L-R (First Row): Paul Charles Pudschedk (Fachhochschule Wiener Neustadt), Sandra Booysen (NUS Law), Dora Neo (NUS Law), Lin Lin (NUS Law), Wan Wai Yee (SMU Law), Emilios Avgouleas (University of Edinburgh), Alexander Loke (City University of Hong Kong) & Simin Gao (Tsinghua University)

L-R (Second Row): Xu Wenming (China University of Political Science and Law), Hans Tjio (NUS Law), Christian Hofmann (NUS Law), Robin Veidt (University of Luxembourg), Christopher Chen (SMU Law), Joseph Mc Cahery (Tilburg Law School), Rainer Kulms (Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law) & David C Donald (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

The Centre for Banking & Finance Law in NUS Law organised a two-day conference titled “Alternative Investments in the Tech Era” at NUS Law on 27 and 28 September July 2019.

Over the past five years, the structure and principal characteristics of the world’s financial system, including alternative investments have dramatically changed.  Many countries have responded to the rise of FinTech, AI and the crypto economy by changing relevant rules and guidelines as well as establishing new oversight bodies to tackle the evolving financial services sector.  Regulatory bodies have therefore needed to grapple with new legal problems and policy challenges in various contexts.  This background presented a unique opportunity to discuss new issues.

This conference considered the new problems which have arisen in the Alternative Investments sector in the Tech Era.  Discussions centred on whether current regulations and oversight bodies were able to mitigate new risks and maximise the efficiency of markets.  Particular focus was placed on discussing the scope of new business models, new financial services and products, and new issues in the evolving financial markets and corresponding responses from regulators and practitioners.  The conference benefited from a broad range of perspectives provided by participants from around the world as well as regulators from the Monetary Authority of Singapore. The conference was convened by Assistant Professor Lin Lin (LLM 06, PhD 2010).