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Multilateral Guarantees: A Practical Approach

Saturday, 11 May
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon

Against a backdrop of shifting market conditions in the Asia and the Pacific for borrowers and investors, the seminar will focus on practical issues of mitigating risks for foreign and local investments, and promoting access to capital markets. Key questions that the session will include:

  • What are the borrowing and hedging needs of capital intensive infrastructure projects, small and medium enterprises, and the housing sector where revenue is in local currency?
  • What kinds of multilateral guarantee instruments are available for covering credit and country risks?
  • How can the multilateral guarantee instruments facilitate access to international capital markets and develop local capital markets?
  • What are the emerging trends in development of innovative financing instruments and cofinancing strategies applicable to emerging market borrowers?
PROGRAM/SPEAKERS
Time SpeakerPresentation
10:30 a.m. Bruce Purdue
Officer-In-Charge, Private Sector Operations Department, Asian Development Bank		Introduction and Opening Remarks
10:35 Motomichi Ikawa
Executive Vice President, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency		Multilateral Guarantees, Investment Disputes, New Modalities to Mitigate Risks, Access to Capital Markets, Foreign Direct Investment
10:55 a.m. Zahra El-Mekkawy
Member, Secretariat of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision		New Capital Accord, Project Finance, Credit Risk Mitigation, 'B' Loans
11:20 a.m. Stuart Gulliver
Group General Manager, HSBC		Promoting Local Currency Debt Markets, Buidling of Debt Market Infrastructure, Role of Domestic Institutional Investors
11:45 a.m. Questions and Answers

Moderator:
Ajay Sagar
Investment Officer, Private Sector Infrastructure Finance Division, Asian Development Bank

Contact Us

For further information, contact Mr. A. Sagar, ADB Manila, tel: (63-2) 632-5820, fax: (63-2) 636-2347, email: asagar@adb.org.



For inquiries, e-mail:
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