- More than 2,600 delegates convene at the largest ever CLSA Investors’ Forum
- The longest running institutional investment conference in Asia celebrates its 25th anniversary
Hong Kong – Monday, 10 September 2018: CLSA Limited (“CLSA”), Asia’s leading capital markets and investment group, opens its 25th CLSA Investors’ Forum (“Forum”) in Hong Kong today with 2,640 delegates from 42 countries in attendance, including 1,600 global institutional investors and 970 corporate executives, making it the largest CLSA Investors’ Forum to date.
The five-day Forum provides a platform for high-level debate and engagement on issues that impact global markets and investment returns, from economics, finance and geopolitics to health, society, science, technology and innovation.
In addition to more than 30 CLSA analyst presentations, delegates will hear from 75 global thought leaders who shape policies and markets. This year, Asia’s premier investment conference presents Malaysian Prime Minister-In-Waiting Anwar Ibrahim; NYU Professor of Risk Engineering Nassim Nicholas Taleb; Director Emeritus of the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab Jonathan Taplin; leading Alzheimer’s disease specialist Dale E. Bredesen; former US Ambassador Nicholas Burns; popular economist and author of the recently published The Complacent Class Tyler Cowen; the first Asian POTUS 2020 candidate Andrew Yang; Malaysia’s newly appointed Minister of Finance Guan Eng Lim; Sri Lanka’s State Minister of Finance Eran Wickramaratne; award-winning explorer Jeff Fuchs; as well as prominent media commentators Derek Thompson of The Atlantic, Gideon Rachman of the Financial Times and The Washington Post’s national security correspondent Souad Mekhennet.
At 330, the number of corporations attending the 25th CLSA Investors Forum is at a record high and up 12% on last year, with Chinese companies now representing nearly 50% of the total number, a make-up tailored to meet global investors’ growing appetite for investment in China. Collectively, corporates will give 80 presentations and hold more than 3,100 investor meetings over the five-day event.
CLSA CEO Jonathan Slone commented: “As China’s capital markets continue to open, Chinese corporates are increasingly seeking outbound investment opportunities. As the international platform of CITIC Securities, CLSA is uniquely positionined to help Chinese companies go global and to bring international capital to China. The CLSA Investors’ Forum is the ideal platform to connect Chinese corporates and global investors, proven by the fact that, after 25 years, this Forum is our largest to date.”
In research, China presentations focus on China capital access, financial services, renewable energy, technology, internet, property and healthcare. Regional coverage looks at gaming in Macau and Japan, the Asia consumer sector, Australian banks and online retail in Indonesia as well as market by market strategy. Thematic research ranges from autonomous transport to the China’s Greater Bay Area.
CLSA Global Head of Research, Edmund Bradley, commented: “In 25 years, our CLSA Investors’ Forum has grown in scale and popularity but it remains true to our now CEO’s original vision of presenting original insights which drive investment into Asia. “
The 25th CLSA Investors’ Forum is an invitation-only event for CLSA clients and is being held from Monday 10 to Friday 14 September 2018 at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong.
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Notes to Media regarding the 25th CLSA Investors’ Forum 2018
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Media Schedule: CLSA media briefings and a number of keynote and specialist speaker presentations are open to media. The full schedule is available on our media site.