Description

Financial institutions are facing a changing environment. On the one hand, infrastructure and population aging in the developed world are prompting new financing and governance approaches. On the other hand, increasing competition in emerging markets and decreasing returns around the world make risk management an increasingly strategic factor. This Colloquium, the third in a series of NUS-ETH Conferences, aims at tackling some of the issues associated with these developments. More specifically, risk management considerations will be addressed via contributions on the pricing of sovereign bonds, board diversity, litigation and systemic risk, whereas infrastructure and population aging will be discussed via contributions on infrastructure innovation and pension fund governance.

Convenors

Dora NEO
Associate Professor and Director,
Centre for Banking & Finance Law
National University of Singapore

Gérard HERTIG
Professor of Law
ETH Zurich
Switzerland

Speakers

Stefan BECHTOLD
Professor of Intellectual Property, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Topic: Regulating Financial Infrastructure Innovation
Comment: Prof Alexander LOKE, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Renée B. ADAMS
Professor of Finance, University of New South Wales Business School, Australia

Topic: Women on Boards in the Finance Industry
Comment: Assoc Prof LAN Luh Luh, National University of Singapore

Todd HENDERSON
Michael J. Marks Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School, USA

Topic: Taking Systemic Risk Seriously in Financial Regulation
Comment: Prof Iris CHIU, University College London, UK

Hans TJIO
Professor and Co-Director, Centre for Banking & Finance Law, Faculty of Law, National
University of Singapore

Topic: An Empirical Look at the Consequences of Oppression Actions in Singapore
Comment: Kanaga DHARMANANDA SC, Fountain Court Chambers, London & Singapore

Mitu GULATI
Professor, Duke Law School, Duke University, USA

Topic: Contract Terms and the Pricing of Sovereign Bonds
Comment: Asst Prof Christian HOFMANN, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Gérard HERTIG
Professor of Law, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Topic: Pension Fund Governance: Giving a Voice to Beneficiaries
Comment: Prof SHEN Wei, Shandong University Law School, PRC