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Company profile

Societe Generale

Societe Generale is one of the leading European financial services groups. Based on a diversified and integrated banking model, the Group combines financial strength and proven expertise in innovation with a strategy of sustainable growth, aiming to be the trusted partner for its clients, committed to the positive transformations of society and the economy.

Active in the real economy for over 150 years, with a solid position in Europe and connected to the rest of the world, Societe Generale has over 147,000 members of staff in 67 countries and supports on a daily basis 31 million individual clients, businesses and institutional investors around the world by offering a wide range of advisory services and tailored financial solutions. The Group is built on three complementary core businesses:

  • French Retail Banking, which encompasses the Societe Generale, Crédit du Nord and Boursorama brands. Each offers a full range of financial services with omnichannel products at the cutting edge of digital innovation;
  • International Retail Banking, Insurance and Financial Services to Corporates, with networks in Africa, Russia, Central and Eastern Europe and specialised businesses that are leaders in their markets;
  • Global Banking and Investor Solutions, which offers recognised expertise, key international locations and integrated solutions.

Societe Generale is included in the principal socially responsible investment indices: DJSI (World and Europe), FTSE4Good (Global and Europe), Euronext Vigeo (World, Europe and Eurozone), four of the STOXX ESG Leaders indices, and the MSCI Low Carbon Leaders Index.

For more information, you can follow us on twitter @societegenerale or visit our website www.societegenerale.com

 

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Asian Insurance Forum | Agenda 2021

The conference starts at 09:30 (Hong Kong Time) on days one and two.

To join the virtual conference, please check your confirmation email with details on how to access the event platform.

09:3009:35

Welcome remarks

09:30 - 09:35

Jung Jin Yoon

Head of Cross Asset Solutions Sales Asia Pacific

Societe Generale

Jung-Jin joined Societe Generale in 2007 within the Sales team for Korea covering equity derivatives, based in Hong Kong. Prior to his current role, Jung-Jin was the Head of Cross Asset Distribution Sales for Korea following his relocation to Seoul with the expansion of Societe Generale’s onshore Korea platform. Later on he moved back to Hong Kong where he became Head of Global Markets Cross Asset Sales for Private Banks. In 2019 he was appointed Head of Cross Asset Distribution Sales for Asia, in addition to his previous mandate.


Prior to joining Societe Generale, Jung-Jin worked at Macquarie in Seoul within the Financial Advisory and Project Financing team.


Jung-Jin holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Yonsei University in Korea.

09:3510:05

Global Economic Outlook: What a Post-Pandemic world means for the insurance industry?

00:00 - 00:30

Michelle LAM

Greater China Economist

Societe Generale

Michelle covers China and Taiwan and is based in Hong Kong. She started her career at BNP Paribas London where she worked with a team of European economists and helped analyse topical macroeconomic issues. Before joining SG, she was a Senior Economist at TS Lombard, an independent research company, and focused on a number of Asian economies. Michelle holds an M. Phil. in Economics from Cambridge University and a first-class honors degree in Economics from UCL.

Clarence Wong

Chief Economist

Peak Re

Experienced Chief Economist with a demonstrated history of working in the insurance and reinsurance industry. Strong finance professional skilled in Financial Risk, Enterprise Risk Management, Risk Management, Reinsurance, and Financial Services. Experiences cover most Asia-Pacific markets.

Aidan Yao

Senior Emerging Asia Economist

AXA

Aidan joined AXAIM in December 2013 as an Emerging Asia Economist, with a particular focus on the Chinese economy.

Prior to joining AXA IM, Aidan was a senior financial market analyst at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority for two years, covering financial market research and analysis for US, Europe and China.

Aidan started his career at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand in 2007, serving as an economist and later senior financial market analyst until late 2011.

Aidan holds a master degree with distinction in Finance (2006) from the University of Otago in New Zealand. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Cam is a Partner in EY’s Insurance Sector, he joined EY Hong Kong in 2015. A seasoned consulting professional with 25 years of global experience in the Financial Services industry, having worked for financial institutions in Hong Kong, UK and New Zealand, Cam has extensive knowledge of Insurance, Transactional Banking, Treasury and Trade.

His focus at EY HK is on growing the Insurance sector business and making sure his clients see the best of EY across solution sets.

10:0510:35

Balance Sheet Optimization (part 1)

00:00 - 00:20

  • Mitigating interest rates exposure
  • Yield Enhancement and liquidity Solutions
  • Hedging equity market drawdowns
Tommy PAULHAN

Head of Fixed Income Pricing, Asia Pacific

Societe Generale

Tommy is the Head of Fixed Income Pricing, Asia Pacific.

He is in charge of the Fixed Income structuring team for APAC which mandate is to provide products and solutions for corporate, distribution and institutional clients with a focus on structured and exotic products across rates, credit and forex. Previously, he was Head of Commodity Investor Group, Asia Pacific based in Singapore where he oversaw the pricing, product push and trading of commodity investor products for financial institutions. He was also in charge of developing our exotic business with corporate clients.

Tommy joined the Singapore office from Societe Generale in Paris where he was a trader, managing the investor and corporate commodity structured products book since 2011. Tommy joined Societe Generale in 2006 where he started his career as a Market Risk Manager for the hedge funds platform in Paris. He was subsequently appointed as a Quantitative Market Risk Manager for exotic equity derivatives in 2009. Tommy is a graduate from Centrale-Supelec with a major in Applied Mathematics in Finance.

Eric HUANG

Head of Index Structuring, Asia Pacific

Societe Generale

Eric currently serves as Head of QIS, Asia. Prior to joining Société Générale in May 2018, Eric was the Head of Quantitative and Alternative Investments at CSOP Asset management from 2016. Before then, he was with Equity and Hybrids Structuring team at Goldman Sachs basing in Hong Kong from 2009.

Eric holds a Master of Computational Finance from Carnegie Mellon University and Master of Business Administration from National Taiwan University.

10:3510:40

Insurance Product spotlight: US

10:35 - 10:40

Natasha Dadlani

Managing Director, Insurance Solutions & Hedging

Societe Generale

Natasha is currently a Managing Director within the Investor Solutions Sales team at Société Générale. She has also recently taken on the role of Head of Insurance Sales within the Global Markets division in the US. In this role, she manages cross-asset teams to service insurance company relationships that utilize flow, light exotic, and structured derivatives. Her primary focus is to work with insurance company clients on strategic solutions such as annuity product development and innovative capital solutions.

Natasha started her career with Deutsche Bank in 2007 as a generalist within the structured equity derivatives sales group covering both retail and institutional clients. Then, she was responsible for providing investment solutions to insurance companies, pensions, endowments, foundations and asset managers. Natasha moved to Credit Suisse in September of 2015 as a Director within the Equity Derivatives Investor Solutions team. She has been at Société Générale since 2017. 

Natasha holds a Bachelor in Business Administration with a minor in Philosophy from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

10:4011:10

Balance Sheet Optimization (part 2)

10:40 - 11:10

  • Mitigating interest rates exposure
  • Yield Enhancement and liquidity Solutions
  • Hedging equity market drawdowns
Tommy PAULHAN

Head of Fixed Income Pricing, Asia Pacific

Societe Generale

Tommy is the Head of Fixed Income Pricing, Asia Pacific.

He is in charge of the Fixed Income structuring team for APAC which mandate is to provide products and solutions for corporate, distribution and institutional clients with a focus on structured and exotic products across rates, credit and forex. Previously, he was Head of Commodity Investor Group, Asia Pacific based in Singapore where he oversaw the pricing, product push and trading of commodity investor products for financial institutions. He was also in charge of developing our exotic business with corporate clients.

Tommy joined the Singapore office from Societe Generale in Paris where he was a trader, managing the investor and corporate commodity structured products book since 2011. Tommy joined Societe Generale in 2006 where he started his career as a Market Risk Manager for the hedge funds platform in Paris. He was subsequently appointed as a Quantitative Market Risk Manager for exotic equity derivatives in 2009. Tommy is a graduate from Centrale-Supelec with a major in Applied Mathematics in Finance.

Eric HUANG

Head of Index Structuring, Asia Pacific

Societe Generale

Eric currently serves as Head of QIS, Asia. Prior to joining Société Générale in May 2018, Eric was the Head of Quantitative and Alternative Investments at CSOP Asset management from 2016. Before then, he was with Equity and Hybrids Structuring team at Goldman Sachs basing in Hong Kong from 2009.

Eric holds a Master of Computational Finance from Carnegie Mellon University and Master of Business Administration from National Taiwan University.

11:1011:15

Insurance Product spotlight: Europe

11:10 - 11:15

Onno VLEESHOUWER

Global Co-Head of Insurance

Societe Generale

He started working at Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi in 1993. Throughout his career in Amsterdam, Paris and London he specialized in derivatives and structured solutions for financial institutions, with over the past decade a focus on Insurers. At SG he has been involved in implementing innovative hedging solutions for insurance risks, capital optimization and capital release transactions for insurers, and is currently focused solutions to counter the low yield environment.

Prior to joining Societe Generale in 2008 he worked at JPM. He is a Dutch citizen, with a master’s degree in Finance and Business Administration from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

Emeline Reignier

Advisor, European Insurance Companies

Societe Generale

Emeline focuses on advising insurance companies and pension funds. Emeline has started her career in SG New York in 2011 where she was covering Institutional Clients as a sales person. She joined Barclays in London in 2013 to work on restructuring Interest-rate portfolio for corporate clients. In 2015 Emeline joined the Derivatives and Hedging team in Rothschild & co in London where she was advising UK corporate in their hedging strategy and implementation. Emeline graduated from EDHEC Business School.

11:1511:20

Day 1 closing remarks

11:15 - 11:20

Olivier DAGUET

Head of Structuring for Products & Solutions, Asia Pacific

Societe Generale

Olivier currently serves as Head of Structuring for Products & Solutions, Global Markets for Asia Pacific region.  He has joined Société Générale in 1998.

Prior to his current position, Olivier was Deputy Head of Structuring for Products & Solutions, and Head of the Cross Structuring, Group Global Markets for Asia Pacific region. Before wording in Asia Pacific, Olivier was the Head of Financial Engineering in the Cross Asset Solution division of Global Markets for the Americas. Similar to Asia, the range of products offered to Société Générale’s investor base in the Americas includes customized solutions linked to Equities, Commodities, Interest Rate, Credit, Currencies and Hedge Funds. In the insurance space, Olivier has helped create the two Societe Generale wholly owned reinsurance companies and transact full reinsurance and capital market reinsurance solutions with US and non-US direct writers.

Before going to the U.S., Olivier worked in Hong Kong in the Equity Corporate Finance/Corporate Derivatives team focused on designing derivative solutions for key Asian clients.  He holds an MSc in Finance and Business Administration from the Colorado School of Mines and is a Graduate from the Ecole Polytechnique Paris where he majored in Math and Finance.

The conference starts at 09:30 (Hong Kong Time) on days one and two.

To join the virtual conference, please check your confirmation email with details on how to access the event platform.

09:3009:35

Welcome remarks

00:00 - 00:30

Jung Jin Yoon

Head of Cross Asset Solutions Sales Asia Pacific

Societe Generale

Jung-Jin joined Societe Generale in 2007 within the Sales team for Korea covering equity derivatives, based in Hong Kong. Prior to his current role, Jung-Jin was the Head of Cross Asset Distribution Sales for Korea following his relocation to Seoul with the expansion of Societe Generale’s onshore Korea platform. Later on he moved back to Hong Kong where he became Head of Global Markets Cross Asset Sales for Private Banks. In 2019 he was appointed Head of Cross Asset Distribution Sales for Asia, in addition to his previous mandate.


Prior to joining Societe Generale, Jung-Jin worked at Macquarie in Seoul within the Financial Advisory and Project Financing team.


Jung-Jin holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Yonsei University in Korea.

09:3509:55

ESG trends in the funds industry:

00:00 - 00:30

  • ESG main trends
  • New ESG European regulation and impacts: SFDR, Taxonomy
  • What about Asia?
Jenn-Hui Tan

Global Head of Stewardship and Sustainable Investing

Fidelity International

Jenn-Hui Tan was appointed to the role of Global Head of Stewardship and Sustainable Investing in July 2019.

Previously Head of Capital Markets and Corporate Governance for Asia Pacific at Fidelity International, Jenn-Hui is responsible for providing external and internal leadership for Fidelity’s sustainable investing activities globally, including strategy and policies on engagement, voting and ESG integration.

Jenn-Hui has been with Fidelity International for 12 years, having joined as Senior Legal Counsel in 2007, and was previously a solicitor at Norton Rose Fulbright in London. Jenn-Hui is based in Singapore and will be responsible for Fidelity’s ESG teams based in Europe and Asia.

09:5510:40

From Bonds to Securitization: what are the main innovation in ESG?

16:45 - 16:55

  • Latest trends in bonds: new European Green Bond, Transition Bond, Sustainability-Linked Bond
  • Beyond Bonds: ESG in securitization
Thomas Decouvelaere

Head of Fixed Income Sales, Asia Pacific

Societe Generale

Thomas is the Head of Fixed Income Sales, Asia Pacific. 

Thomas Decouvelaere joined Societe Generale in 2003 as an analyst in the Equity Capital Markets team. He became a structurer in the Fixed Income and Currencies division in 2004, and was appointed Head of Corporate Pricing within the Cross Asset Solutions team in 2009. He worked as Head of Pricing, Fixed Income for Europe in 2013. Thomas graduated from École Centrale Paris. He also holds a master of science degree in applied mathematics from U.C. Berkeley and a bachelor of arts degree in applied economics from Université Paris Dauphine.

Yasmine Djeddai

Head of Sustainable Finance Asia Pacific

Societe Generale

Yasmine is based in Hong Kong and has the mandate to support sustainable deal origination across Asia Pacific region through originating mainstream sustainable financing, leveraging on our impact structuring expertise; as well as supporting our clients with structuring and advisory to accelerate the development of innovative solutions and new business models that deliver positive impact with scale up potential. Prior to that, Yasmine headed Societe Generale’s Export Finance team in London where she led a number of ECA project financing and advisory mandates.


Yasmine has more than 16 years of solid international banking experience in structured finance and advisory notably in both the natural resources and export finance businesses. She has been involved in numerous Green, Social and Sustainability-Linked financing across the region and asset classes.


Yasmine holds a Master in Management from Institut des Mines - Telecom Business School, Paris. More recently, she was certified by the European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies (EFFAS) with the CESGA certification (Certified Environmental Social Governance Analyst).

Ciprian Ile

Head of Asia Pacific Bond Syndicate

Societe Generale

Ciprian is based in Hong Kong since 2019 when he joined to develop the APAC Bond Syndicate franchise. During this period he has executed a number of landmark transactions. Prior to that, he was working as a Director on the Financial Institution Group Syndicate desk in London since 2008, where he executed a number of ground breaking transactions in the secured space (ABS & Covered Bonds), unsecured and Hybrid. Ciprian joined Société Générale in 2006, to support the Bond primary activity and Structured Credit in Paris and further integrated the MTN team in London in 2007.

Ciprian holds a Msc finance degree from the University of Orleans, France.

Florence COEROLI

Head of Asset Backed Products, Asia Pacific

Societe Generale

Florence joined the securitisation department of SG Paris in 2006 as a structurer on ABS transactions.

She has been involved in transactions on a large scale of jurisdictions, in both cash and synthetic format, involving multiple asset classes from very granular receivable portfolio to more bespoke transactions on structured finance loans.

Leveraging on her transversal knowledge of asset-backed products, Florence is now leading the SG team dedicated to this activity for Asia-Pacific, with presence in Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney.

Florence holds an engineering degree from Ecole des Mines d’Alès and a specialised postgraduate degree in Finance from the ESSEC Business School.

10:4010:45

Product spotlight: ESG

10:30 - 10:35

Isabelle Millat

Head of Sustainable Investment Solutions

Societe Generale

Isabelle Millat is Head of Sustainable Investment Solutions. She has over 10 years of experience in the financial markets and derivatives products in particular.

She joined Societe Generale in 2006 and has held various roles within markets activities, notably as Chief Operating Officer for the Cross Asset Structured Products activity in New-York.

Since 2014, she has been a Financial Product Engineer in charge of developing cross asset investment strategies and index structuring for the Societe Generale Index franchise (SGI). Isabelle started her career in 2001 at Capgemini Consulting.

Isabelle Millat is a graduate of the ESSEC business school in France.

10:4511:15

Embrace the Green Transition in Asia, Europe and US

10:35 - 10:55

Frank BENZIMRA

Head of Asia Equity Strategy

Societe Generale

Frank Benzimra joined Société Générale in 1994 and has worked in various equity derivatives and research positions in Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong. He is currently Head of Asia Equity Strategy and a Multi-Asset Strategist. Frank is part of the Global Asset Allocation team, which has been ranked No.1 in the Extel survey from 2008 to 2019. He is a graduate of Sciences-Po and the London School of Economics; he has also been a research student at Tokyo University.

Alex Pui

Head Nat Cat & Sustainability APAC

SwissRe

Alex is currently Head Nat Cat and Sustainability (APAC) at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions based in Tokyo, Japan. He is also an Adjunct Lecturer at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW).
 
Alex is actively building out global climate advisory services capability for Corporate Solutions. Apart from pioneering climate and other innovative risk solutions, Alex also manages the APAC Nat Cat portfolio. Alex began his career in 2012 and has worked in Singapore and Australia, with stints at Swiss Re, Willis Re and Insurance Australia Group involving underwriting, catastrophe risk modelling and research, as well as actuarial related work in the reinsurance treaty space. In particular, in 2017, Alex led the end to end development of the world's first parametric haze solution  ("HazeShield" - co developed with Harvard University) to insure against transboundary South East Asian haze pollution from Indonesian forest fires.
 
A respected and influential thought leader within the industry, he continues to be active in commercializing new ideas from science to industry. Alex holds a PhD in Applied Statistics (majoring in Climate Science) and Bachelor of Law (LLB) from UNSW.

Eric Nietsch | Moderator

Head of ESG Research & Integration Asia

Manulife Investment Management

Based in Singapore, Eric is responsible for setting the ESG research, integration, and active ownership agenda in Asia. In his role, Eric conducts proprietary research to identify and manage investment risks and opportunities related to the sustainability strategies of companies in the region. Eric also works with Asian based portfolio managers on evaluating ESG exposures at a portfolio level. He collaborates with the ESG team on methodologies for product development and represents Manulife IM’s ESG capabilities among the local investment community..

Prior to joining Manulife Investment Management, Eric led the Sustainable Finance initiatives for Asia-Pacific at S&P Global where he helped to develop and launch the ESG Evaluation Framework.  He worked closely with analysts across the region to evaluate ESG exposures in corporate and infrastructure entities. Before joining the Sustainable Finance team, he covered various sectors as a credit ratings analyst at S&P in both the United States and Asia. Preceding S&P, Eric worked on an equity portfolio at Barclay’s PLC in New York, and on the special situations desk of the boutique investment bank StormHarbour Partners LP.

Eric holds a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Colgate University. He is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Society of Singapore.

11:1511:20

Day 2 closing remarks

10:55 - 11:00

Jerome NIDDAM

Head of Global Markets, Asia Pacific

Societe Generale

Jerome currently serves as Head of Global Markets, Asia Pacific.

Prior to taking up the current role, he was Head of Pricing and New Products for Cross Asset Solutions, Asia Pacific, then Head of Financial Engineering, Global Markets, Asia Pacific.

Jerome joined Societe Generale Paris in 2004 as a Financial Engineer in the Equity Derivatives Department. He transferred to New York in 2006, before taking up the post of Head of Financial Engineering for Japan in 2008.

Jerome graduated from the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne, and holds a Master’s degree in Actuarial Science from the Institut de Science Financiere et d’Assurances

as well as a Master’s degree in Financial Mathematics from Ecole Polytechnique.