6th Annual PASLA/RMA Conference on Asian Securities Lending Summary
The conference was held 3–5 March 2009 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Over 150 delegates representing institutions from Asia, Europe, Australia, and the U.S. attended the event. While this number is below prior Asian conferences, it represents a very good turnout during this troubling and tough economic environment. Market updates were presented by panelists and regulators from Malaysia, Taiwan, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea. Panels on issues in counterparty risk, global coordination of regulation, fixed income lending and the impact of short selling restrictions were offered. In addition, an update of PASLA’s activities over the past year was given. We were also fortunate to have James G. Rickards, senior managing director for market intelligence, Omnis, Inc. give the keynote address on the volatility of markets and new paradigms for risk management.
PASLA and RMA thank the moderators and panelists for giving their time and expertise to the business program. We also thank our exhibitors for their appearance and contribution to making the event a success. Finally, a special word of thanks goes out to all of the sponsors and Bursa Malaysia for their support of the conference, without which it would not have been possible.
Following are the presentations that were given at the conference sessions. To download the presentations in Adobe PDF format, please click on the appropriate link.
Hope to see you next year in Hong Kong, tentative date 2–4 March 2010!
Thank you.
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