The legendary Bill Seidman, who presided over the resolution of the savings and loans (S&L) debacle in the US and was the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in the US for the most important parts of its history, continues to be the voice of wisdom on some of the hardest questions relating to governance of financial institutions businesses today.

	Will Basel II, new IAS guidelines and other enhanced risk management and corporate governance regimes really make a difference in the stability of financial institutions globally?
	Are Asia's financial institutions and policymakers, especially in Japan, China, Korea and Indonesia, repeating the same mistakes, perhaps in different guises, that led to the savings-and-loans fallout in the US?
	What are the issues we should be concerned about as more banks take on financial holding company models, and how can we expect complex institutions in the US to develop?
	What are his own assessments regarding the roles of independent directors on the critical areas of remuneration, audit and risk management.
	What forces reshaping the US economy should we be concerned with?

	Mr. William Seidman, Former Chairman of the US Resolution and Trust Corporation and Former Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
	Mr. Richard Koppes, Member of the board of governors at the International Corporate Governance Network

… “The Regional Outlook Forum” will be featured as a prelude to the Islamic Banking, Risk Management & Corporate Governance and Core Banking, Payments & Technology Conferences.

China Aviation Oil used to be the Chinese company that could do no wrong. But blatant lapses in corporate transparency, audit, risk management and compliance resulted in large trading losses that left stakeholders in the freeze. What can we learn from this most recent episode of corporate failure?

A panel of eminent experts will examine the debacle from various perspectives - risk management, audit, compliance and corporate governance - at The Asian Banker Summit 2005’s “Risk Management & Corporate Governance Conference”. This compelling discussion will clarify key issues such as:

	What can risk managers, auditors, CEOs, board directors, compliance professionals & regulators learn from CAO’s missteps?
	How can reputable and responsible institutions prevent a similar situation?
	What corporate governance and risk management issues are specific to Chinese companies?
	What adjustments to regulatory and legal frameworks are needed to help arrest significant lapses in the future?

	Michael Coleman, Managing Director, Aisling Analytics
	Tan Hup Thye, Managing Director, Refco
	Gunter Dufey, Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan and Director of subsidiaries of General Motors Acceptance Corp

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In every major market worldwide from the UK to Thailand, mainstream financial institutions are offering a growing suite of Islamic financial services. However, the regulatory systems in non-Islamic jurisdictions have not kept pace with this burst of activity. Few, if any, of these markets have established a comprehensive regulatory framework for overseeing Islamic financial services. Markets with substantial Muslim populations have dual systems to regulate both conventional and Islamic banking and their experience may be instructive to other markets, but are their models suitable for non-Islamic jurisdictions?

What issues are these “emerging” markets facing and how have some of the leading players, such as the UK, responded? What are some possible regulatory models for non-Islamic markets?

These and other concerns will be addressed in this session, as part of the “Islamic Banking Conference”, by insightful speakers:

	Michael Ainley, Head of Wholesale Banks Department, Financial Services Authority, UK
	Wafik Grais, Senior Advisor, Financial Sector, Global Partnership Group, World Bank

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As a result of technological developments, market shifts, regulatory requirements and other changes, financial institutions have built somewhat fragmented payments propositions. The challenge now is to find an integrated solution that enhances ROI. This session will discuss some issues that must be considered:

	The key technologies and channels that are being adopted by the industry. Which are essential and which would be superfluous?
	Governments’ and regulators’ roles in the payments industry of the future
	Strategies for enhancing ROI in the current environment of rapid change

Risk Management In Payments - Where Is The Payoff In AML And Anti-Fraud Compliance?

As terrorism and fraud continue to threaten the financial-services industry, regulations are becoming more stringent and compliance more costly. This discussion examines:

	The rising demands of regulatory compliance
	Leveraging on compliance systems to deliver competitive advantages
	Varying levels of compliance and their costs

	Dr. Tanai Khiaonarong, Senior Analyst, Payment System Group, Bank of Thailand
	Mr. Angelito Villanueva, Chairman, BancNet (Philippines)
	Mr. Christophe Uzureau, Associate Analyst, Gartner Research

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	Redesigning the audit, risk monitoring, risk management and reporting framework for IAS 39
	What can be learnt from the implementation issues of financial institutions that have adopted IAS 39 and Basel II?
	Leveraging on compliance with Basel II, Sarbanes-Oxley, IAS 39 and other framework already in place, to improve operational capabilities
	Continuous education for risk managers, auditors and other compliance professionals

	Dr. Michael Ong, Professor, Stuart Graduate School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology
	Mr. Otbert de Jong, Executive Vice President and Global Head of Risk Advisory, ABN Amro Bank

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	A case study from Bank Mandiri ~ Integrating disparate information systems and channels into the core-banking system
	The issues of cost, efficiency and other critical architectural challenges that need to be met by today’s core banking systems.
	Real business issues faced by banks during the implementation of core banking technology

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