New York Marriott Marquis Hotel
1535 Broadway, New York, NY, 10036
 
Register Here (Early Bird Rate Extended to 10/31/2019)

November 10th, 2019
We cordially invite you to join the 25th TCFA Annual Conference. This TCFA signature event provides an outstanding platform for industry leaders, academic experts, regulators, and TCFA members to share thoughts on the latest developments in the global economy and financial markets. This year’s conference features a number of top experts and thought leaders, who will focus their discussions on four particular topics: What are the opportunities and challenges for foreign firms as China further opens up its financial sector? What are the opportunities and challenges for Chinese firms as they enter and/or operate in the US market? How will the Sino-US geo-political relationship affect China’s opening-up policy, the world trade order and the global economy? What are the new prospects for Fintech, AI and big data?
Amidst the ongoing trade tension between the U.S. and China, China has pledged to further open up its more than $40 trillion and fast growing financial sector and give foreign financial firms more access. China’s regulator in April 2018 began allowing overseas firms to apply for majority stakes in securities and mutual-fund management ventures. On March 24, 2019, PBoC Governor Yi Gang claimed that there is a lot of room for increased access, as the openness of China’s financial markets to the rest of the world isn’t high. In a speech on July 2nd 2019 Premier Li Keqiang said that China will scrap ownership limits for securities firms, futures businesses and life insurance companies by 2020, one year ahead of the original target of 2021. The take-up by foreign companies is gathering pace but concerns linger. In the meantime, Chinese leaders have also expressed strong desire to promote two-way opening as a way to enhance China’s global competitiveness.

Prominent Keynote Speakers

·       Craig Phillips, former Counselor to the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (Confirmed)

·       Russell Read, Global Head of Client Solutions at MSCI and former CIOs at CalPERS and Gulf Investment (Confirmed)

·       Jingdong Hua, Vice President and Treasurer of the World Bank (Confirmed)

·       Dr. Li Deng,  Chief AI Officer at Citadel, Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering of Canada (Confirmed)

·       Chen Xu, Chairman, China General Chamber of Commerce USA, President & CEO, Bank of China USA (Confirmed)

Renowned Panel Speakers

The following distinguished panelists have been confirmed or invited to join the conference. The list is growing and subject to changes as more speakers are coming to our conference.

WELCOME ADDRESS
Dr. Henry Mo, President-Elect, TCFA; Chief Economist, AIG

CONFERENCE KEYNOTE ADDRESS
A Fireside Chat with Craig Phillips, former Counselor to the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin
Interviewed with Maggie Jiang, Board Director & Former President, TCFA; SVP, Bank of China

MORNING KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Russell Read, Global Head of Client Solutions at MSCI and former CIOs at CalPERS and Gulf Investment
Introduced by David Zhang, Board Director, TCFA; Managing Director, MSCI

SESSION 1: GLOBAL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK 
Moderator: Mei Gao, Former Board Director, TCFA; Partner, IDG Capital

Bruce Kasman, Chief Economist and Head of Global Economic Research, JPMorgan Chase & Co
Catherine Mann, Global Chief Economist, Citibank
Sergi Lanau, Deputy Chief Economist, Institute of International Finance
Chris Varvares, Vice President and Co-head US Economics at Macroeconomic Advisers, by IHS Markit

SESSION 2: GLOBAL INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND STRATEGIES 
Moderator: Kun Gao, Board Director, TCFA; Head of Quant Equity Research, AIG

Christopher Rapcewicz, Director of Risk and Operations, Helmsley Charitable Trust
James Sweeny, Chief Economist and CIO America, Credit Suisse
Irene Tse, CIO, Tse Capital Management

SESSION 3: GLOBAL CAPITAL ALLOCATION IN CHINESE AND AMERICAN SECURITIZIED PRODUCTS
Moderator: Jian Hu, Former Chairman, TCFA; Managing Director, Moody’s Investors Service

Steven Abrahams, Senior Managing Director and Head of Investment Strategy, Amherst Pierpont Securities
Winston Chang, Managing Director, Structured Finance Ratings, S&P Global Ratings
Raymond Chen, Vice Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer, Xiamen International Financial Technology; CEO, Hangzhou Xiayuan Asset Management
Alex Zilberman, Head of CLO and Syndication, Natixis

LUNCH KEYNOTE ADDRESS
(This section is part of VIP lunch by invitation only)
Chen Xu, President & CEO, Bank of China USA, and Chairman, China General Chamber of Commerce USA
Introduced by Dajiang Guo, TCFA Advisor

AFTERNOON KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Jingdong Hua, Vice President and Treasurer of the World Bank (Confirmed)
Introduced by Richard Wang, Board Director, TCFA; Freddie Mac

SESSION 4: CHINA INVESTMENT PANEL     
Moderator: Dr. David Yan, Former President, TCFA; Partner of V-Stone Capital Investment

Robin Hu (胡志斌), Chairman and CEO, Broad Resources Investment (博润投资）
Bryan Lin, US CEO, Huatai Securities (华泰证券)
Loretta Liu (柳霁), Overseas Business Managing Director, Wind Information (万得信息技术)
Hong Ni (倪鸿), Managing Director, CICC (中金公司)
Jun Qian (钱骏), Founder, Blue Bay Management
Michael Ren (任思泓), Founder, Jinde Asset Management (金锝资产管理)

Fintech, AI, Big Data and New Finance KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Dr. Li Deng, Chief AI Officer at Citadel, Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering of Canada
Introduced by Zi Ding, TCFA Core Member; Trader, Citadel

SESSION 5: Fintech, AI, Big Data and New Finance
Moderator: Chenyang Wei, Board Director, TCFA; Senior Managing Director & Head of Zenity Holdings New York (知合控股)
Seamon Chan, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Palm Drive Capital
Qiang Su (苏强), Partner, Kunyuan Asset Management (坤元资产)
Charles Wang (王红欣), Chairman, Academia Capital
Jerry Wang, Founder and CEO, Haitou Global
Yang Xu (徐杨), Partner, Tiger Brokers (老虎证券)
Stephany Yu (俞乃奋), Founder, Sunwater Capital, Greencourt Group (绿庭集团), and Viinet Inc.

Closing Remarks – Bo Liu, President, TCFA, Director, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
 
TCFA Election – Dr. Jian Hu, Senior Advisor and Former President, TCFA; Managing Director, Moody’s Investor Services & Daphne Fan, Director, Wells Fargo Securities
                                   
TCFA Cocktail Reception at Broadway Lounge on 8th FL
                                

Registration

Please register at our website www.tcfaglobal.org where you can find additional information. Conference registration provides access to the full day Conference, Job Fair, Breakfast and Coffee, Evening Reception (excluding VIP lunch) on November 10th, 2019. 

Registration Fee on or before 10/31/2019 (Early Bird Rates)

Member Fee: $140

Non-Member Fee: $190

Registration Fee after 10/31/2019

Member Fee: $180

Non-Member Fee: $230

Onsite Registration will be based on availability at a rate of $250. If you are not a member of TCFA, you can become a member by registering at our website and paying $50 membership fee, which will entitle you to the member rate for the annual conference as well as access to future TCFA events. If you have any questions, please contact us as tcfa.annual@gmail.com.

Job Fair
 
There are a number of companies are planning to recruit on-site or on-line at the job fair offered by the Annual Conference, including:

• Bank of China USA (中国银行)
• China International Capital Corporate (中金公司)
• China Southern Asset Management (南方基金)
• Haitou Global(海投全球)
• Huatai Securities (华泰证券)
• Tiger Brokers (老虎证券)
• Wind Information (万得信息技术)

Please note only registered guests can have access to the on-site job fair.
To job applicants: please send resume to tcfajobfair@gmail.com. We will keep your information in our database and distribute resumes to relevant recruiting firms.

Network with Industry Leaders and Make New Connections

We are expecting more than 800 attendees at this year’s conference including

v  Senior Wall Street professionals

v  Delegations from leading Chinese financial institutions

v  Accomplished academic experts and researchers

The conference and the evening reception will provide a great networking opportunity to catch up with old friends and to make new connections.

Hotel Reservation with Marriott

There is a great variety of accommodations in New York City. However, if you prefer to stay at the Marriott Marquis, we have a special rate reserved for our guests. You can make reservations with the conference rate for rooms that Marriott has offered for our Annual Conference at discount. Please note that the cut-off date is on October 18th. The hotel rooms will be released on October 19th if not used, so please reserve your room early. 

Please use the following link and number for hotel reservation:

https://book.passkey.com/go/TheChineseFinAsscNov2019

Reservations Toll Free: 1-877-303-0104
Reservations Local Phone: 1-212-398-1900

About TCFA

Twenty-five years ago, TCFA was founded as a non-profit organization comprised of professionals, policymakers, and scholars in finance and related fields who have a strong interest in China’s financial and economic development. Today, headquartered in New York City, TCFA has over 7,000 members globally with chapters in Boston, Washington DC, Chicago, Charlotte, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Toronto, London, Paris, Tokyo, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong. 

Please visit our website www.tcfaglobal.org for further details including conference agenda, speaker biographies, and job fair information. We want to express our sincere gratitude towards our long-term sponsors, advisers, board, executive team, and volunteers who have helped to make our events possible. We look forward to seeing you at the conference!

Sincerely,

TCFA Management Team