OECD-SMU-ECGI Conference
The Future of Capital Markets: Global and Asian Perspectives
Programme
Tuesday, 7 July 2026 | 9:00 SGT
Registration
Welcome
Speaker(s)
Singapore Management University
Opening Address
Speaker(s)
Singapore Management University
Launch of the Singapore Capital Markets Initiative
Speaker(s)
Singapore Management University
Singapore Management University
Capital Markets in Asia: Trends and Developments
Speaker(s)
OECD
Coffee break
Strengthening the international competitiveness of capital markets: Global insights and local strategies
Speaker(s)
Singapore Management University
Panel Discussion: Capital Market Reforms in Asia and the Pacific
Moderator
Economist, OECD
Panelist(s)
CEO, SGX Regco
Seoul National University School of Law
Kerry Holdings Professor in Law, University of Hong Kong
Monash University
Lunch
Leveraging Technology for Capital Market Development
Speaker(s)
Singapore Management University
Financial Market Infrastructures: International Approaches and Current Challenges
Speaker(s)
Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
Panel Discussion: The Decline of IPOs in the United States and Europe
Moderator
Singapore Management University
Panelist(s)
Head of Financial Economics Unit, OECD
University of Chicago
IESE Business School
Università Bocconi
Coffee Break
Panel Discussion: Institutional investors and stewardship
Moderator
Head of Financial Economics Unit, OECD
Panelist(s)
Chairperson, BlackRock Singapore
University of Chicago
Head of Research and Advocacy, Asian Corporate Governance Association
Policy Lead, Norges Bank Investment Management
Panel Discussion: The Rise of Private Markets: Trends, Challenges and Developments
Moderator
Singapore Management University
Panelist(s)
Economist, OECD
University of Cambridge
Monash University
Concluding Remarks
Speaker(s)
Singapore Management University
OECD
Dinner reception
Speakers
Steve Kourabas
Deputy Director of Monash Law School's Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies
Monash University
Representative Member
Narine Lalafaryan
Assistant Professor of Corporate Law
University of Cambridge
Representative Member
Maria Lucia Passador
Assistant Professor of Corporate Law and Financial Markets Regulation
Università Bocconi
Representative Member
Adriana Robertson
Donald N. Pritzker Professor of Business Law
University of Chicago
Research Member
Paolo Saguato
Associate Professor of Law
Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
Academic Member
Presentations
Organised by
Alejandra Medina
OECD
Contact
Centre for Commercial Law in Asia