Trends in Capital Markets and Capital Formation in Asia Pacific

With more than 20 years of real-estate experience spanning investment management, investment banking, and equity research, Fiona heads up the Asia-Pacific business of PGIM Real Estate. Her principal focus is on Pan-Asian funds and accounts. She is also a key contributor to the firm’s new fund and product development initiatives across the region. Before joining PGIM, Fiona was responsible for capital raising and strategic advisory services with the real estate investment banking team at Eastdil Secured. Fiona holds a master’s degree from the University of Chicago and a bachelor’s degree with honours from the University of California, Berkeley.

Daryl is a Singaporean with more than two decades of experience in the wealth and investment management industry.
He started his career in 2002 with Providend, a Singapore independent financial advisory firm, managing clients' investment portfolios before eventually taking on the role of Chief Investment Strategist.
In 2010, Daryl joined REYL Singapore, a subsidiary of the independent Swiss banking group REYL & CIE, as Head of Portfolio Management and Chief Investment Officer. He was responsible for managing the investment portfolios for REYL's Singapore-based clients and providing Asian coverage for REYL & CIE's private banking investment team based in Geneva.
Daryl graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Law and was called to the Singapore Bar. He holds an MBA, majoring in Finance, from the Asian Institute of Management in the Philippines. Daryl is a CFA charterholder and an active volunteer with CFA Singapore, where he co-chairs the Advocacy Committee. In addition, Daryl is also a member of the SGX Listings Advisory Committee.

Herald van der Linde is HSBC’s Head of Equity Strategy, Asia Pacific. He joined the bank in 2005 and came to HSBC with 20 years of experience in various roles, including stock analyst, equity strategist and head of research in Indonesia, South Africa and Taiwan. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), speaks seven languages and has an MSc in Economics for which he wrote a thesis at Indonesia’s central bank in Jakarta in 1993. Herald is also an Associate of the Institute of Wine and Spirits and is a certified lecturer for the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET). He sits on the advisory committee for the China Studies programmes at Hong Kong’s Baptist University and is the author of “Jakarta: History of a Misunderstood City” published in 2020.

Nasser is Global Head of Equity Capital Markets at SGX and is responsible for attracting companies to list on either the SGX Mainboard or Catalist platforms. Nasser also spearheads various capital-market policy and platform initiatives. Before this, Nasser led the SGX Issuer Regulation Unit, where he oversaw the review of listing applications and monitored the ongoing compliance of listed companies. Earlier in his career, Nasser served as a Deputy Public Prosecutor at the Attorney-General’s Chambers. He is currently a board member of Enterprise Singapore and an appeals board member of the Islamic Religious Council.

Taie is responsible for developing new business lines, including ESG and smart beta indexes. Before joining the company, she was the deputy head of research at a global asset management firm. Taie has over 18 years of financial experience. Notably, she developed the Gender Diversity Index, which led to the launch of SHE, the world’s first ETF that promotes gender equality. Taie has master’s degrees in finance and mathematics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She also gained a double bachelor’s degree in English for science & technology and industrial economics from Tianjin University.