EVENTS

The Malaysian Association of Corporate Treasurers (MACT) in collaboration with REVAL is pleased to organize a luncheon seminar entitled “In-house Banking and Regional Treasury Centres Under the Microscope”.

The date, time and venue of the seminar are as follows:-

Date       :     Tuesday, 16 June 2015

Time      :      12.15 pm – 2.00 pm

Venue    :     Hilton Kuala Lumpur

Please use this link to register your attendance http://events.reval.com/MACTSeminarJune2015_Home or visit our website www.actmy.org or contact MACT secretary at [email protected]

As the seats for the event are limited, we would encourage you to register early.

We hope you are able to accept this invitation and look forward to hearing from you.

The Asset Asia Treasury Trailblazer Summit 2015, an exclusive one-day gathering borne out of The Asset’s 16 years of leading coverage of treasury and trade in Asia Pacific, will showcase the region’s most innovative CFOs and treasurers as they take us on their journey towards the evolution of their company’s treasury operations.

The Summit will feature Peter Pang, Deputy Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority who will deliver the keynote address and share how Asian treasuries can benefit from the HK government’s initiative on corporate treasury centres.

Complimentary tickets for MACT members

To register, please contact MACT secretary at [email protected]

Date and venue

30 April 2015, Four Seasons Hotel, Hong Kong

Registration to Asia’s most anticipated treasury event is now in full swing. We advise you to register early to avoid disappointment.

Malaysian Association of Corporate Treasurers

Notice of Annual General Meeting 2015

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Association will be held at
Meeting Room, 11th Floor North Wing, Menara TM, Jalan Pantai Baharu, 50672 Kuala Lumpur
at 5.00pm on 26th March 2015 for the following purposes:

• To approve the Minutes of AGM 2014
• To receive the President’s report on the Activities for the year 2014
• To receive the Treasurer’s report and the Accounts for the year 2014
• To elect Committee members and appoint the Auditors for the ensuing year
• To deal with any other matters as may be put before it.

Note:

• Attachments for Agenda item (i), (ii) and (iii) enclosed
• Members wishing to offer themselves for elec-tion/reelection under Agenda (iv) should submit their proposals duly nominated and seconded to the Secretary by 20 March 2015.
• Members wishing to appoint a proxy to attend the AGM should submit attached proxy forms before 25 March 2015

By order of the Committee
Dated : 12 March, 2015

Approved by,

Anne Rodrigues
President of MACT
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +6019-3880250

Latifah bin Yusof
Secretary
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +6019-3339719

Malaysian Association of Corporate Treasurers Hot Topics Event
Date:      Thursday  5 March  2015
Venue:   Hilton KL Sentral
List and Details of Speakers/Panelists

Talk :   Currency and Interest Rate Outlook

Speaker:   Ray Choy is Regional Head of Fixed Income & Currency Research at RHB Banking Group and leads a team of research professionals located across Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Jakarta. Ray’s experience in the financial markets since 2002 includes G3 and Asian fixed-income and currency strategy, domestic currency and US dollar global bond funds management, regional equities investments, and credit ratings. Over the last decade, Ray has set up two fixed income research teams for investment banks; a team involved in global funds management and research; and currently manages RHB Banking Group’s regional fixed income and currency research platform across strategic business units in Asia. Ray’s team also functions as an integral advisory unit within RHB Banking Group, providing research insights to debt capital markets, global markets, treasury and risk management. In addition, he remains actively involved with the financial markets in formulating and communicating macro strategy for the fixed income and currency markets, providing advice on sovereign credit ratings and has written comprehensively on the link between systemic risks and bond markets.

Panel Discussion:   Managing Risk in a Volatile Environment

Moderator:
Azmi Abdullah, Group Treasurer, Genting Berhad

Panel Members:
Mohamad Hj. Derwish, General Manager, Corporate Finance TM Group Members
Wan Chun Shong, Group Treasurer, Tan Chong Group
Mohd Rashid Mohamed, Group Treasurer, RHB Bank Bhd

Talk: Latest Update on GST

What Every Treasurer should know about GST

Speaker:   Bernard Yap

Bernard is the country head of Indirect Tax and Goods and Services Tax (GST), the lead partner for Financial Services and a Tax partner for Business Tax Compliance in EY Malaysia’s Tax practice.

Since joining EY in 1995, he has been actively involved In tax compliance and consultancy work for both corporate tax, tax advisory, indirect tax and goods and services tax (GST). He has experience conducting tax due diligence, tax documentation reviews and tax audits, tax training, indirect tax planning and advisory, tax planning schemes for large local and multi-national corporations, as well as applications for licences, incentives and tax exemptions. Bernard’s clients comprise a wide range of local companies and multinationals mainly in the financial services, oil and gas, insurance, trading and consumer products industries.

Seminar for members of MACT
9^th October 2014
Lanai Kijang, Bank Negara Malaysia

0830 – 0900 :     Registration / Morning Coffee

0900 – 0915 :     Opening Remarks

by Dato Lee K. Kwan
President, PPKM

0915 – 1015 :       Basel III and its Implication to Corporates

Mr. Tan Boon Ching
PricewaterhouseCoopers Malaysia

1015 – 1100 :       RMB Business

Mr. Han Jui Kwang,
Bank of China Malaysia

1100 – 1120   :     MORNING BREAK

1120 – 1220 :       Islamic Finance

Encik Ahmad Nazir Che Yen
CIMB Islamic Malaysia

1220 – 1400 :     Lunch & Networking

I am sure you are well aware that Bank Negara  has initiated a road map  to accelerate the country’s migration to e-payments. Such a move will certainly improve the efficiency of the payment system and provide meaningful cost savings and efficiency to the overall economy. MACT fully supports the move by Bank Negara and encourages Corporates to embrace  the migration to e-payment.

In this respect, MACT in collaboration with Sungard Avantgard  is pleased to organize a half  day seminar to raise members’ awareness of all the relevant aspects related to the migration to e-payment.  We are happy to have as a key speaker, Mr Tay Gim Soon, Chief Operating Officer of Malaysian Electronic Clearing Corporation (MyClear),  which is one of the key entities entrusted by Bank Negara, to  drive the migration to e-payment agenda.

The  date and venue are as follows:

Date  : Tuesday 19 August 2014

Time : 10.00am – 12.45 pm (followed by networking lunch)

Venue : Aloft KL Sentral

Full details of our speakers and their discussion topics for the half day event are attached. As places to the event are limited, we would encourage you to register promptly either through a direct response to this email, MACT website or Sungard link at https://financialsystems.sungard.com/solutions/corporate-liquidity/events/industry-events/MACT-Seminar-Best-Practice-Payments-Bank-Connectivity. Kindly respond by 8 August 2014.

We look forward to seeing you at this seminar.

Kind regards
Anne Rodrigues
President of Malaysian Association of Corporate Treasurers