New York, United States and Hong Kong S.A.R, Friday, July 16, 2010 -- (Business Wire India)



Finance IQ, a division of IQPC, announce the inaugural Insurance Linked Securities Summit Asia being held October 13-15, 2010 in Hong Kong.

This event, as a part of the global ILS event series, was designed with the Asia-Pacific market in mind as it enters the insurance-linked securities investment area, bringing together experienced experts and innovators in life settlements, catastrophe bonds, and risk-linked securities for the benefit of introductory investors.

Revolutionary panel discussions on the ILS Summit Asia program include:

* Asian investor perspectives on catastrophe bonds, life settlements, and other insurance-linked investments
* Academic perspectives on climate change in Asia-Pacific and the future effects of globalization
* Demographics and the future of Asian pension planning
* Modeling perspectives on Japanese earthquake risk
* The role of development banks in promoting cat bond issuance throughout the region

Participating speakers on the program include:

* Junji Hatano, Chairman and CEO, Carbon Partners Asiatica
* Stuart Leckie, Chairman, Stirling Financial HK
* Amir Gal-Or, Managing Partner, Infinity Private Equity HK
* Miodrag Janjusevic, Chief Risk Officer, Sail Funds HK
* Rani Virdee, Managing Director, Asia Pacific, The CarbonNeutral Company
* Madhu Gayer, Head of Investment Risk and Analytical Services, Asia, Northern Trust HK
* Franz Schmidpeter, Managing Director, Augur Capital
* Trevor Jones, Product Specialist, Man Investments
* Robert Quinn, Vice President, Well Fargo

For the benefit of introductory investors, Finance IQ has created a complimentary ILS Content Library with podcasts, interviews, videos, articles and other materials to assist new market participants become more educated on this non-correlated asset class. Additional information on the content library is available at www.ILSAsiaSummit.com.