* Subject to change
Hong Kong - 5th March
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Registration & breakfast
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Welcome address from Investment Week
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KEYNOTE - Navigating a new world order: Achieving investable resilience against all odds
After decades of relative stability, investors are operating in a more contested, fragmented and unpredictable world. This candid, wide-ranging conversation unpacks the macro and geopolitical questions shaping today’s investment mindset – from inflation and elections to trade wars and technology rivalry. It’s less about forecasts and more about frameworks for THINKING clearly in an increasingly complex world.
- US / China rivalry: competition, decoupling or co-existence?
- What breaks first when geopolitical tensions rise: supply chains, currencies, or trust?
- How do sanctions, trade barriers and national security reshape capital flows?
- From monetary dominance to fiscal and industrial policy – who and what really drives markets now?
- How has inflation reshaped the macro mindset after a decade of zero rates?
- What does “resilience” mean in today’s context?
Speaker
Dr S H Ho Professor of Banking and Finance, and Associate Dean (Research), School of Business
Director of Research Centre for ESG The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
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PANEL DISCUSSION - Rethinking risk, time horizons and asset allocation in a less predictable world
This session explores whether uncertainty is now structural rather than cyclical, and how that changes the way investors frame risk, time horizons and conviction. Against this backdrop, how should investors think about uncertainty when historical playbooks no longer fit?
- What is the one macro assumption investors still rely on that is most likely to be wrong?
- Are we facing cyclical turbulence, or a lasting regime shift that requires different asset allocation thinking?
- How should investors rethink diversification if correlations behave differently during geopolitical stress?
- What is the most underappreciated geopolitical risk that could materially impact capital flows or markets?
- Where might markets be complacent about policy, inflation or growth?
- What signals matter most in 2026 and over the next 3–5 years?
- How can institutions maintain conviction and avoid reactive decision-making amid constant noise?
- If you were building a portfolio from scratch today, what would you approach differently?
Speakers
Regional and Hong Kong Head of Discretionary and Funds, Asia Pacific, Wealth and Premier Solutions
HSBC
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The Global Industrial Renaissance: The Strategic Reset in Manufacturing, Infrastructure, and Defence
The world has entered a multi-decade period of surging infrastructure and defence spending. Simultaneously, elevated geopolitical uncertainty is driving nations to reorient supply chains towards their most trusted economic allies. Against this backdrop, First Trust will detail the truly global nature of the opportunity in defence spending, going far beyond the typical companies most associate with the theme.
We also believe the closely related opportunity in infrastructure is not just in Germany or Europe, but globally. We’ll explore which firms will be instrumental in delivering the systems and equipment necessary to safeguard countries against evolving security challenges, and which materials could prove essential.
Sponsor
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Networking break
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Empowering the underestimated in emerging markets
Emerging Markets remain a major engine of global growth. In this session, we explore how active investing – powered by targeted, constructive engagement – uncovers under-recognised quality businesses both within Asia and across the broader Emerging Markets universe.
By focusing on fundamentals, long-term structural growth drivers, and governance improvements, active engagement becomes a key source of differentiation and a meaningful return enhancer. We will also discuss how disciplined stock selection, portfolio construction, and risk awareness enable investors to capture long-term value across a complex and fast-evolving EM landscape.
Sponsor
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Blind Spots, Flows, and Opportunity: Decoding EM Debt in a New Macro Regime
TT discusses how today’s shifting macroeconomic and geopolitical backdrop is reshaping opportunities across emerging market debt. The presentation explores how blind spots in hard-currency markets and flow dynamics and market structure in local markets can uncover value overlooked by traditional EM debt frameworks - illustrating how TT’s differentiated process identifies non-consensus opportunities in a rapidly evolving landscape.
Sponsor
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Fund Presentation 4
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Lunch and close of event