BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Singapore BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20000101T000000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:+08 TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260922T042357Z - 48294@fwa DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20140822T080000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20140822T080000 CREATED:20260922T042357Z DESCRIPTION:FWA Women in Asset Managem ent Event 22 Aug 2014 - A Resounding Success!\nThe flagship event for FWA in collaboration with GIC & Blackrock - Women in Asset Management - wa s all poised to go and buzzing with high energy and vibe despite the downp our. Many women and a handful of men arrived early to network\, enjoy the ambience and food and hoping to have a word with the speakers before the e vent began. The event began on time with an address by Chin Loo\, presiden t of Financial Women's Association Singapore (FWAS). She welcomed the crow d\, highlighting the excitement of the event being hosted by GIC with a ke ynote speaker from the esteemed organisation to boot. She also shared what FWAS is about\, with the partnership between FWAS\, GIC & Blackrock exemp lifying the type of partnerships that FWAS wishes to encourage and expand\ , to achieve diversity & inclusion across all sectors of the financial ind ustry. Because this D&I focus is not just a gender issue\, but one that sh ould and is best practice for all businesses and makes good business sense . The keynote speech by GIC's Liew Tzu Mi\, MD and Deputy Head of Fixed In come shed interesting light that women outperformed men in generating inve stment returns. She also shared research on the high attrition of women in the corporate pipeline\, with female representation in senior management roles still with ample room for growth. In asset management firms specific ally\, the statistics are equally dismal. The double barrel syndrome of ba lancing work with family\, stereotyping and unconscious bias are some of t he factors that account for the poor representation of women at the top. T he panel discussion kicked into action with Kevin Hardy\, MD and Head of B eta Strategies in Asia Pacific and Country Head of Singapore asking each o f the speakers to share details on the career and the challenges their fac ed. Shirin Ismail\, SVP & Head of Absolute Return Investment Strategies\, Fullerton Fund Management shared [...] DTSTAMP:20260922T042357Z LOCATION:Financial Women's Association (Singapore)\, 111 North Bridge Road\ ,\, #21-01 Peninsula Plaza\,\, Singapore 179098\, Singapore SUMMARY:FWA Women in Asset Management Event 22 Aug 2014 - A Resounding Succ ess! END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR