Jul 06 - Gibraltar Finance To Lead Financial Services Delegation To Singapore And Hong Kong
Albert Isola, the Minister with responsibility for Financial Services, will lead a delegation to Singapore on 6/7th July and then on to Hong Kong on 8/9 July. The delegation will include representatives from Gibraltar Finance, the Financial Services Commission and a strong contingent from the private sector including lawyers, accountants, fund administrators, insurance professionals and the Stock Exchange. The visit has been organised by Gibraltar Finance which has worked closely with Jason Cruz in Hong Kong.
During the visit the Gibraltar delegation will hold technical sessions, including presentations, for professionals in the funds and asset management sectors. These will be held in Singapore on the 6th July and in Hong Kong on the 9th July. The sessions will focus on marketing in the EU, fund structuring, AIFMD solutions, national private placement regimes and listing on the Gibraltar Stock Exchange.
Following the technical sessions, Minister Isola will host and address financial services lunches in Singapore for some one hundred and twenty professionals and in Hong Kong for two hundred professionals. Minister Isola will also be attending meetings with private sector professionals in both Singapore and Hong Kong and will also meet with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong.
In addition, Gibraltar Finance together with members of the delegation will be attending and exhibiting at the Hedge Fund Startup Forum Asia, in Hong Kong, on the 8th July.
Minister Isola said: “I am fortunate to be leading such a strong Gibraltar team of professionals on this important trade mission to Singapore and Hong Kong. For the first time we are introducing technical sessions and lunches in both Singapore and Hong Kong, to present the advantages of Gibraltar to our guests. It also serves to underline our commitment to this region, which we have identified as one where there is considerable potential for our financial services community to gain new business, and who we are always ready to support.”
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