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Roundtable Meeting of Institutional Investors
The roundtable meeting will address topics of relevance to institutional investors, fund managers, and developing member countries of the Asian Development Bank (ADB):
Will institutional investors be able to reap rewards in Asia commensurate with the risk taken?
What was learned from the Asian crisis, and can fund managers do a better job in the new market upswing?
Can increased investment in corporate restructurings and resolution of nonperforming loans contribute to building Asia's capital markets?
If the risk-reward profile of Asia is not attractive to foreign investors, to what extent will Asia's institutional investors fill the gap when it comes to investment in private equity?
| PROGRAM/SPEAKERS |
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Speaker | Topic |
| 2:00 p.m. |
Tadao Chino
President, Asian Development Bank (ADB) | Opening remarks |
| I. Is Asian private equity heating up? |
| 2:10 p.m. |
Chris Brotchie
Chief executive officer (CEO), Baring Private Equity Partners, United Kingdom | Where does Asia fit in? |
| 2:20 p.m. |
Singha Nikornpun
Deputy Secretary-general, Government Pension Fund, Thailand | Role of Asian pension funds |
| 2:30 p.m. |
Richard H. Frank
CEO, Darby Overseas Investments Ltd., United States | Mezzanine financing in Asian infrastructure |
| 2:40 p.m. |
Clifford Griep
Executive managing director and chief credit officer, Standard & Poor's, United States | Role of rating agencies in attracting investment to Asia |
| 2:50 p.m. |
Question and answer
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Moderator:
Roger Leeds
Professor of international finance, and director of the Center for International Business and Public Policy, John Hopkins University, United States |
| 3:00 p.m. |
Coffee break
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II. A buyout gold rush-nonperforming loans, recaps, and distressed assets
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| 3:05 p.m. |
Thomas Barrack Jr.
Chairman and CEO, Colony Capital LLC, United States | Opportunities (secondaries, stressed, buyouts, growth) that represent the best potential for the highest returns |
| 3:20 p.m. |
Michael Kim
President, Carlyle Asia Buyout Fund, South Korea | Restructurings and bailouts |
| 3:35 p.m. |
Harjit Bhatia
President, Asia Pacific GE Global Financial Restructuring, GE Commercial Finance, Hong Kong | Sourcing deals across Asia's varied cultural and political terrain |
| 3:50 p.m. |
Question and answer |
Moderator:
Robert Bestani
Director general, Private Sector Operations Department, ADB |
For further information, contact Ms. Veronica John, tel: (63-2) 632-6488, fax: (63-2) 636-2347, email: vljohn@adb.org
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