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FinTech Programmes
Demystifying FinTech Series
Join 7 incredible speakers who will demystify FinTech and discuss the training and the tools to stay relevant and deal with the changes.
November 16, 2017 – January 30, 2018 7:30pm-9:30pm
Be Ready for Drastic Work Changes with Disruptive Technologies in Financial Services
Fintech has transformed the way money is managed. It affects almost every financial activity, from banking to payments to wealth management. Startups are re-imagining financial services processes, while incumbent financial services firms are following suit with new products of their own. Recently, the HKMA has announced a number of initiatives to prepare the banking sector to embrace the enormous opportunities brought about by smart banking and fintech.
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Sessions in November 2017
Topic 1: FinTech Introduction (by Dr Kyle Wong)
Date: 16 November 2017
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Early Bird Deadline: 9 November 2017
Technology has already disrupted retail and marketing industry. Everyday we hear major US retailers closing their stores while Amazon has been experiencing rapid growth. The disruption has not come to the financial market. Apple Pay, Google Pay, Square, Ant Finance and TNG in Hong Kong are growing their presence in the financial industry and challenging traditional players. At the same time incumbents like HSBC and Goldman Sachs are using technology to enhance their product offering and to lower their costs. In this seminar we will take a bird-eye view of the major areas of Fintech such as Payment System, Blockchain, Robo-advisor, Regtech and Cryptocurrencies.
Topic 2: Distributed Ledger Technology (by Dr Lawrence Ma)
Date: 23 November 2017
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Early Bird Deadline: 9 November 2017
Distributed Ledger technology gains a lot of attention recently as being the backbone technology of all crypto-currencies. DLT is a consensus of replicated, shared, and synchronized digital data geographically spread across multiple sites, countries, or institutions. There is no central administrator or centralized data storage. It allows a peer-to-peer network as well as consensus algorithms to ensure replication across nodes is undertaken. The decentralized aspect of DLT has attracted financial institutions to apply DLT in payment system and clearing.
Topic 3: Algo-Trading (by Mr Henry Tang)
Date: 30 November 2017
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Early Bird Deadline: 9 November 2017
Most of the top money-making hedge funds are doing algo trading. The most well known Renaissance Technologies averaged 71.8% annual return from 1994 to mid 2014, outperformed Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway. Algo Trading allows machines to employ successful human trading strategies, with much higher speed and accuracy. It also removes human emotion which is also a major impediment in trading.
Sessions in December 2017
Topic 4: Robo-Advisors (by Mr David Lee)
*This session will be conducted in English.
Date: 1 December 2017
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Early Bird Deadline: 30 November 2017
Robo-advisors are digital platforms that provide automated, algorithm-driven financial planning services with little to no human supervision. A typical robo-advisor collects information from clients about their financial situation and future goals through an online survey, and then uses the data to offer advice and/or automatically invest client assets. The major advantages of robo-advisor are low cost, customized service and free from human biases and errors. If combined with artificial intelligence, it has the potential to enhance investment performance.
Topic 5: Crypto-Currencies (by Mr Adrian Lai)
*This session will be conducted in English.
Date: 7 December 2017
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Early Bird Deadline: 30 November 2017
It is clear that investment banks have no way to escape to give their views on crypto-currencies with the increasing demand from clients. Governments also have started to embrace cryptocurrencies bits by bits by interacting with market players and carrying out public consultations, in contrast to simply going against the asset class without having a good understanding. Come to hear Adrian speak about the latest development in crypto-currencies.
Topic 6: RegTech (by Mr Penghui Kee)
*This session will be conducted in English.
Date: 8 December 2017
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Early Bird Deadline: 30 November 2017
Topic 7: Cybersecurity (by Mr Scott Tse)
Date: 14 December 2017
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Early Bird Deadline: 30 November 2017
New cyber attack methods against your infrastructure are invented at a rapid rate. Every cyber incident is costing more and more financial impact to the victim organizations. In this talk, we share the latest modus operandi in the cyberspace and how your organization should gear up to tackle against those attacks.
Sessions in January 2018
Topic 8: Big Data (by Dr Kyle Wong)
Date: 11 January 2018
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Early Bird Deadline: 8 December 2017
The Economist declares that data is now the most valuable resources on Earth, even more than oil. With the rapid rise of Google and Facebook, it is very hard to disagree. Major tech companies have been able to collect huge amount of data from their users. By creating a deep understanding of their users, they have been able to monetize that information. We will look at how information is generated, collected and utilized by firms.
Topic 9: Artificial Intelligence (by Dr Kyle Wong)
Date: 23 January 2018
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Early Bird Deadline: 8 December 2017
As digital technologies continue to develop, their impact on our lives, our communities and the economies of the world will also grow and change. Inevitably, the workplace is rapidly changing, with disruptive technologies making waves and creating great uncertainty. Automation and artificial intelligence are displacing traditional jobs, even as new ones are being created to service an innovation-led economy.
This presentation will raise your awareness on the transformation that is taking place, and pick up new knowledge that will help you to navigate the changing landscape. We will also discuss how the IT workforce should upskill themselves, particularly considering moving into sectors with high demand and employability prospects, such as FinTech.
Topic 10: FinTech in China
Date: 30 January 2018
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Early Bird Deadline: 8 December 2017
China is considered a global leader in many areas of FinTech: P2P, Payment System and InsurTech. China is rapidly developing AI capability and is challenging global leader the United States. In this session we will discuss the history of Fintech in China and how it becomes leaders in so many areas.
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