10am - 7pm • 8 - 9 November 2008
Conference Hall 2, Level 3
Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre
Hotline: (603) 2039 4381
 

Organiser
Gold Sponsor
Media Partners
Official Hotel

Saturday, 8 November 2008
SEMINAR AREA 1
Time
Title
Speaker
11:15
-
11:45
INVESTMENT
How to Trade Successfully in Volatile Markets

Andrew Barnett

Senior Trader / General Manager,
Traders International Australia
11:45
-
12:15
MALAYSIA - PROPERTY

Malaysia My Second Home Programme: What’s it All About?

  • Background on the MM2H programme
  • Who is coming, why are they coming and where they are living?
  • How to apply and what are the programme’s terms and conditions?

Andy Davison

Managing Director,
Borneo Vision Sdn. Bhd.
12:30
-
13:00
MALAYSIA - PROPERTY
Understanding Realtor Standards in Malaysia and Selecting a Good Agent

K. Soma Sundram

President,
Institute of Estate Agents (Malaysia)
13:15
-
13:45
INVESTMENT
Preserving Wealth in Family Office During These Volatile Period (How to Avoid Getting Poor After Having Being Rich)
  • Corporatizing wealth via a Family Office
  • Incorporating Core, Alternative Investment and Satellite strategies on investment planning
  • Continuing the journey - passing down the wealth management and not the ownership baton to next generation
  • Managing investment even beyond the lifetime via a family trust

Alvin Yap

CEO & Managing Director,
A.D. Capital Sdn Bhd.
14:00
-
14:30
PROPERTY
Strategic Land Banking
  • What is land banking?
  • What are the considerations to look for?
  • Real returns and low risk from land banking

Tatianna Solibun

Group Manager,
Walton International Group
14:45
-
15:15
INVESTMENT - KEYNOTE
Wealth Journey into the 21st Century
  • Why some are successful and many are not?
  • The Journey many ignore
  • Road to success is narrow but failure...
  • 8 steps to Wealth Mastery
  • Questions & Answers

Thomas Mathew

Senior Financial Services Partner,
IPP Financial Advisers Pte. Ltd.
15:30
-
16:00
INTERNATIONAL - PROPERTY
Recession Proof Land and Property Investment
  • Leveraging opportunities which take advantage of economic variables globally.

Mark Smith

Corporate Communications Manager,
KPWG International
16:15
-
17:00
MOTIVATION - KEYNOTE
Principles of Multiplying Your Wealth at Millionaire Returns

Stuart Tan

Executive Director and Chief Master Trainer ,
Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group Sdn. Bhd
17:15
-
17:45
INVESTMENT
Market Opportunity: Sovereign Wealth Funds and How to Invest in Them
  • What are Sovereign Wealth Funds
  • How SWFs will affect the investment marketplace in the future
  • The risks and benefits of Sovereign Wealth funds
  • Getting into the action of SWF’s as a private investor
  • SWF to watch for 2009

Alfred Lim

Executive Director, VestAsia
18:00
-
18:30
AUSTRALIA - PROPERTY
Real Estate Investment in Melbourne
  • Why Melbourne
  • What To Buy
  • How To Buy
  • When To Buy

John Sommers

TBA
McRae Property


Sunday, 9 November 2008
SEMINAR AREA 1
Time
Title
Speaker
11:15
-
11:45
AUSTRALIA - PROPERTY
Queensland – still the Growth State
  • Queensland – fastest growing State in Australia for past 7 years
  • Queensland Population Growth
  • Queensland Job Growth
  • Queensland Economic Growth
  • Queensland Tourism Growth
  • Why Buy Property in Queensland
  • Range of Property Investment Opportunities
  • Information Sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Local and State Government and Real Institute of Queensland.

Robert Hansford

Managing Director,
Property Specialists Australia Pty Ltd.
11:45
-
12:15
INVESTMENT
Breaking The Code of Financial Freedom
  • Defining financial freedom – What does it mean to you?
  • The 5 essential elements of financial freedom
  • Financial roadmap – Achieving your financial freedom by mapping out your journey
  • Without financial roadmap – The risk of managing wealth without using a roadmap
  • Questions and answers

Yap Ming Hui

Managing Director,
Whitman Independent Advisers Sdn Bhd.
12:30
-
13:00
LEGAL - THAILAND
Top 10 Legal Tips in Investing in Real Estate in Thailand
  • Up to date tips providing an insight into matter to consider prior and during investment in real estates in Thailand

Desmond Hughes

Partner
Belmont Limcharoen Co. Ltd.

13:15
-
13:45

INVESTMENT
Buying the Right Business for Investment
  • The 10 key investment principles explained when investing in
    any new businesses.

Ooi Kok Hwa

Managing Partner,
MRR Consulting
14:00
-
14:45
INVESTMENT - KEYNOTE
Financial Crisis: What Now? Time to Find Out Your Financial Behaviour to Ride Through It!
  • Understanding feelings toward money as dynamic and intense
  • How experience and emotion towards money affect our behaviour
  • The physical self, emotional self, social self, and money self
  • How turbulent financial times affect your financial personality and the way you utilize money.

Carol Yip

Founder & CEO,
Abacus Advisory Sdn Bhd.
15:00
-
15:45
FENG SHUI - KEYNOTE
Master Class in Wealth Feng Shui!

Lillian Too

Chairman,
WOFS.com Sdn Bhd.
16:00
-
16:30
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND - PROPERTY

Managing the Multi-Currency Mortgage Maze for Australian & New Zealand Properties

  • What are multi - currency mortgages?
  • What are the different types of multi-currency mortgages available?
    - Standard multi-currency mortgages
    - Cash-back multi-currency mortgages
  • What currencies can I borrow in?
  • Do I qualify for such mortgages?
  • What are the pros & cons of such mortgages?
  • How do I manage these mortgages to maximise benefits/hedge risk?
  • What are the tax implications of such mortgages?
  • Can I continue to have a multi-currency mortgage when I return home?

Ravin Chatlani

Director,
Specialist Mortgage & Australasian Taxation Services
16:45
-
17:15
JAPAN - PROPERTY

The Fascination of International Investment in Hokkaido Revealed

  • Who are we and what do we do?
  • Why Niseko and Hokkaido fascinate Asia?
  • Land price growth against the odds\
  • Who’s buying and why?
  • Risks and rewards
  • Hokkaido tourism
  • Opportunities and the future

Simon Robinson

President,
Hokkaido Tracks Resort Properties
17:30
-
18:00
MALAYSIA - PROPERTY
Property Investment in Malaysia – Tax Perspective
  • Wealth preservation include tax, insurance, will and trust
  • Property transactions would include sales, rental income, stamp duty, RPGT, etc.
  • Tips and traps about the legislation in Malaysia governing property transactions

Lorraine Kijvanit

Country Manager,
Promotevest Services Sdn Bhd.

* This is a Preliminary schedule only; full details will be updated shortly.