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Roundtable: Timeless Principles of Succession – Transcending Culture & Heritage
2025-11-04
Many Asian families today stand at a crossroads, with trillions in assets poised for intergenerational transition. Despite a strong desire to preserve family identity and values—a longing that resonates “in the genes” across cultures—succession remains fraught with hesitation and complexity.

We shared our key findings from WMI’s Research report: “Asia’s Succession Moment: Closing the Planning Gap to Safeguard Legacy” on how Asia’s families can bridge the planning gap and craft enduring legacies, drawing on both timeless principles and new approaches. Our guest speakers explored the emotional and strategic barriers to effective planning, sharing success stories from their research and experiences that reflect the time-honoured wisdom of different cultures in transmitting wealth across generations.

Speaker:

Ms Doutzen Groothof
Ms Lee Wong

Roundtable: Beyond Beta, Beyond Direction
2026-02-10
Family offices are rethinking traditional portfolio frameworks as volatility and macro uncertainty challenge conventional diversification. We brought together members of our Global Family Office Circle and investment professionals to explore how portfolios can move beyond market-dependent returns and access more resilient sources of alpha.

Across two panels, speakers discussed practical strategies such as incorporating alternative diversifiers, leveraging AI-driven insights, using derivatives for downside protection, and identifying resilient opportunities across public and private markets. Attendees gained insights into strengthening portfolio resilience and refining investment approaches in an uncertain environment.

Speaker:

Ms Audrey The
Mr Bryan Goh
Mr Chian Choo
Mr Filip Siekierczak
Mr Leonardo Drago
Ms Tang Hsiao Ching
Mr Tommy Teo

Sanctions Risk Management in Volatility
2026-03-18 17:30 - 19:30 (Asia/Singapore)
Amid escalating geopolitical tensions and increasingly complex global trade flows, financial institutions face sustained pressure to strengthen their defences against sanctions breaches and trade‑based money laundering. As regulatory expectations intensify and enforcement actions grow more sophisticated, practitioners must navigate rapidly evolving frameworks while managing operational, legal, and reputational risks.

As regulatory expectations intensify and enforcement actions grow more sophisticated, practitioners must navigate rapidly evolving frameworks while managing operational, legal, and reputational risks.

To bring a practitioner’s perspective to these challenges, we are pleased to extend a special invitation to join this session on Sanctions Risk Management in Volatility.

Venue: Wealth Management Institute, No. 1 Marina Boulevard, #16-01, One Marina Boulevard, Singapore 018989

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Speaker

Serhane Victor
Head Sanctions Compliance,
ASEAN and South Asia – Standard Chartered Bank Singapore
An admitted Attorney with over 22 years of financial services experience in global compliance and governance.

Serhane will share insights drawn from recent sanctions developments, detection and investigation approaches, and the interplay between legal and regulatory measures.

His case studies and experiences will provide you applied, operational guidance on strengthening sanctions risk management and implementing effective mitigation strategies.

Don’t miss this opportunity to gain critical insights and connect with industry peers.

Register today to secure your spot for this exclusive networking and guest speaker session as seats are limited.

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WMI-IBF Masterclass Series: Combatting Fraud & Scams: Fresh Perspectives
2026-05-05 17:30 | Online via Zoom
This masterclass offers a comprehensive exploration of today’s rapidly evolving fraud landscape and its growing impact on both financial and non‑financial institutions.

In this masterclass session, participants will gain critical insights into high-risk areas such as scams involving Authorised Push Payments (APPs), including the complex and often contested question of when a payment can be truly be considered authorised in the precence of deception or manipulation.

The session will also explore the rise of the crime‑as‑a‑service ecosystem, uncovering how criminal networks are increasingly harnessing artificial intelligence and illicit online marketplaces to industrialise fraud, evade traditional controls, and exploit vulnerable customers at scale.

Join us to hear from Andrew Chow, Head of the Vulnerable Consumer Unit and Legal Counsel of FiDReC and BC Tan, Managing Director & Head of SE Asia Investigations, Diligence & Compliance, Kroll as they share fresh perspectives on emerging fraud trends and forward-looking perspectives to better navigate today’s fraud and scam risks.

Format: Online via Zoom

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Speakers

BC Tan
Managing Director & Head of SE Asia Investigations, Diligence & Compliance,
Kroll

BC Tan is Managing Director and Head of Southeast Asia for the Investigations, Diligence and Compliance practice at Kroll, based in Singapore. With over 18 years of global risk and compliance experience, he specialises in leveraging technology and data science to address AML, CFT, TBML, sanctions, and transnational crime risks. A member of the International Compliance Association and the Global Coalition to Fight Financial Crime, BC regularly speaks at industry forums and advises governments on financial crime, sanctions, maritime security, and organised crime.

Andrew Chow
Head, Vulnerable Consumer Unit I Legal Counsel,
FIDReC

Andrew Chow is a senior legal and compliance leader with extensive experience across global financial institutions in Singapore and Asia. A qualified Advocate and Solicitor in Singapore and an Attorney-at-Law in New York, he has held senior leadership roles at Citibank, Nomura, BNP Paribas, and Standard Chartered, establishing regional compliance, legal, and AML functions and advising regulators on complex supervisory issues.

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