Day 1 Thursday 25 February
0830 Registration and Morning coffee
0900 Chairman’s welcome and opening remarkets
Neeraj Seth, Managing Director, Portfolio Manager and Head of Asian Corporate Credit, BlackRock
0910 Noble Group: Financing growth, a corporate funding strategy
Steve Marzo, Group CFO, Noble Group
0940 Trends in Asian high yield
Florian Schmidt, Managing Director, Head of Debt Capital Markets, Asia, ING Bank NV
1010 PIMCO perspective: Finding the yield across the credit spectrum
Brian Baker, CEO, Director, PIMCO Asia
1040 Networking coffee break
1120 Relative performance of Asian high yield funds
Gregor Carle, Investment Director, Fixed Income, Fidelity International
1150 Issuers’ panel discussion: Seeking alternative sources of capital in a refinancing environment
Moderator: Florian Schmidt, Managing Director, Debt Capital Markets, Asia, ING Bank NV
Estella Ng, CFO, Country Garden
Robert Drake, CFO, Galaxy Entertainment Group
Parry Tse, CFO, Evergrande Real Estate Group
1235 Lunch
1400 Head of DCMs panel discussion: Will the credit boom continue?
Moderator: Matthew Thomas, Reporter, EuroWeek
John Wade, Managing Director, Head of Primary Debt Markets, Asia, RBS
Jimmy Choi, Head of Asia High Yield, Debt Capital Markets, Deutsche Bank
Swaroop PATEL, Managing Director, Head of Debt Credit Markets, Asia ex-Japan, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
Graham Conran, Head of Debt Origination for Asia, ex- Japan, Nomura International
Chetan Bhandari, Managing Director, Financing Group, Goldman Sachs
1500 High grade vs high yield: How strong are Asia’s credits?
Gary Lau, Managing Director, Corporate Finance - Emerging Markets Asia, Moody's Investors Service
1530 Value proposition for Asian convertible bond
Neeraj Seth, Managing Director, Portfolio Manager and Head of Asian Corporate Credit, BlackRock
1600 Networking coffee break
1630 Trends in hybrid securities issuance
Tricia Ho, Head of Hybrid Capital, Asia-Pacific, UBS AG Australia Branch
1700 Fixed income syndicate panel discussion: Is deal flow getting larger and more consistent in fixed income syndications?
Moderator: Steve Garton, Asia Editor, EuroWeek
Fergus Edwards, Head of Syndicate, UBS Investment bank
Paul Au, Head of Debt Syndicate, Citi
Herman van den Wall Bake, Global Risk Syndicate, Deutsche Bank
1745 Close of day one followed by cocktail reception hosted by Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
Welcome address by Frédéric Lainé, Head of Fixed Income Markets for Asia ex-Japan
0830 Registration and morning coffee
0900 Chairman’s opening remarks
0910 Q & A: Viability of funding platforms- Bonds vs loans
Senior head from DCM and loan syndications will engage in a 30 minutes debate to assess borrowers’ needs in a rapidly changing market environment and provide useful insights into the new dynamics of bond and loan markets in Asia
Moderator: Jonathan Robinson, Partner, Asia Mezzanine Capital Group
Swaroop PATEL, Managing Director, Head of Debt Credit Markets, Asia ex-Japan, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
Phil Lipton, Managing Director, Head of Syndicated Finance, Asia-Pacific, Global Capital Markets, HSBC
0940 Korea panel: Development of credit markets in Korea
Moderator: Richard Lamb, Managing Director, Head of FI DCM, North Asia, RBS
Co-moderator: Dr. Yun Woo Park, Professor, Chungang University
Byung Kyu Cheon, Division Head, Fixed Income, Woori Asset Management
Tae-dong Park, Director and Head of Fixed Income Trading, Samsung Securities
Patrick Mange, Deputy CEO, Shinhan BNP Paribas Asset Management
1025 Networking coffee break
1055 China panel: The future of the RMB bond markets – moving from offshore to onshore
Moderator: David Yim, Head of Debt Capital Markets, China and Hong Kong, RBS
Roger Xu, Executive Director, Fixed Income, CICC
Samson Lee, Executive Director, Head of Debt Capital Markets, Financial Products Division, BOCI Asia
Wan Taile, Senior Vice President, Underwriting department, CITIC Securities
1140 Investors’ panel discussion: Is credit becoming the new equity?
Moderator: Florian Schmidt, Managing Director, Head of Debt Capital Markets, Asia, ING Bank NV
Eugene Kim, Managing Director, Tribridge Investment Partners
Gregor Carle, Investment Director, Fixed Income, Fidelity International
Brian Baker, CEO, Director, PIMCO Asia
Neeraj Seth, Managing Director, BlackRock
Benjamin Pedley, Managing Director, Head of Advisory Services, LGT Investment Management
Nicola Nicoletti, Head of Strategy and Risk, Enhanced Investment Products
Pradeep Mohinani, Managing Director, Head of Credit Desk Analyst, Nomura International
1240 Chairman’s closing remarks and close of the conference