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	Pohan Sofia
	Quek Ronnie
	Rajan Sanjiv
	Sathia J
	See Regina
	Seet Patricia
	Seow Steven
	Shiau Daren
	Sim Julie
	Soh Margaret
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Sofia Pohan

Telephone
+65 6890 7104

Facsimile
+65 6302 3173

E-mail:
sofia.pohan@allenandgledhill.com

Sofia Pohan is a Partner in Financial Services. She has a broad range of experience in the structuring, establishment and authorisation of Singapore unit trusts and the recognition of offshore collective investment schemes for retail offer in Singapore as well as advising fund managers and fund trustees on compliance and regulatory matters.

She also advises fund managers and fund companies in the listing of their local and offshore collective investment schemes as exchange traded funds (ETFs) on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (SGX-ST).

Recent transactions of significance which Sofia has been involved in include:

•	the recognition and listing of a range of French domiciled fonds commun de placement (FCP) as ETFs on the SGX-ST for Lyxor International Asset Management, including the primary listing of the Lyxor ETF India (S&P CNX NIFTY) and the secondary listing of the Lyxor ETF Dow Jones Industrial Average, Lyxor ETF Russia (DJ RUSINDEX TITANS 10) and Lyxor ETF Commodities CRB (Reuters/Jefferies CRB Index);
•	the recognition and listing of a range of Luxembourg société d'investissement à capital variable (SICAV) under the db x-trackers umbrella as ETFs on the SGX-ST for Deutsche Bank AG, including the S&P 500 INVERSE DAILY ETF, US Dollar Money Market ETF and FTSE Vietnam ETF; and
•	the establishment, authorisation and primary listing on the SGX-ST of the first China A-Share ETF in Singapore (United SSE 50 China ETF) managed by UOB Asset Management Ltd; first Shariah-compliant ETF in Singapore (Daiwa FTSE Shariah Japan 100) managed by Daiwa Asset Management (Singapore) Ltd; and the first ASEAN ETF (CIMB FTSE ASEAN 40) for CIMB group.

Sofia graduated from the University of Manchester (UK) with an LLB (Hons) degree in 2000 and was called to the Singapore Bar in 2002.

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