NEW YORK & HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--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.

For complete details on the Insurance Linked Securities Summit Asia, visit www.ILSAsiaSummit.com or contact Alex Simon, Finance IQ Conference Director at alex.simon@iqpc.com.

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