Secretary for Financial Services & the Treasury Frederick Ma will lead a 120-strong delegation to Beijing on November 25 and 26 for a forum on managing insurance funds.

Organised by the Financial Services & the Treasury Bureau, the forum aims at helping the exchange of experience in managing funds between the Mainland insurance industry and Hong Kong's financial services sector, in particular the asset management industry.

It also provides an opportunity for Hong Kong to promote its strengths in serving as a global investment platform for the Mainland.

With the continuous growth of and recent developments in the Mainland insurance sector, the forum is timely in facilitating experience and strategies exchanges among participants in managing and investing insurance funds, as well as the investment opportunities ahead, the bureau said.

Funds experts to deliver keynotes

National Social Security Fund Council President and former Finance Minister Xiang Huaicheng will deliver a keynote address at the welcoming dinner on November 25.

On November 26, Mr Ma will kick off a full-day programme with a keynote address on "Hong Kong as the Investment Platform for the Mainland". 

China Insurance Regulatory Commission Vice-chairman Wu Xiaoping and Insurance Association of China Chairman Wang Xianzhang will also speak on the development and outlook of the Mainland insurance sector.

Other key speakers of the forum include:

* Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd Chief Executive and former HSBC Asset Management Hong Kong Limited Chief Executive Paul Chow;

* Hong Kong Investment Funds Association Chairman Au King-lun;

* Hong Kong Capital Markets Association Chairman Brian Yiu;

* Schroder Investment Management (Hong Kong) Limited Vice-chairman David Lui; and

* Hong Kong Federation of Insurers representative and Pacific Century Insurance Holdings Limited Chairman Francis Yuen.

Permanent Secretary for Financial Services & the Treasury Kevin Ho and Commissioner of Insurance Richard Yuen will also join the delegation to Beijing.