Course Detail(2023WEB3 : ​Current Trends in Capital Markets)
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2023WEB3 : ​Current Trends in Capital Markets NEW

2.00 CPE Hours (Others)
Live Webinar

 

Programme Objective

Join us at our inaugural web-bitez organised by ISCA Corporate Finance Committee! Prominent subject matter experts would provide an update on capital markets in Singapore and share their views on international listings and internal controls reviews conducted for initial public offerings and listings in Singapore. During the panel discussion, you will have the opportunity to bring forth your questions for our experts’ deliberation.

 

Programme Outline

Time

Programme

Speaker

3.00 pm

Welcome Address 

 

By Ms Rebekah Khan

 

3.10 pm

 

Equity Capital Markets Landscape in Singapore

 

Come hear about the equity capital markets landscape in Singapore and why SGX is the listing venue of choice for many international companies.

By Mr Mohamed Nasser Ismail

 

3.45 pm

 

Internal Controls Reviews for Initial Public Offerings

 

This panel session will present the background and requirements for internal controls reviews conducted for initial public offerings and listings in Singapore. The panel will discuss and explore current practices with regards to the scoping and methodologies employed for such internal controls reviews.

 

Moderated by Mr Leonard Ching

 

Panellists:

  1. Mr Goh Chyan Pit
  2. Ms Rebekah Khan
  3. Ms Sharon Peh

5.00pm

End of session

 


 
Please click here to view the entire Web-Bitez Series.

*Please access the platform at least 15 mins prior to the webinar. 

*The Institute reserves the right to amend the programme, month, and mode of delivery as deemed necessary without prior notice

NOTE:
  • The ISCA Web-Bitez Learning Series is offered by ISCA from March to November 2023 and sessions will be held as live webinar. A detailed set of instructions will be sent to you before the session.
  • The dates and contents published on the website are indicative and subject to changes without prior notice. Participants will only be notified of the changes to event dates.
  • The Institute reserves the right to amend the programme (including duration, date, and content) as deemed necessary without prior notice.
  • Playback option for the ISCA Web-Bitez Learning Series will be available 6 months from the session date or registration date (whichever later), for participants who are unable to attend the live session(s).
  • As the option for playback is available, any request for deferment, cancellation or refund of fees in full or partial is strictly not allowed.
  • All Birthday and Credit vouchers must be applied at the time of purchase. There shall be no further amendments to the invoice once registration is confirmed.
  • Click here to view CPE Terms and Conditions. ISCA reserves the right to amend the terms and conditions at any time without prior notice.
Your enrolment would constitute that you have read and accepted the Terms and Conditions.

Training Methodology

Interactive facilitated presentation  

Closing Date for Registration

1 week before commencement or until full enrolment. 

Intended For

  • Finance Leaders and Audit Practitioners

Competency Mapping

Others = 2.00 Hours

Schedule & Fees

Registration is closed

Fee (inclusive of GST)

For Members: $ 87.20
For Non-Members: $ 109.00

Programme Facilitator(s)

Team of Professionals (2023WEB3)

Testimonial

Funding

1] NTUC Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP)
UTAP (Union Training Assistance Programme) is an individual skills upgrading account for NTUC members.

To find out more on the UTAP funding and support validity period please click here.

Should you have queries on the funding scheme, you can email to UTAP@e2i.com.sg or call NTUC Membership Hotline at 6213-8008

Programme Facilitator(s)



Mr Mohamed Nasser Ismail
Executive Director
Global Head of Equity Capital Markets
SGX Group

Mr Mohamed Nasser Ismail is Executive Director, Global Head of Equity Capital Markets at SGX. Prior to assuming his present responsibilities in 2014, Mr Nasser headed various legal and regulatory roles in SGX. His duties include regular liaison with regulators and representing SGX’s interests in the development and implementation of listing and other regulatory initiatives. Prior to joining SGX in 2005, Mr Nasser was a State Counsel with the Attorney General’s Chambers.

In his current role, Mr Nasser is responsible for marketing and developing SGX’s Mainboard and Catalist platforms. His responsibilities include the development of initiatives to provide greater fund-raising services for companies. Mr Nasser is also responsible for driving policy and platform initiatives related to the capital markets.

Mr Nasser is a Board member of Enterprise Singapore and also an Advisory Committee Member of the Personal Data Protection Commission (“PDPC”). He also serves on the boards of Capbridge and 1X, a private market platform co-founded by SGX as well as Action Community for Entrepreneurship (“ACE”).

 
Ms Rebekah Khan
Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
 

Rebekah is the Chairperson of ISCA Corporate Finance Committee. She is a Partner within PricewaterhouseCoopers Singapore capital markets division, specialising in initial public offerings, reverse takeovers, bond offerings and other capital market transactions as well as the audit of listed companies and private equity portfolio companies. She has led some of the firm's major capital markets transactions. In these transactions, she project leads the accounting work streams to ensure milestones are met and applicable regulations are complied with as well as liaising with the investment banks and law firms on financial information disclosure requirements. 

 

 

Mr Leonard Ching
Partner
Allen & Gledhill LLP

Leonard specialises in capital markets and corporate regulatory and compliance work. His areas of practice include advising on initial public offerings and listings on the Singapore Exchange and follow-on equity capital fundraising exercises such as rights issues, preferential offerings and placements, as well as general corporate regulatory and compliance matters for Singapore listed companies. Leonard has been recognised as a leading capital markets lawyer in Singapore by Chambers Asia-Pacific and Chambers Global since 2009. According to Chambers Asia-Pacific, “he is noted for his handling of regulatory and compliance work, as well as listings, equity issues and fund-raising exercises”, and described by clients as “a safe pair of hands” and “a very good and very astute operator”. Chambers Global has noted that “with a wealth of experience on rights issuances, IPOs and equity fund-raising, Leonard Ching is a well-respected figure in this sphere.” In IFLR1000, a client comments “Leonard is technically astute, pragmatic and always accessible. I have no hesitation in recommending him.” Leonard joined Allen & Gledhill in 1996 and has been a partner since 2000. 
 
 
Ms Sharon Peh
Partner
Ernst & Young LLP
 

Sharon is a partner in Assurance at Ernst & Young LLP. She has extensive experience in audits and due diligence reviews, with a particular focus on capital market transactions. She has been with the firm for over 16 years, having worked in Singapore and Hong Kong, and has served clients in various industries such as retail and consumer products and services, technology, healthcare, government and public sector and real estate. She also leads and manages capital market transactions such as initial public offerings, reverse takeovers and substantial acquisitions.

Sharon is a member of the ISCA Corporate Finance Committee. She is a board member and also the Vice Chairperson of the Finance and Investment Committee of the Young Women’s Christian Association Singapore.

Mr Goh Chyan Pit
Managing Director
Capital Markets
DBS Bank Ltd
 
Chyan Pit is a Managing Director within DBS Capital Markets Department. He first joined DBS in 1995. During his more than 25 years of corporate finance and investment banking experience with the Bank, he was responsible for the successful completion of numerous corporate finance and capital market transactions for regional and multinational companies, real estate investment trusts and business trusts. These transactions include different types of equity fund raising exercises such as initial public offerings ('IPOs), rights issues and private placements. Chyan Pit played an instrumental role in many of the landmark transactions in Singapore, including the IPOs of GHY Culture & Media, Sasseur REIT, Hutchison Port Holdings Trust, IHH Healthcare, Global Logistic Properties and CapitaMalls Asia.
 
Chyan Pit has a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Microbiology and a Master of Business Administration degree from the National University of Singapore. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst from the CFA Institute in USA.
 

 

 

 

 

Programme Objective

Join us at our inaugural web-bitez organised by ISCA Corporate Finance Committee! Prominent subject matter experts would provide an update on capital markets in Singapore and share their views on international listings and internal controls reviews conducted for initial public offerings and listings in Singapore. During the panel discussion, you will have the opportunity to bring forth your questions for our experts’ deliberation.

 

Programme Outline

Time

Programme

Speaker

3.00 pm

Welcome Address 

 

By Ms Rebekah Khan

 

3.10 pm

 

Equity Capital Markets Landscape in Singapore

 

Come hear about the equity capital markets landscape in Singapore and why SGX is the listing venue of choice for many international companies.

By Mr Mohamed Nasser Ismail

 

3.45 pm

 

Internal Controls Reviews for Initial Public Offerings

 

This panel session will present the background and requirements for internal controls reviews conducted for initial public offerings and listings in Singapore. The panel will discuss and explore current practices with regards to the scoping and methodologies employed for such internal controls reviews.

 

Moderated by Mr Leonard Ching

 

Panellists:

  1. Mr Goh Chyan Pit
  2. Ms Rebekah Khan
  3. Ms Sharon Peh

5.00pm

End of session

 


 
Please click here to view the entire Web-Bitez Series.

*Please access the platform at least 15 mins prior to the webinar. 

*The Institute reserves the right to amend the programme, month, and mode of delivery as deemed necessary without prior notice

NOTE:
  • The ISCA Web-Bitez Learning Series is offered by ISCA from March to November 2023 and sessions will be held as live webinar. A detailed set of instructions will be sent to you before the session.
  • The dates and contents published on the website are indicative and subject to changes without prior notice. Participants will only be notified of the changes to event dates.
  • The Institute reserves the right to amend the programme (including duration, date, and content) as deemed necessary without prior notice.
  • Playback option for the ISCA Web-Bitez Learning Series will be available 6 months from the session date or registration date (whichever later), for participants who are unable to attend the live session(s).
  • As the option for playback is available, any request for deferment, cancellation or refund of fees in full or partial is strictly not allowed.
  • All Birthday and Credit vouchers must be applied at the time of purchase. There shall be no further amendments to the invoice once registration is confirmed.
  • Click here to view CPE Terms and Conditions. ISCA reserves the right to amend the terms and conditions at any time without prior notice.
Your enrolment would constitute that you have read and accepted the Terms and Conditions.

Training Methodology

Interactive facilitated presentation  

Closing Date for Registration

1 week before commencement or until full enrolment. 

Intended For

  • Finance Leaders and Audit Practitioners

Competency Mapping

Others = 2.00 Hours

Programme Facilitator(s)


Mr Mohamed Nasser Ismail
Executive Director
Global Head of Equity Capital Markets
SGX Group

Mr Mohamed Nasser Ismail is Executive Director, Global Head of Equity Capital Markets at SGX. Prior to assuming his present responsibilities in 2014, Mr Nasser headed various legal and regulatory roles in SGX. His duties include regular liaison with regulators and representing SGX’s interests in the development and implementation of listing and other regulatory initiatives. Prior to joining SGX in 2005, Mr Nasser was a State Counsel with the Attorney General’s Chambers.

In his current role, Mr Nasser is responsible for marketing and developing SGX’s Mainboard and Catalist platforms. His responsibilities include the development of initiatives to provide greater fund-raising services for companies. Mr Nasser is also responsible for driving policy and platform initiatives related to the capital markets.

Mr Nasser is a Board member of Enterprise Singapore and also an Advisory Committee Member of the Personal Data Protection Commission (“PDPC”). He also serves on the boards of Capbridge and 1X, a private market platform co-founded by SGX as well as Action Community for Entrepreneurship (“ACE”).

 
Ms Rebekah Khan
Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
 

Rebekah is the Chairperson of ISCA Corporate Finance Committee. She is a Partner within PricewaterhouseCoopers Singapore capital markets division, specialising in initial public offerings, reverse takeovers, bond offerings and other capital market transactions as well as the audit of listed companies and private equity portfolio companies. She has led some of the firm's major capital markets transactions. In these transactions, she project leads the accounting work streams to ensure milestones are met and applicable regulations are complied with as well as liaising with the investment banks and law firms on financial information disclosure requirements. 

 

 

Mr Leonard Ching
Partner
Allen & Gledhill LLP

Leonard specialises in capital markets and corporate regulatory and compliance work. His areas of practice include advising on initial public offerings and listings on the Singapore Exchange and follow-on equity capital fundraising exercises such as rights issues, preferential offerings and placements, as well as general corporate regulatory and compliance matters for Singapore listed companies. Leonard has been recognised as a leading capital markets lawyer in Singapore by Chambers Asia-Pacific and Chambers Global since 2009. According to Chambers Asia-Pacific, “he is noted for his handling of regulatory and compliance work, as well as listings, equity issues and fund-raising exercises”, and described by clients as “a safe pair of hands” and “a very good and very astute operator”. Chambers Global has noted that “with a wealth of experience on rights issuances, IPOs and equity fund-raising, Leonard Ching is a well-respected figure in this sphere.” In IFLR1000, a client comments “Leonard is technically astute, pragmatic and always accessible. I have no hesitation in recommending him.” Leonard joined Allen & Gledhill in 1996 and has been a partner since 2000. 
 
 
Ms Sharon Peh
Partner
Ernst & Young LLP
 

Sharon is a partner in Assurance at Ernst & Young LLP. She has extensive experience in audits and due diligence reviews, with a particular focus on capital market transactions. She has been with the firm for over 16 years, having worked in Singapore and Hong Kong, and has served clients in various industries such as retail and consumer products and services, technology, healthcare, government and public sector and real estate. She also leads and manages capital market transactions such as initial public offerings, reverse takeovers and substantial acquisitions.

Sharon is a member of the ISCA Corporate Finance Committee. She is a board member and also the Vice Chairperson of the Finance and Investment Committee of the Young Women’s Christian Association Singapore.

Mr Goh Chyan Pit
Managing Director
Capital Markets
DBS Bank Ltd
 
Chyan Pit is a Managing Director within DBS Capital Markets Department. He first joined DBS in 1995. During his more than 25 years of corporate finance and investment banking experience with the Bank, he was responsible for the successful completion of numerous corporate finance and capital market transactions for regional and multinational companies, real estate investment trusts and business trusts. These transactions include different types of equity fund raising exercises such as initial public offerings ('IPOs), rights issues and private placements. Chyan Pit played an instrumental role in many of the landmark transactions in Singapore, including the IPOs of GHY Culture & Media, Sasseur REIT, Hutchison Port Holdings Trust, IHH Healthcare, Global Logistic Properties and CapitaMalls Asia.
 
Chyan Pit has a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Microbiology and a Master of Business Administration degree from the National University of Singapore. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst from the CFA Institute in USA.
 

 

 

 

Upcoming Schedule

Registration is closed

Fee (inclusive of GST)

For Members: $ 87.20
For Non-Members: $ 109.00

Programme Facilitator(s)

Team of Professionals (2023WEB3)

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