Bringing managers and investors together to set standards for the alternative investment industry
SBAI Asia-Pacific (APAC) Committee
The APAC Committee was set up in June 2016 to help the SBAI establish a more dedicated effort in the region by assisting with the SBAI’s dialogue and relationships with regulators, alternative investment managers and investors, and ensuring that Asia-Pacific regional and local issues and needs are addressed as the SBAI develops standards and guidance.
Current Initiatives
- Japan Working Group
- China Working Group: Comparison of Standards – similarities and difference of onshore China and global industry standards
- Standards in Chinese – 另类投资标准 – PDF
- Standards in Japanese – オルタナティブ 投資基準 – PDF
APAC News
- Jan 2019: Japan Working Group launched
- Jan 2019: JIAM-SBAI Meeting, Tokyo: Building a leading financial centre. Topics discussed: “building a leading financial centre”, “importance of industry standards to attract capital” and “the role of the asset owner community”
- Jan 2019: Hong Kong: SBAI Institutional Investor Roundtable hosted by CPPIB
- Dec 2018: Shanghai: SBAI Institutional Investor Roundtable hosted in collaboration with the Allocate to China Initiative
- Sep 2018: SBAI Announces New APAC Committee Appointments and Progress Report
- Sep 2018: Standards Comparison, SBAI China Working Group
- Aug 2018: Annuitas (NZ) joins SBAI Investor Chapter
- Aug 2018: SBAI Roundtables in Sydney and Melbourne, first SBAI event in New Zealand hosted by NZ Superannuation Fund (see summary here)
- May 2018: SBAI Big Data/AI Roundtable in Hong Kong, Institutional Investor Roundtable in Singapore (see summary here)
- Feb 2018: Alpha Week publishes “SBAI sees growing interest China”