How to Trade Successfully in Volatile Markets

Andrew Barnett
Senior Trader / General Manager
Traders International Australia

Andrew Barnett is a full-time professional trader and general manager of Traders International. He trades the Eminis Index market daily and is a leading decision maker that he can impact on over 600 traders throughout the world. He has a wealth of experience trading the Eminis market and is highly respected by his peers and clients and is a sort after speaker at trading and investing seminars throughout the world. He has in the past 4 years transformed the lives of hundreds of his clients around the world through sharing the steps to successful trading.

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.

Andy, a British national, spent over 25 years travelling the world with two major American multinationals. He decided to make Malaysia his home and established The Expat Group. It focuses on offering information and support to resident expats, tourists and people moving to Malaysia.

They have numerous publications including The Expat magazine, the KL Welcome Guide and their newest magazine, Senses of Malaysia, which is all about Malaysian property and tourism and distributed in Singapore.

Understanding Realtor Standards in Malaysia and Selecting a Good Agent

K. Soma Sundram
President,
Institute of Estate Agents (Malaysia)

• 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.

Alvin is the CEO and managing director of A.D. CAPITAL SDN BHD, an independent licensed financial planning firm by both the Securities Commission and Bank Negara Malaysia. He has 14 years of experience in personal and corporate risk management in the financial sector. Alvin holds a Master of Science in Financial Planning (MSc.FP) from Phoenix International University of New Zealand, he is a qualified and licensed practicing Financial and Investment Adviser (FP) by both the Securities Commission and Bank Negara Malaysia He is also a Chartered Life Practitioner (ChLP) specialising in Estate Planning and Risk Management, a Fellow Chartered Financial Practitioner (FChFP) and the registered Financial Planner (RFP) by Malaysian Financial Planning Council (MFPC).

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

Tatianna Solibun is currently a group manager with Walton International Group. Having been in the business of asset management for the 5th year now, she has a group of consultants under her mentorship. Prior to this she was a researcher in the BioTech industry specialising in the discipline of DNA Engineering.

• 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.

Thomas holds an illustrious career spanning the military to financial industry to management business to coaching and mentoring field. Through his sheer passion for excellence, Thomas has been instrumental in transforming each of his career engagements’ working landscape and community.

He is considered as an icon in the financial industry. He now co-leads one of the fastest growing teams in the largest independently owned advisory organisation in Singapore. In the field of coaching and mentoring, he has been a catalyst to building hundreds of the top performers in various industries.

A prolific writer, Thomas has authored many best-seller books and his latest offering is "My Formula – Financial Planning for Lifetime Success"

Recession Proof Land and Property Investment

• Leveraging opportunities which take advantage of economic variables globally.

Mark Smith
Corporate Communications Manager,
KPWG International

Mark is British and was educated at John Moore University Liverpool, where he studied International Business Studies and Japanese, Mark has spent 6 years working and living in Asia.

While working for the Planning and Finance Department of the Japanese Government he was involved in the implementation, marketing and operation of a number of international events for foreign management teams and diplomats. Among these projects was the construction of the North Akita Airport. In Malaysia he has worked for one of Japan’s largest retail companies.

Principles of Multiplying Your Wealth at Millionaire Returns

Stuart Tan
Executive Director and Chief Master Trainer ,
Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group Sdn. Bhd

Stuart holds an MBA (Western Michigan), BA (Hons), S.D.C.G. and is a Licensed NLP Trainer. He is the best-Selling author of “Secrets of Internet Millionaires” & “Secrets of eBay Millionaires".

• 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

Alfred is the executive director of VestAsia, a specialist real estate advisory firm. He is responsible for providing advisory and brokerage services on all real estate investment transactions in Singapore and other major cities in Asia for high-net-worth individuals / family offices, Pre-REIT funds, private equity funds, property developers and international real estate funds.

Prior to joining VestAsia, he was a senior private banker for over 10 years. He has worked for Wall Street investment banks Merrill Lynch, Prudential Securities, and other financial institutions in Singapore and New York, having started his career as a derivatives sales trader.

• Why Melbourne
• What To Buy
• How To Buy
• When To Buy

John Sommers
TBA
McRae Property

John is a registered valuer and licensed estate agent. Since 1976, his career has been based upon property valuations and sales and acquisitions of inner city real estate. John’s role at McRae Property is to source and buy property in the area of Melbourne, making sure that all of the integral elements of real estate investment are wound into each deal so that the exercise delivers the maximum results to our clients.

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.

Bob established his property career by beginning in the development marketing industry on the Gold Coast in 1976 with PRD Realty now Colliers PRD. His career took him through several senior roles in national companies in the industry and then utilising this experience formed his own marketing business in the mid 1980’s.

Bob and his team’s extensive experience in property development, marketing and management is the key to sourcing sound investment opportunities. His expertise in researching and completing pre-listing due diligence of property developments drives the company’s success and earns the trust of its alliance partners and the investors.

• 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.

Yap Ming Hui is the author of 4 best-selling books "You Can’t Manage Your Money … Especially When You’re Rich", "Maximise What You’ve Got … No Matter How Much you Have Now", "MaxWealth: How To Maximise Your Wealth Beyond Investment Returns" and "Family Office: The Super Rich’s Secret to Wealth Maximisation".

Currently, Yap Ming Hui is the managing director of Whitman Independent Advisors Sdn Bhd, a licensed financial planning company by Securities Commission, Malaysia. To date, Whitman’s clients include some of the major owners of companies listed on the Main Board and Second Board of Bursa Malaysia as well as Mesdaq-listed and successful SMI companies.

• 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.

Desmond is an equity partner in Belmont Limcharoen, which has office in Bangkok, Phuket, Koh Samui, and a new office shortly launching in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Desmond is based primarily in Phuket office.

Qualified as a solicitor in the United Kingdom, Desmond specialised in commercial real estate law and worked alongside fellow lawyers, corporate financiers, accountants and tax advisers in relation to commercial property deals, mergers and acquisitions involving high value property portfolios. Desmond writes for a variety of real estate industry publications and journals as an industry specialist.

• The 10 key investment principles explained when investing in
  any new businesses.

Ooi Kok Hwa
Managing Partner
MRR Consulting

Mr. Ooi is currently the managing partner of MRR Consulting, dealing mainly with business appraisal, investment and financial training. He is a CFA charter holder and also a licensed investment advisor by Securities Commission of Malaysia. He specialises in offering business valuation for private limited companies. Mr. Ooi has been actively involved in conducting CFA preparation courses, continuing professional education (CPE) courses as well as public seminars. At present, he provides investment advisory services to 10 high net worth customers, with a total fund size of RM30 million. He is also a regular columnist for the Star Business newspaper.

• 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.

Carol is author of "Smart Money-User" & "Money Rules". She is a regular media contributor for articles and interviews for such channels as Oriental Daily Newspaper; Marie Claire, RTM 2 and NTV7, RedFM radio, Personal Money magazine plus many more. Carol is much sought after keynote speaker in Asia and has presented in many overseas conferences. She has been awarded “Outstanding Career Achievements and Contribution to Society in the Finance and Commerce Sector” by The Malaysian Women’s Weekly Great Women of our Time Award 2008.

Master Class in Wealth Feng Shui!

Lillian Too
Chairman,
WOFS.com Sdn Bhd.

Lillian Too is a best-selling author, television personality and Feng Shui practitioner from Malaysia. She has written over 80 books on the subject of Feng Shui. Her books have sold well in excess of 6 million copies, making bestseller lists around the globe. Lillian embarked on a career in the corporate world and became the first woman in Malaysia to head a public listed company. In 1982, she became the first woman in Asia to be appointed CEO of a bank (Hong Kong’s Dao Heng bank).

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

Ravin’s area of taxation specialisation includes non-resident property investment, migration and expatriate taxation planning. ATS was established in 1995 to provide specialist taxation services to property investors throughout South East Asia and today attends to the Australian taxation needs of over 1,500 property investors based all around the world. Ravin began his career with ATS in 1998 soon after completion of his degree studies at Monash University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Business. He is a Fellow of the Taxation Institute of Australia.

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

Simon, a native of Canberra, Australia, can at 47 justifiably claim to have been the spark that led to unprecedented overseas investment in Japanese ski properties.

His US$43m turnover company Hokkaido Tracks, built since 2003 with business partner and wife Joasia, was not his first venture.

An entrepreneur’s passion has led him from restaurants lost in Australian bush fires to start from scratch the very next week with development of stylish ski properties in Japan.

Simon cites hard work as the key to his success but a rare eye for opportunity and pioneering spirit may be closer to the truth.

• 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.

Lorraine has over 18 years of experience in advising large multinationals and individual clients on tax matters. She also provides international assignment management and global visa solutions including Malaysia My Second Home visa application.

Her work experiences include Malaysian tax compliance, advisory and outbound investments, cross-border investment structuring, real property transactions, company restructuring and establishment of new business start-ups.