CAMRI And IMAS Form Partnership In Leading Investment Management Developments
Online, November 30, 2010 (Newswire.com) - NUS Business School's Center for Asset Management Research & Investments (CAMRI) and the Investment Management Association of Singapore (IMAS) have formed a strategic partnership with the goal to spearhead innovations and developments in the investment management industry.
For Professor Joseph Cherian, Practice Professor of Finance and Director of CAMRI, this is "an exciting development for CAMRI, to be partnering with an industry association with such intimate knowledge of the investment management business."
Mr Lester Gray, Chairman of IMAS says, "CAMRI conducts research, education, and outreach programmes in the field of investment management, which are aligned with IMAS' interests. We are happy to be able to participate in its activities that spearhead the development and growth of the investment management industry in Singapore."
As part of this agreement, IMAS will be a supporting partner of CAMRI's educational programmes, research activities and events. IMAS will also provide endorsements for relevant CAMRI activities. CAMRI will open up its events to IMAS members.
CAMRI's events include forums, conferences and competitions such as the highly successful annual Asian Stock Pitch Competition that it introduced in Singapore (and Asia) earlier this year in partnership with the Parker Investments Center at The Johnson School at Cornell University. Among the line-up that CAMRI has for the coming year include the NUS-Cornell Applied Research Forum in March that will focus on the business of investment management in Asia, financial regulation, and the investment outlook and opportunities in Asia.
For further information, please contact:
Adeline Leong
Senior Manager, Corporate Relations & Communications
NUS Business School
Email: adelineleong@nus.edu.sg
Tel: 6516 8996
Mike Seng
Associate Director
Investment Management Association of Singapore
Email: mike_seng@imas.org.sg
Tel: 6223 9353
ABOUT CAMRI AND NUS BUSINESS SCHOOL
The Center for Asset Management Research & Investments (CAMRI) is a world-class center in the research, education, and practice of asset management by using state-of-the-art facilities, resources, data, and software applications, specifically those involving best practice in the field of Asian institutional, sovereign wealth, and retail fund management and regulation.
Established in 1965, National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School is known for its focus in providing management thought leadership from an Asian perspective, enabling our students and corporate partners to leverage on the best global knowledge and deep Asian insights to drive business education and growth in Asia and around the world. This combination of global knowledge and Asian insights is reflected in all aspects of its research, teaching and industry outreach. As Asia's Global Business School, NUS Business School is a leading authority on business in Asia.
The School has consistently received top rankings in the Asia-Pacific region by independent publications and agencies, such as The Financial Times, Economist Intelligence Unit, and QS Top MBA, in recognition of the quality of its programmes, faculty's research and graduates. In its 2010 rankings, The Financial Times ranked the NUS Business School's Asia Pacific Executive MBA programme 27th in the world. It also ranked the NUS MBA 35th in the world in 2008. In 2009, QS Global 200 Business Schools 2009: The Employers' Choice Survey rated NUS Business School graduates third in the Asia Pacific. The School's research is ranked 47th in the world by the University of Texas, Dallas. The School is accredited by AACSB International (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), an endorsement that the School has met the highest standards for business education.
The School has more than 110 top research faculty, over 2,500 BBA, MBA, Executive MBA, and PhD students; more than 2,000 annual participants in Executive Education programmes; and over 45,000 alumni in diverse organisations and positions of leadership throughout the world.
ABOUT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION OF SINGAPORE
The Investment Management Association of Singapore (IMAS) was established on 22nd September 1997. IMAS currently has over 100 members. Its membership roll includes the major investment management firms in Singapore.
IMAS's objective is to contribute towards the development and growth of the investment management industry in Singapore. It aims to do this by fostering high standards of professionalism and promoting exemplary practice among its members, providing a forum for its members to discuss industry related issues, serving as a collective voice where representation is needed on behalf of the industry, facilitating training for its members, and contributing towards investor education.
For more information about IMAS, please visit its website at http://www.imas.org.sg