Fitch Ratings Lanka Ltd is to host its inaugural Investment Fund & Asset Management Forum on Thursday, September 17, 2015, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., at On Golden Pond, Taj Samudra Hotel, 25 Galle Face Centre Road, Colombo.

Leading market participants, including issuers, investors, and bankers, will gather to listen to Fitch’s senior analysts, external guest speakers and panellists discuss developments in the asset management industry globally - both in terms of asset classes and regulatory developments. 

It will focus on both global trends and specific developments in other countries - notably China and South Africa - and compare and contrast their experience to developments in Sri Lanka. Other themes on the agenda include global fund flows, investor appetite for and allocations to emerging market debt.

Fitch’s Fund & Asset Manager Rating group maintains ratings in a diverse set of countries globally, with a notable presence in money market funds. Globally the agency rates approximately US $ 1 trillion in money market fund assets.