the start of a global financial revolution and therefore that they should be positioning themselves in the market for their clients and for a new business opportunity. And there are the cryptos detractors who argue that this is all far worse even than Tulip Mania and should be spurned by any sensible wealth management advisor.    

But whatever position any such investors or advisors adopt, the reality is actually that the lead for these markets in the future will increasingly come from the world’s leading asset managers and institutional investors. 

During a seminal interview Hubbis conducted with the head of a leading global cryptos and digital assets data and services platform earlier in 2023, she stated that there is barely a single major institutional investor globally today that is not taking cryptos seriously and/or building dedicated in-house expertise. She reported that virtually all of these leading institutional asset managers and investors are also positioning themselves for the next major phase in the form of tokenisation of real-world financial and physical assets.

She stressed how this institutionalisation, combined with the impact of the FTX and other crises, is helping drive better regulation, improved oversight and enhanced operational protocols and practices.

She and other specialists we have interviewed or hosted on panel discussions believe that market activity must and will in the future be driven far more by transparent price and liquidity discovery, particularly around cryptos, which otherwise defy traditional valuation metrics. And at the same time, the market proponents believe it is a responsibility of the ‘good’ players in the market to work harder to provide better education and awareness of what cryptos are, and what tokenisation might represent. 

They also report that the institutionalisation of these markets, far from being derailed by the events of 2022, has actually been surprisingly rapidly reinforced, refocused and re-energised.

All these developments will improve the transparency and solidity of the emerging cryptos sector and provide a stronger springboard for the nascent tokenisation markets, which many advocates argue will rapidly expand to dwarf the cryptos markets and act as the perfect digitised complement to the world of mainstream public and private financial assets.

For Asia’s private clients, and for the wealth management industry, all this means that their future decisions around cryptos and other digital assets will, in the future, very likely be based on a far more institutional marketplace. And that can only be a major and very positive step forward.

And to give you even more understanding of what you can expect from this second Singapore digital assets event, we can refer you to the very successful inaugural Hubbis Digital Assets in Wealth event that took place in Singapore in late 2022 and on which this Forum will be based in terms of content and structure. To view selected reports and videos from that very successful 2022 Forum, CLICK HERE.

And as prelude to the event, we hosted a fascinating panel discussion at our recent Hubbis Investment Forum in Hong Kong, focused on The Adoption of Digital Assets & Tokenisation Amongst Private Clients in Asia.

 

Nov 29

HUBBIS DIGITAL ASSETS IN WEALTH MANAGEMENT FORUM - SINGAPORE...

The Ballroom, L2, Conrad Centennial,Singapore