AIWM Q1 Regulatory & Compliance Update 2026
Amid an increasingly complex compliance environment – shaped by rapid regulatory developments, technological disruption and evolving risk dynamics – effective compliance has become essential to maintaining trust, managing risks and ensuring staff stay abreast of current regulatory expectations.
In partnership with Shook Lin & Bok, the Q1 AIWM Regulatory & Compliance Update workshop aims to strengthen your compliance framework by providing key regulatory updates, clarifying the use of Variable Capital Companies (VCCs) by External Asset Managers (EAMs) and highlighting developments affecting EAM FMCs. The session will also feature a panel discussion exploring compliance considerations and practical challenges arising from complex structures, with a particular focus on governance and risk management.
Event Details
📅 Date: Wednesday, 4th March 2026
⏰Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Registration starts from 8.30am)
🏢Venue: Shook Lin & Bok, 1 Robinson Road #18-00 AIA Tower Singapore 048542
| TIME | AGENDA | |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 AM | Registration & Welcome Coffee | |
| 9:00 AM | Welcome Note by AIWM Singapore | |
| 9:05 AM |
Key Regulatory Updates Tan Woon Hum, Head of Asset & Wealth Management, Shook Lin & Bok | |
| 9:20 AM |
Use of VCCs by EAMs Tan Woon Hum, Head of Asset & Wealth Management, Shook Lin & Bok | |
| 9:50 AM | Q&A | |
| 10:00 AM |
Current MAS Regulatory Developments Affecting EAM FMCs
| |
| 10:45 AM | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 AM |
Panel Discussion I Navigating Compliance in Complex Structures Panellists
Chiara Bartoletti, Chief Operations Officer, Eightstone Pte Ltd | |
| 11:45 AM | Q&A | |
| 12:00 PM | Event Ends | |
Alwyn Loh
Alwyn Loh
Alwyn is a Partner in KPMG Singapore’s Forensic practice, specialising in AML/CFT and FATCA/CRS. He has over 15 years of audit and advisory experience, with deep expertise in conducting AML and sanctions‑related engagements, including independent AML framework assessments, transaction monitoring reviews, KYC/CDD remediation, and trade sanctions assessments. He has also led FATCA and CRS advisory engagements including health checks and compliance reviews. His clients span large financial institutions, payment services providers, and government agencies.
Alwyn holds a bachelor’s degree in accountancy from Nanyang Technological University and is a Chartered Accountant as well as an ISCA Financial Forensic Professional. He was a member of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Industry Partnership (ACIP) Legal Persons Working Group, which published a best practice paper on the Misuse of Legal Persons. He also regularly delivers training to external clients, including local enforcement agencies, and speaks at industry events.
Chiara Bartoletti
Chiara Bartoletti
I am the Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer at Eightstone, an award-winning multi-family office and External Asset Manager (EAM) established in 2009 in Singapore. At Eightstone, we focus on providing a fresh perspective to wealth management, specifically addressing the unique needs of entrepreneurs, families, and institutions. Our philosophy is simple: cut through the noise and focus on what truly matters, offering clients clear and straightforward solutions that create lasting value.
Since joining Eightstone in 2013, I have been responsible for overseeing our day-to-day operations and ensuring the smooth delivery of a range of services, from tailored discretionary managed accounts to a diverse portfolio of investment funds. I’m proud to lead a firm that holds a Capital Markets Services (CMS) licence for fund management under the Monetary Authority of Singapore, ensuring we uphold the highest standards of regulatory excellence.
Prior to Eightstone, I worked in public affairs at Burson-Marsteller’s EMEA headquarters in London and Brussels, which gave me a strong foundation in managing complex relationships and strategic communication. I hold a master’s degree in International Relations from the Graduate Institute in Switzerland and an MSc in European Politics from the London School of Economics.
I am passionate about corporate strategy, operational efficiency, and creating effective frameworks that help our firm—and our clients—achieve long-term success. From 2017 to 2024, I served on the Committee of the Association of Independent Wealth Managers (AIWM) in Singapore, contributing to industry-wide regulatory and outreach initiatives.
Fluent in English, French, and Italian, with proficiency in German and a working knowledge of Spanish and Luxembourgish, I bring a global perspective that helps me connect with people across borders.
Koh Sin Yee
Koh Sin Yee
Sinyee manages Integrity Consulting. She advises financial services firms on licensing and ongoing Singapore and reviews risk management, internal controls and compliance arrangements. Her clients span asset managers (hedge fund, private equity/venture capital, external asset managers), brokers, remittance companies, cryptocurrency firms and fintechs. Areas that Sinyee regularly advises on include governance, personnel fit & proper requirements, preparation of regulatory filings and reports, outsourcing, data privacy, business continuity, anti-money laundering & counter financing of terrorism controls, cybersecurity & technology risk management, cryptocurrency and fintech regulations.
Sinyee has more than 7 years of experience in compliance consulting. Before setting up Integrity Consulting she set up and managed the Singapore regulatory and compliance consulting business of a global professional services firm. Being inspired by the many enterpreneurs she advised over the years on how to set up their firms, Sin Yee set up Integrity Consulting to better understand her clients’ challenges and achievements and experience entrepreneurship for herself.
Sinyee started her career as a litigator lawyer. She practised for 7 years in law firms in Singapore, Hong Kong and London, defending financial services firms and listed companies that were investigated by financial services regulators or involved in white-collar crime litigation. Sinyee then spent another 7 years at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) in various roles including enforcement, investigating and prosecuting market abuse and mis-selling, and financial market strategy development.
Sinyee is admitted to practice law in Singapore, Hong Kong, England and New York. She speaks English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, Japanese and French. She is regularly invited to speak at events and courses and is Deputy Co-Chair of the Singapore Regulatory Committee of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA).
Tan Woon Hum
Tan Woon Hum
Tan Woon Hum is widely regarded as one of the rare senior market leaders specialising in investment funds, REITs and trusts, especially VCCs and family offices. He heads a team of specialist lawyers in the Asset & Wealth Management practice at major Singapore law firm, Shook Lin & Bok LLP.
Woon Hum is ranked as a Band 1 leading investment funds lawyer by Chambers Asia-Pacific since 2014, Hall of Fame lawyer by Legal 500 in 2025 & 2026, Elite Practitioner by AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers in 2023 to 2025, and top 100 lawyer in Singapore by Asia Business Law Journal in 2023 to 2025, amongst other accolades.
He advises on fund formation, using Singapore funds (including VCC) and offshore funds structures (eg. Cayman LP funds, Cayman SPCs and Luxembourg funds). He is extremely well versed with independent asset managers, external asset managers, multi-family offices and single-family offices, and has an extremely strong track record in securing the relevant regulatory licences and exemptions. His excellent and long-term professional relationship with the local regulators, authorities and major industry players add credence to his practice. He has advised on and helped clients launched about 200 VCCs as of Jan 2026.
He has extensive experience in advising private clients (including ultra-high net worth individuals and single-family offices) and trustees on the establishment of private trusts, family offices, single-family funds, Sections 13O and 13U (formerly 13R and 13X) structures and drafts trust documents, fund documents, global investor programme documents and family charters.
Woon Hum is bi-lingual (English and Mandarin), has a law degree and an MBA (Finance). He is a highly sought after speaker and speaks regularly at public conferences, forums and seminars since 2002 in Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Dubai, Seoul, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh, Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur. He has also been guest speaker/trainer at various universities’ postgraduate programmes.
Important Notes:
1) A SGD150.00 event cancellation fee per person is applicable for this event.
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Date
- Mar 04 2026
Time
- 8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Location
Shook Lin & Bok
- 1 Robinson Road #18-00 AIA Tower Singapore 048542
Organizer
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AIWM Singapore
