Tech-Driven Finance Forum
Join us for the Co-education signing ceremony between NUS AIDF and GIC. This is the inaugural co-education scheme for PhD training in Singapore, designed to enhance the education of Digital Financial Technology (DFT) PhD students through the Industry Co-Education Scheme . The scheme will involve esteemed industry partners, primarily from finance and high-tech sectors, to co-sponsor and co-supervise DFT PhD students on a research topic mutually agreed upon by academic and industry supervisors. Dr. Rajesh Krishnamachari, Managing Director and Director of Investment Insights Group at GIC, and Prof. Duan Jin-Chuan, Executive Director of AIDF, are set to sign the agreement at the morning ceremony on 23 June 2023. Damien Pang, Deputy Chief FinTech Officer at MAS, will be present to witness the signing.
The subsequent Tech-Driven Finance Forum aims to showcase the latest developments in the intersection of finance and technology. In honor of the retirement of Prof. Jin-Chuan Duan, Jardine Cycle & Carriage Professor of Finance and the Executive Director of the Asian Institute of Digital Finance (AIDF), this forum brings together leading experts to discuss cutting-edge topics that are shaping the future of finance.
Explore the latest insights on stock-based loans, tokenization, cross-border payments, and recovery modeling via best subset selection and sequential Monte Carlo. Our esteemed speakers include Peter Ritchken, Mario Gabelli Distinguished Professor in Finance at Case Western Reserve University, Muh Hwa Lee, Managing Director and Head of Technology at Coin Systems Onyx by JP Morgan, Andras Fulop, Professor of Finance at ESSEC Business School, Patrick Tang, PhD student at ESSEC Business School, and Johan Sulaeman, Professor of Finance at NUS Business School.
Don't miss out on the opportunity to engage with these experts and expand your knowledge on the latest developments in tech-driven finance.
Schedule
| Time | Details |
| 9:00am | Registration |
| 9:30am | Opening by MC |
| 9:35am | Address by Dr Rajesh Krishnamachari, MD, GIC |
| 9.40am | Address by Prof Duan Jin-Chuan, ED, AIDF |
| 9.45am | Address by Prof Chen Ying, Director, PhD programme, AIDF |
| 9:50am | Signing Ceremony & Photo Taking
Signing Parties: |
| 10:00am | Break |
| 10:30am | Commencement of Tech-Driven Finance Forum |
| 10:30am - 11:10am | On Stock Based Loans, Peter Ritchken (Mario Gabelli Distinguished Professor in Finance, Case Western Reserve University) via Zoom |
| 11:10am - 11:50am | Tokenization and the Future of Cross Border Payment, Muh Hwa Lee (Managing Director and Head of Technology, Coin Systems Onyx by JP Morgan) |
| 11:50am - 12:20pm | Musical Interlude |
| 12:20pm - 2:00pm | Lunch & Networking |
| 2:00pm - 2:40pm | Recovery Modelling via best subset selection and Sequential Monte Carlo, Andras Fulop (Professor of Finance at ESSEC Business School) & Patrick Tang (PhD student at ESSEC Business School) |
| 2:40pm - 3:20pm | Inclusivity in Sustainable Economy: The Role of Technology in Financing Small Enterprises and the Agricultural Sector, Johan Sulaeman (Professor of Finance at NUS Business School) |
Date:
23 June 2023
Venue:
01-03, Seminar Room,
Innovation 4.0, 3 Research Link,
Singapore 117602
Speakers
Peter Ritchken
Professor, Department of Banking & Finance, Weatherhead School of Management
Mario J. Gabelli Distinguished Professorship in Finance, Weatherhead School of Management
Peter Ritchken is the Mario J. Gabelli Distinguished Professor of Finance at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He has written several textbooks on derivatives, is on the editorial board of a few journals and has published extensively in the derivatives area. He consults with large investment banks and brokerage firms, and has conducted executive education programs in the US, Europe, Asia, Australia and South Africa. His research is at the interface between finance and operations and includes real options and capital structure modeling. He specializes in pricing interest rate and credit derivatives and banking regulation issues.
Muh Hwa Lee
Managing Director and Head of Technology, Coin Systems Onyx by JP Morgan
Talk Title: Tokenization and the Future of Cross Border Payment
Short Bio:
Muh Hwa leads the technology team for Onyx Coin Systems in J.P. Morgan covering next generation wholesale payment solutions using blockchain technology. He is the architect of JP Morgan Coin, a blockchain-based deposit account platform for wholesale clients supporting 24x7 US dollar transfers globally within the Bank. He has also been involved in industry projects, more recently the creation of Partior, a fintech company cofounded by DBS Bank, Temasek and J.P. Morgan. For the past 11 years he has held different roles within Payments Technology from program manager, architecture to product development of payment initiatives globally.
Prior to J.P. Morgan, Muh Hwa has worked for other financial institutions in payments and cash management technology covering client channels, receivables, liquidity management and FX payments. He has managed delivery teams across multiple geographies and transformed software development processes using Agile methodology.
Muh Hwa holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and Master of Technology in Software Engineering, both from National University of Singapore.
Andras Fulop
Professor of Finance at ESSEC Business School
Talk Title: Recovery Modelling via best subset selection and Sequential Monte Carlo
Short Bio:
Andras Fulop is a Professor of Finance at ESSEC Business School, Paris. He joined ESSEC in 2006 after receiving a Ph.D. in finance from the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. He teaches Fixed Income and Financial Markets at the Master in Finance and in the Master in Management and Econometrics for the Ph.D. His current research focuses on (1) Bayesian Econometrics and Sequential Monte Carlo Techniques with applications in asset pricing (2) empirical examination of liquidity in credit derivative markets (3) Machine Learning in Finance. He has published in academic journals such as the Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics or the Journal of Econometrics. He is an associate editor at the Journal of Financial Econometrics and a subject editor at the Journal of Multinational Financial Management.
Patrick Tang
PhD student in Data Analytics at ESSEC Business School
Talk Title: Recovery Modelling via best subset selection and Sequential Monte Carlo
Short Bio:
Patrick Tang is a PhD student in Data Analytics at ESSEC Business School, where he has been pursuing his degree since 2019. He obtained his Bachelor's degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Edinburgh and a Master's degree in Business Analytics from Warwick Business School.
Patrick's research focuses on econometrics and Monte Carlo methods. He is passionate about developing innovative techniques for sequential Monte Carlo and applying them to real-world challenges in economics, finance, and public policy.
Johan Sulaeman
Director of the Sustainable and Green Finance Institute (SGFIN) at NUS
Short Bio:
Johan Sulaeman is the Director of the Sustainable and Green Finance Institute (SGFIN) at NUS. He is also a Dean’s Chair and an Associate Professor in the Department of Finance at the NUS Business School. He also serves as one of the Scientists at AIDF (Asian Institute of Digital Finance). He teaches in various educational programmes and courses, and has been involved in designing and delivering executive education programmes for large companies and financial institutions in the region, primarily on topics related to sustainability. His current research focuses on the measurement and monetization of corporate environmental and social activities, as well as the effects of geographic factors on various economic outcomes, including corporate social and environmental performance. His research has been published in top economics and business journals, and covered in various international publications, including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.