Asia Pacific Financial Services Insights
Digital Adoption
As APAC Financial Institutions continue to evolve at an accelerated speed, they will need to adapt to be more efficient and scalable in order to future-proof. The most resilient Financial Institutions will likely be those who can efficiently, effectively and securely enhance their client experiences as well as improve internal operational efficiencies with a combination of digitization and automation.
Latest Insights
Take Human Error out of Australia’s Private Credit Markets
Allocation to private markets in Australia, and Asia Pacific generally, is ramping up. With asset owners increasingly eyeing private assets as a means to augment their income returns, new funds are stepping in to meet investor demand and the middle market funding gap left by banks. How do managers distinguish themselves in order to win mandates from investors?
Untying the Knots: Simplifying Corporate Actions
Understanding the impact of corporate actions is necessary when contemplating the right investment strategy. This impact is driven by timely awareness, accuracy, and attention to detail. In this blog, S&P Global's Managed Corporate Actions™ will discuss some of the most dominant corporate actions announced each month and the roles they take in the marketplace.
Risk Management: Delivering Innovative Solutions for the Leveraged Loans Market
Agent and party submission for Loan Reconciliation have risen rapidly over the past 12 months and I am pleased to report that in April 2021 we hit a new record, almost doubling the submissions we saw in April 2020. The huge increase is a result of the mass adoption we have witnessed as lenders have looked to cut out the white noise associated with reconciling their positions to agents.
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Experts
Julian Chesser
He is responsible for the franchise across Asia Pacific, including all expansion into China and India. Julian joined the firm in 2012 from Fidelity International, where he was COO for Fixed Income based in London. He was the Accountable Executive for a major technology re-stack including risk management and trading. He worked at J.P. Morgan from 1997 to 2002 in London, New York and Milan and was co-head of fixed income operations from 2000.Julian holds an LLB from the University of Warwick, UK, and completed his bar finals in London.
Ming Cheung
Ming is responsible for driving automation and efficiency for clients to meet onboarding and regulatory requirements through Counterparty Manager, S&P Global's platform for counterparties to manage regulatory data and share entity information. Prior to S&P Global, Ming was a consultant, specializing in designing and implementing financial risk systems. His expertise spans KYC, compliance, reference data, risk systems, and workflow management.Ming holds a masters degree in Investment Analysis from University of Stirling, UK. He speaks Chinese Cantonese and English.
Michael Muncaster
Michael's areas of focus include FATCA, CRS, QI reviews and remediation, mergers and acquisitions, structuring, advising on the taxation of financial arrangements including foreign exchange transactions and capital instruments, as well as the audit of taxation and tax reporting.Prior to joining S&P Global, Michael was with PwC Singapore, Australia and UK. He has worked extensively with financial institutions in Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong on the implementation of FATCA and CRS programs and has extensive experience in conducting QI reviews.