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Investment Insurance Forums 2019
Leading lights from the world of insurance gathered for AsianInvestor's 6th annual conference in Hong Kong and its inaugural event in Singapore.
AsianInvestor's Insurance Investment Forums were held in Hong Kong and Singapore on March 12 and 14, respectively
Delegates gathered at the Hong Kong event
Boris Moutier, chief investment officer of Axa Hong Kong and Asia
Stephan van Vliet, chief investment officer at Prudential Asia (left)
Gregoire Picquot, chief investment officer for Asia at BNP Paribas Cardif
Dennis Chan, head of infrastructure investments at China Ping An Insurance Overseas
William Chan, chief investment officer for Hong Kong at HSBC Life
Delegates listening to a discussion
A delegate responding to an audience poll question
Teresa Kong, portfolio manager at Matthews Asia
Benjamin Deng, group chief investment officer of China Pacific Insurance
Andrew Crooke of AsianInvestor (left) with Iain Forrester, head of insurance investment strategy at Aviva Investors
From left to right: Michele Gaffo, global head of insurance coverage at DWS; Chen Yiyun, CIO at Tahoe Life; Benjamin Deng, group CIO of CPIC; and Ed Collinge, global head of insurance coverage at Robeco
Patrick Marshall, head of private debt and CLOs, Hermes Investment Management
From left to right: Richard Morrow of AsianInvestor; Liu Chun-yen, CIO of AIA Singapore; Don Guo, CIO of Asia Capital Reinsurance; AK Sridhar, CIO of IndiaFirst Life; and Pierre-Emmanuel Brard, CIO of Axa Singapore
Networking at the Singapore event
Arnaud Mounier, managing director for insurance business development at AllianceBernstein
From left: David Chua, head of investment strategy at Prudential Singapore; Yingyong Chiaravutthi, investment head at Prudential Life Assurance Thailand; Masumi Hamahira, advisor - Islamic banking window for MUFG Bank (Malaysia); and Muhamad Umar Johan Sidik, CIO of PT Asuransi Jiwa Sequis Life
Stephen Acheson, global head of insurance for Aberdeen Standard Investments
A break-out session at the forum in Singapore
Delegates mingling in Singapore
