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CBFL Conference: Alternative Investments in the Tech Era
Back row L-R: Xu Wenming (China University of Political Science and Law), Hans Tjio (NUS Law), Christian Hofmann LLM ’13 (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) and David C Donald (The Chinese University of Hong Kong))
The Centre for Banking & Finance Law (CBFL) in NUS Law organised a two-day conference titled “Alternative Investments in the Tech Era” at NUS Law on 27 and 28 September 2019. The conference was convened by Assistant Professor Lin Lin LLM ’06 PhD ’10.
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 benefitted from a broad range of perspectives provided by participants from around the world as well as regulators from the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
A special issue in the European Business Organization Law Review and a special issue in the Singapore Journal of Legal Studies on the cutting-edge topics covered at the conference will also be produced.
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