• Does the present framework cater for managing systemic risks in securities and derivatives markets? Singapore Exchange shares its observations as a central trading venue and clearing house.
• The financial crisis has demonstrated that it requires more than just financial prudence in today's increasingly complex and connected marketplace. Will greater transparency of the markets, sufficiency and reliability of information ensure the sustainability of future marketplace?

Yeo Lian Sim, Head of Risk Management and Regulation, Singapore Exchange

• Plummeting asset values and liquidity shortages had put traditional and alternative investment managers under pressure - how did risk management frameworks help, if at all?
• What are the key elements of a risk management framework in an asset management context and how has the crisis impacted these?
• The implications of better risk management, enterprise-wide, for investors – the customers – and the link with regulatory developments in Singapore

Trevor Persaud, Head of Investment Risk Oversight and Performance Analysis, Prudential Asset Management and Head of the Risk and Performance Committee, Investment Management Association of Singapore (IMAS)

• Operational risk management in an enterprise-wide risk management (ERM) context.
• The financial crisis and the operational risk issues raised.
• Standard Chartered’s approach to managing those issues in practice.
• Looking ahead.

Rajit Punshi, Head, Group Operational Risk Policy, Group Operational Risk, Standard Chartered

• Key imperatives of risk management: establishing the firm's risk appetite, monitoring and enhancing the effectiveness of the risk framework, maintaining an enterprise-wide approach.
• Risk modelling, measurement, analysis and control: quantitative versus qualitative techniques.
• Getting it right with internal governance and clarifying responsibilities.
  • The CRO and the executive management board.
  • The supervisory board and the risk committee.
• The role of the authorities in improving risk management in financial institutions, including new regulations and enhanced supervision.