About Basis Point
Basis Point (founded in 1996 by David Chin) provides business intelligence and networking opportunities for participants in the investment & financial markets in Australia & Asia.
Our clients and sponsors include exchanges in Europe, the US and Asia, prime brokers, private banks, fund trustees & administrators, fund managers, hedge funds, and legal & accountancy firms.
They use a combination of our bespoke intelligence reports, directories and targeted networking events to better connect with their clients in order to capture business opportunities.
We cover three areas which are increasingly inter-related due to ‘China’s disruption’ as a major supplier of capital in global markets, and as a major trading partner with Australia.
These three areas are:
- Significant Investor Visa (SIV) investments and China’s HNW private investments in Australia
- The growing Australia-China property, agri and tourism development opportunities
- Funds and private capital sources including hedge funds, SMSFs, boutique funds, VC funds, proprietary trading /derivatives and Family Offices, especially with an Australia-China and Australia-Asia connection
Speaking
To book David Chin as a speaker for your upcoming event, please send us an email via our contact page.
David Chin is an authority on Aus-China investments. See below for more information.
David Chin
Managing Director / Basis Point
About the Founder – David Chin
David Chin, Managing Director, BasisPoint (established 1996) is a China Futurist on business, investment, financial, technology, cultural and geopolitical issues.
Visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-chin-basispoint/
He bridges the gap between the West & China in diverse industries and has several non-executive director and advisory board roles.
He was previously Head of Marketing at Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) from 1990-1996, reporting to the CEO, and is the author of Thy Fiefdom Comes, a fantasy/science fiction novel.
David has become an authority on Aus-China investments, speaking at dozens of events to C-level and managerial executives who seek unique insights on the opportunities and risks of the Aus-China market.
He is widely quoted in the media and writes an Aus-China newsletter that is distributed to more than 13,000 executives in Australia, Asia and globally.
Media Coverage
December 2019
- Hong Kong dollar peg: could democracy act spell the end of the city’s US dollar peg? – South China Morning Post
August 2019
- China may use foreign exchange reserves to fight US financial war risk – South China Morning Post
July 2019
- China has ‘price to pay’ for cutting US dollar share of forex reserves – South China Morning Post
June 2019
- Investor visa cash now tops $10b – InnovationAus
May 2019
- Could China dump its US Treasuries – South China Morning Post
March 2019
- The new Chinese property play – Australian Financial Review (AFR)
- Property downturn spells the death of the ‘dog
box’ – News.com.au - Chinese buyers tipped to search for property as significant
investor visa program matures – Domain.com.au
December 2018
- Foreign buyers hit Sydney’s trophy market with a run of
listings – Sydney Morning Herald/Domain.com
November 2017
- Sydney’s trophy market feels the effect of NSW government’s foreign buyer tax – Sydney Morning
Herald/Domain.com
October 2017
August 2017
- Playing by China’s rules – The Australian
- Chinese property investor interest in Australia cools as tougher regulations bite – ABC News
- Ag
and tech the new China targets – InnovationAus.com
April 2017
- In the Studio with David Chin – ABC News
- Chinese Linked to Shadow Banking Market – The Australian
March 2017
February 2017
- Underlying Chinese property demand to
remain strong – The Weekly Times - Underlying Chinese property demand to remain strong – Realestate.com.au
October 2016
- Australia’s first Asian co-working space launches in Sydney’s Chinatown
– Australian Financial Review (AFR)
September 2016
- Australia’s official
property price data tomorrow will show a collapse in the year to June 2016 – Professional Planner
August 2016
- The Aus-China honeymoon is over… long live the
marriage – Property Observer - Property market still pegged to Chinese investment – Nestegg
- Interest rate cuts: real estate experts disagree over impact on foreign
investment – Sydney Property Experts - Interest
rate cuts: real estate experts disagree over impact on foreign investment – The Daily Telegraph
July 2016
June 2016
- Foreign
investment: new student visa rules tipped to charge up Chinese property buying – The Daily Telegraph
November 2015
- Australia’s plan to fund its startup sector has turned out to be a
flop so far – Business Insider - Chinese Millionaires Snub Australian Stocks-for-Visa Program –
Bloomberg - Chinese millionaires being lured to Australia – Yahoo Finance
September 2015
- SIV property curbs not going to affect apartment demand, developers say
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Australian Financial Review (AFR) - Chinese investors lose $12b of Australian
assets over three years as $A falls – Sydney Morning Herald
July 2015
- SIV to raise $3.5bn annually: Basis Point – Investor Daily
- New rules open SIV dollar pipeline – Innovation Aus
- Extended Interview with David Chin – ABC News
May 2015
- Opening doors to China tech opportunity –
The Australian Business Review
July 2014
- SIV program: The Great Wall of Frustration
– The Australian Business Review
Events Held
Delegates
Sponsors
Est.
Past & Present Sponsors
Past & Present Clients
NYSE Liffe
London headquartered futures exchange which is now owned by ICE (Intercontinental Exchange) and which includes the New York Stock Exchange as part of the group). Provision of intelligence on the Asia Pacific derivatives and futures industry from 1997 to 2013.
Options Industry Council
Chicago headquartered entity tasked with promoting the use of equity options on behalf of the major US options exchanges). Provision of intelligence on the Asia Pacific high-net-worth and investor/trader market in equities and equity options, since 2002.
UNCTAD
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development). Consultant for UNCTAD and the Forward Markets Commission, (Government of India) on the development of India’s commodity futures industry.
Australian Trade Commission (AUSTRADE) Government of Australia
Author of several reports including; Hedge Funds Industry Report; Investment Management Industry Report; Alternative Investments Report
Malaysian Monetary Exchange
Now part of Bursa Malaysia. Consultant on the development of futures contracts.
London based FOW and New York based MARHedge
Units of MetalBulletin Plc since sold to Euromoney Plc. Provision of Asia Pacific news & insights.