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AsianInvestor 2nd Australia Global Investment Summit
AsianInvestor's 2nd Australia Global Investment Summit, "Asia and the World", took place in Melbourne on February 15, 2011. More than 150 delegates from the superannuation and asset-consulting industry gathered to learn more about investment opportunities in Asia and emerging markets.
More than 150 delegates gathered for the full-day event
Marc Faber, editor and publisher of 'The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report'
Geoffrey Bazzan, Maple-Brown Abbott
Patrice Conxicoeur, HSBC Global Asset Management, Hong Kong
Tahnoon Pasha, Aviva Investors Singapore
Paul Keogh, RREEF Asia-Pacific, leads a panel on real estate with Mark Ford, Cbus Property, Pete King of VFMC and Mary Power at Jana Investment Advisers
Conrad Saldanha, Neuberger Berman Asia
Hu Yifan, Citic Securities, China
Bill Shorten, MP, assistant treasurer and minister for financial services and superannuation, Australia
Panel: The role of Asia in global asset portfolios. Featuring Marc Faber; John Hopper, AustalianSuper;Tim Hughes, NGS Super; Rob Hogg, Frontier; Peter Sartori, Treasury Asia Asset Management; AI editor Jame DiBiasio
Tim Hughes, NGS Super (foreground); John Hopper, AustralianSuper
Rajeev Mittal, PineBridge Investments
Panel: Alternative investment themes in Asia, including China. Featuring Alexander Blank, SCM Strategic Capital; Michael Halliwell, Albourne Partners (speaking); Sam Sicilia, HostPlus
David Thomas, Think Global Consulting
Diana Choyleva, Lombard Street Research
Rapt audience in Melbourne
Nicole Pearson, Austrade
Jonathan Watkin, conference chair, AsianInvestor, with Meredith Wall and Damien O'Connor from supporting organisation, AIST
