Main conference sessions

> Risk: Will we ever learn?

Tuesday 15 September, 16:00 - 17:00

For years institutions have had a well-structured approach to operational, credit and market risk while payments risk including counterparty, scheme, collateral, liquidity and systemic risks were considered more abstract events less likely to occur and therefore have not had the same level of oversight by banks and regulators. The events of the past year (Lehman’s, major banks bail-outs, Iceland financial crisis) have made counterparty, liquidity and scheme risks not only more prominent, but also very real highlighting deficiencies in payments risk management. 

Have we lost sight of the basics? If so, how do we address a sound payments risk for individual banks and payment schemes? What do we need to focus on first? What should infrastructures and payment schemes do to tackle the various aspects of risk in the future? Are scheme rules robust enough to protect participants in the event of a crisis?  

If not addressed by the industry, what will be the regulatory response? Our response to foreign exchange risk was CLS (Continuous Link Settlement), do we have a similar response to address payments risk?

• Bob Baillargeon, Chief Risk Officer, State Street Global Markets 
• Mark Gem, Head of Business Management and Member of the Executive Board, Clearstream Banking
• Agustin Lago, Barclays Bank
• Esmond Lee, Executive Director, Financial Infrastructure Department, Hong Kong Monetary Authority
• Tom Isaac, Managing Director, Global Transaction Services, Citi

With simultaneous translation to Japanese and Mandarin.


> Do we really need global market redesign?

Wednesday 16 September, 16:00 - 17:00

Is the plumbing of the financial markets broken or not? The back office has proved resilient during the turbulence of the past 12 months, although clearly the expense of clearing and settlement is under ever-closer scrutiny. Some advocate re-architecting the global financial markets with the possible creation of global or at least regional infrastructures. This session will explore where, if anywhere, improvement is required to the current plumbing and how this can be achieved within existing time and cost constraints? Do we need evolution or revolution?

• Mike Bodson, Executive Managing Director, Business Management and Strategy, DTCC and Chairman of EuroCCP   
• Godfried De Vidts, Director of European Affairs, ICAP and Chairman of the European Repo Council
• Pierre Francotte, CEO, Euroclear
• John Lowrey, CEO, Chi-x Global
• Atsushi Saito, President and CEO, Tokyo Stock Exchange Group

With simultaneous translation to Japanese and Mandarin.


> Can we afford the future?

Thursday 17 September, 11:00 - 12:00

The events of the last twelve months have imposed severe financial constraints on all market participants. The talk is of spending only on what ‘must be done' - and that the biggest consumer of this spend is likely to be regulatory compliance. But there are two bumps in the road: the global ‘plumbing' issues of complexity and cost have not gone away, and the continued implementation of new infrastructure, without a real imperative to eliminate the legacy infrastructure it replaces, threatens to exacerbate the original problems. Has the industry got its priorities right? How should the industry balance between investing for future efficiency and complying with new regulation founded on past failures? Should we mortgage our future to pay for the past?

• Alain Closier, Global Head of Securities Services, Société Générale
  
• Karen Fawcett, Group Head of Transaction Banking, Standard Chartered Bank
• Franco Passacantando, Managing Director of the Central Banking, Markets and Payment Systems Area, Banca d’Italia
• Shanker Ramamurthy, Global Managing Partner, Banking and Financial Markets, IBM
• Jeffrey Tessler, CEO, Clearstream International S.A.

This year, the Sibos conference features an in-depth look at the host region of Asia Pacific. In 2009, the world’s attention is more than ever on Asia, asking if it will continue as the world’s manufacturer, driving global economic integration and growth, or focus inward and nurture regional opportunities. Experts from across the region will be at Sibos to share their insights into how the financial industry can succeed in Asia today and to engage with the Sibos community about how we can realise the promise of Asia for the future.



> Outlook India: Is it leaving the other BRICs behind?

Monday 14 September, 11:00 - 12:00

The economic significance of the Indian middle class continues to expand. This suggests a bright spot of potential for the securities and funds industries as this growing market looks for both domestic and international investment opportunities. The sheer numbers of Indians entering the consumer class also has implications for the banking sector, which seems to be focussing on capturing local retail market share and growing with the ambitious Indian corporates. What opportunities exist - and what challenges should be recognised by any interested participant? Hear from those active in the market and those involved in shaping it.

• Thibaud de Maintenant, Domestic Custody Services, Global Transaction Banking, Deutsche Bank
• Aseem Goyal, Head Payments and Cash Management Market for Asia Pacific, SWIFT
• Dr. K. Ramakrishnana, Chief Executive, Indian Banks’ Association
• James E. Shapiro, Head Market Development, Bombay Stock Exchange Limited
• S. Sridhar, Chairman & Managing Director, Central Bank of India

Tuesday 15 September, 09:00 - 10:00

China has been identified as an engine for world economic growth but has not been immune to the changing economic landscape. The implications for the financial industry are still not clear.  Senior bankers active in China will be joined by other experts to explain how local and global banks need to adjust their business focus in order to succeed in China. They will focus on how to navigate the regulatory environment and will share insights on understanding the political and economic factors that drive this important market.

• Simon Jones, Managing Director, Regional Executive Treasury Services APAC, J.P. Morgan
• Ping Lian, Chief Economist, Bank of Communications 
• Peter Wong, Group General Manager and Executive Director, Hong Kong and Mainland China, HSBC
• Tjun Tang, Partner and Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group
• Cao Yuanzheng, Director of the board & Chief Economist, BOC International Holding

With simultaneous translation to Japanese and Mandarin.



> Time for Asia to save itself?

Tuesday 15 September, 14:00 - 15:00

Arguably, 2008 will be seen as the year when a new financial order emerged. With observers predicting that Asia's financial markets could become the world's largest within ten years, it is clear that the region will now have to take on a leading role in shaping the future of our industry. What path will Asia take? After decades of being on the sidelines of global finance, where will Asia's governments, regulators, and financial institutions lead? Should they focus on strengthening domestic financial markets? Will they adopt models designed in Wall Street and Washington? Or will we see original and stronger regional cooperation and currency arrangements to ensure Asia's savings are invested in Asia? In this session, the panellists will debate contrasting opinions on what role Asian countries can and should play as financial markets emerge from the events of 2008.

• Xingdong Chen, Managing Director and Chief China Economist Head of China Business Development, BNP Paribas Securities (Asia) Limited
• Thomas Easton, Asia Business Editor, The Economist
• Ian Johnston, Chief Executive, Asia Pacific, SWIFT
• Richard Wacker, Chairman of the Board, Korea Exchange Bank
• Martin Wheatley, Chief Executive Officer, Securities and Futures Commission (SFC)

With simultaneous translation to Japanese and Mandarin.

> Central Asia: Ready for expansion?

Tuesday 15 September, 16:00 - 17:00

With the growing importance of Russia and CIS as a region and one year after we hosted a Russian stream at Sibos in Vienna, this session will focus on Central Asia. How can Moscow and Almaty, as financial centres, contribute to the expansion of the region? How can the financial institutions in the region support trade relations with Asia and China in the future? Central Asia has always been a region of exchange that can bring its own contributions to the globalised world. How well prepared are its market infrastructures to handle the growth and expansion?

• Victor Gerashchenko, Former Governor, Central Bank of the Russian Federation
• Grigori Marchenko, Governor, The National Bank of Kazakhstan
• Alexander Picker, CEO, JSC "ATFBank" Member of UniCredit Group
• Ilkka Salonen, Deputy Chairman, Sberbank

> Outlook Japan: Unveiling the aspirations of Japan Inc.

Wednesday 16 September, 09:00 - 10:00

It's the second largest economy in the world, but does Japan's financial sector make the grade for an economic superpower? Although the Japanese market accounted for 33% of the global market value in 1990 and still has significant market size - including the personal financial assets of over 15 trillion USD - many could argue it's not in the same league as its global competitors such as New York, Hong Kong and London.

Distinguished experts will update you on new initiatives and suggest what changes we might expect from Tokyo in the short and longer term. Their aim is to shed light on two key questions that many of us are asking today about the global role of the Japanese market and Japanese institutions. First – as perhaps suggested by recent M&A activity by Japanese institutions – are we seeing a new era of truly global Japanese players? Secondly, is the Japanese market showing real evidence of being an international market? In other words, will Japan 'come back' by satisfying the needs of global markets and organisations or will it remain as a 'Galapagos Island', closed off from the rest of the world?

• Kaoru Ito, Managing Director, Operations Services Asia, Corporate Treasury, GE
• Hideo Kazusa, General Manager, Transaction Services Division, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ 
• Michiyo Nakamoto, Deputy Bureau Chief, Tokyo, Financial Times
• Michael Reuben, Managing Director, Head of Global Transaction Services, Citi
• Minoru Shinohara, CEO, Nomura Asia Holdings, President & CEO, Nomura International (Hong Kong) Limited

With simultaneous translation to Japanese and Mandarin.

> ASEAN integration: Skipping the hard part?

Thursday 17 September, 09:00 - 10:00

A single market for financial services in Europe is here, but it was a long and complicated journey.   Do the ambitious nations of South East Asia have to take the same path as the Europeans, or can they set their goals high and make bold steps from the start? The ASEAN countries face many of the same challenges as Europe, including different legal and regulatory frameworks and language, but are already making progress where the Europeans have struggled, despite dealing with different standards, currencies and scale. Does technology make a difference? Get insights from those who are working now to make the ASEAN vision a reality.

• Bock Cheng Neo, Head Group Transaction Banking, OCBC bank 
• Edouard de Lencquesaing, Director, Netmanagers
• Linda McLaughlin-Moore, Managing Director , Asia Pacific Head of Treasury Services Product Management & Delivery, J.P. Morgan
• Philippe Metoudi, Member of the Executive Board , Clearstream Banking
• Alec Nacamuli, Global Payments Executive, Global Financial Services, IBM
• Satoru Yamadera, Economist, Office of Regional Economic, Integration (OREI), Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Tuesday 15 September, 14:00 - 15:00

Get first hand insights from corporate treasurers and banks on the impact of the financial crisis on their company, treasur organisation and bank relationships - and how SWIFT can help.

• Richard Martin, Head of Payments and Cash Management , International Cash and Trade, Barclays Bank
• Lloyd O'Connor, Managing Director, Regional Product Executive, Treasury Services, J.P. Morgan
• Tjun Tang, Partner and Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group
• Dennis Tosh, Director of Global Trading and Automotive Risk, Ford Motor Company
• Peter Wong, Founding Chairman and President, IACCT China
  
  

> Corporate requirements for collaborative bank solutions

Wednesday 16 September, 14:00 - 15:00

This 'Corporate Treasury 3.0' session explores the upcoming challenges in corporate treasury and cash management, the corporates' requirements for collaborative banking solutions, the banks' response to that, and how they see SWIFT's role.

• David Blair, Vice President Treasury, Huawei
• John Laurens, Head of Global Payments and Cash Management, Asia Pacific, HSBC
• Neal Livingstone, Managing director and global head of corporate access, Standard Chartered Bank
• Richard Parkinson, Managing Director, Treasury Today
• Vipul Shah, Senior Director and Head of Global Financial Services, PayPal/eBay

> Foreign exchange: Do relationships matter?

Thursday 17 September, 14:00 - 15:00

With the volatility and liquidity stresses seen during the financial crisis, greater client interaction with sales desks at banks has occurred as clients have sought advice on executing trades in the new liquidity environment. Will there be a new focus on relationship-based pricing in the FX world? Are banks more cautious about trading anonymously over Electronic Communication Networks (ECNs) because of fears over counterparty risk? Will volatility and liquidity issues result in a shift away from ECNs to single bank portals where there is greater transparency over the end client? Will the single bank model be more beneficial to develop strong client relationships? Doesn't the ‘silo' approach (ie.asset silos) of the single bank portals create problems for clients? Surely there will always be a place for deep liquidity providers like ECNs? Or will price always remain the primary focus?

• Martine Bond, Global Head of FX Prime Brokerage, Morgan Stanley
• Steven Chang, Senior Managing Director, State Street Global Markets, Hong Kong
• Colin Lambert, Editor, Profit and Loss magazine
• Timothy Merrell, Director, Head of FX4Cash, GTB, Deutsche Bank
• Ben Robson, Head of FX Asia Pacific, MFGlobal

By Sibos, the implementation date for the PSD in the European countries and the migration date for Direct Debit will be only two months off. These are widely seen as the next major milestones for the real take-off of SEPA. Last year in Vienna, commitments and actions were initiated during the session Is there a pilot on board?. What is the reality today? How do those actions materialise one year later? Is there still much to do? This session will be the opportunity to check-out how the community has delivered and if SEPA stakeholders are ready to gear-up and reach the cruising altitude.

• Fabrice Denele, Head of Payments Strategy - Interbank Relations, BPCE
• Gerard Hartsink, Senior Executive Vice President, ABN AMRO and Chairman of the European Payments Council
• Gilbert Lichter, CEO, EBA CLEARING Company, Secretary General, Euro Banking Association
• Harry Newman, Head of Banking Initiatives EMEA, SWIFT
• Daniela Russo, Director General Payment Systems and Market Infrastructure, European Central Bank
• Michael Steinbach, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Equens
• Gianfranco Tabasso, CEO, FMS Group and Chairman of the EACT payment commission

With simultaneous translation to Japanese and Mandarin.

> Workers' remittances: Evolving through the crisis

Tuesday 15 September, 16:00 - 17:00

Banks are getting back to basics and are looking at their fee-generating transaction business in a new light. The humble remittance is about as basic as it gets. The revenue generation potential is certainly interesting. More importantly, the service is key to acquiring new customers and creating a platform to cross-sell the other financial services they require. But do banks really have what it takes to serve migrant communities well? This session will look at banking industry developments in remittances, analyse what it takes to be a winner in ethnic banking, and look at innovative new products, services and marketing techniques that are being deployed.

• Daniel Ayala, Senior Vice President, Global Remittance Services Group Head, Wells Fargo Bank
• Michael Bellacosa, Director, Product Management, Treasury Services, The Bank of New York Mellon
• Antonio Blanco, Director of International Banking, "La Caixa"
• Navinder Duggal, Managing Director, GTS, Cash and Trade, DBS Bank Ltd.
• Richard So, Senior Vice President and Deputy Group Head of the International Offices and Subsidiaries Group Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company
  

> Islamic finance

Wednesday 16 September, 09:00 - 10:00

How have Islamic financial institutions weathered the global banking crisis?  What are the similarities and differences between Islamic banks and conventional banks?  What issues does Islamic finance face today?  What is the future of this industry, and what are the potential solutions to the issues that it faces? What are the operational challenges?

• Ahmad Hizzad Baharuddin, Director, Islamic Banking & Takaful Department, Bank Negara Malaysia
• Shaykh Yusuf DeLorenzo, Chief Shariah Officer, Shariah Capital, Inc.
• Mukhtar Hussain, Deputy Chairman & Global CEO of HSBC Amanah, HSBC
• Baljeet Kaur Grewal, Managing Director & Vice Chairman, KFH Research Limited
  
• Mohammed Paracha, CEO, Al Salam Europe Ltd

> System convergence: More for less?

Wednesday 16 September, 14:00 - 15:00

The financial industry is good at creating infrastructure, but dreadful at getting rid of it. As a result, the industry finds itself with a range of similar infrastructures each aimed at different areas of market. This can be expensive. With recession biting, can we afford to keep all these infrastructures or should we merge some of them? Does every country need its own separate Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS), Automated Clearing House (ACH) and Card systems?  Why do new channels seem to need their own infrastructure? If we can rationalise systems, how do we go about it? A panel of industry experts will debate how get more for less in these difficult times.

• Kevin Brown, Director, Global Transaction Services, The Royal Bank of Scotland
• Daniel Heller, Head of the Secretariat of the Committee on Payments and Settlement Systems (CPSS), Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
• Chris Jenkins, Global Head, Cash Management Operations, Standard Chartered Bank
• Jad Khallouf, CEO, STET
• Michael Montoya, Managing Director, Head of Global Payments and Cash Management Services, UBS

> Payments market harmonisation

Thursday 17 September, 11:00 - 12:00

Dramatic changes in market conditions have highlighted the inherent risks in cross-border transactions and reminded us of the urgency to further harmonise markets, emerging markets included. Stable, integrated payment systems are a necessary precursor to such harmonisation.

This session discusses the challenges of regional harmonisation initiatives in the light of lessons learned in the recent past. Is payments harmonisation just a first step? What role should central banks or regulators play? What are the legal and regulatory hurdles? Where should one start: Standardise the infrastructure, combine currencies, harmonise laws and regulations? Could new approaches and technologies allow emerging markets to leapfrog the developed markets in dealing with these challenges?.

• Massimo Cirasino, Head of the Payment Systems Development Group, World Bank
• Dave Mitchell, Head of National Payments System, South African Reserve Bank
• Till Guldimann, Vice Chairman, SUNGARD
• Gerard Hartsink, Senior Executive Vice President of Global Transaction Services and Market Infrastructures, ABN AMRO Bank and Chairman of the European Payments Council
• Marion King, CEO, VocaLink
  

With simultaneous translation to Japanese and Mandarin.



> Payments innovation

Thursday 17 September, 14:00 - 15:00

The crisis has put the emphasis back on traditional banking and sources of revenue, with payments coming to the fore again. Yet payments are also seen as a commoditised, legacy business where scale is everything. Into this business come a series of new market demands which might change this such as same day retail payments, e-payments, mobile payments, contactless cards and real-time finality.   How will these new opportunities develop and will they be profitable new forms of business? 

Can banks afford to develop new channels individually or will they need to co-operate further? Will non-bank players use technology to challenge banks for their new payments service business?

• Robert Heisterborg, Global Head, Payments and Cash Management, ING
• Rajesh Mehta, Managing Director, Head of Treasury and Trade Solutions, EMEA Citi, Global Transaction Services , Citi
• David Sear, Divisional Managing Director, Travelex Global Business Payments
• Marcus Treacher, Head of electronic banking and e-Commerce Global Transaction Banking, HSBC
• Russ Waterhouse, Executive Vice President of Products and Development, The Clearing House

> Can central counterparties save the world?

Monday 14 September, 11:00 - 12:00

Central counterparties (CCPs) have long been a fixture in the listed derivatives markets, but new CCPs are now being created around the globe, whether to address counterparty risk concerns in the case of OTC derivatives (especially credit default swaps), or as a result of regulation that has opened up the ‘plumbing’ of the equities markets to greater levels of competition. All roads point to more CCPs in the future – even potentially for foreign exchange, despite one high profile failure last year of an initiative in this market. Can the goal of counterparty risk reduction really be met with more – rather than fewer – CCPs? What will be the impact on user firms of tying up so much collateral in capital commitments? Will CCPs for derivatives kill off innovation once and for all? What can the industry learn from the FXMarketSpace failure? Is there room for both OTC and CCP models to co-exist?

• Robert Close, President & CEO, CLS Bank and CEO, CLS Group
• Natasha de Teran, Columnist, Freelance
• Simon Haggerty, Managing Director, Operations, UBS
• Craig Pirrong, Professor of Finance. Director, Global Energy Management Institute, Bauer College of Business, University of Houston
• Alberto Pravettoni, Managing Director, Group Corporate Strategy, LCH Clearnet
• Kim Taylor, President, CME Clearing

> Who can I trust? The impact of the crisis on securities financing, collateralisation and liquidity management

Tuesday 15 September, 09:00 - 10:00

Counterparty risk management has taken on unprecedented importance since the crisis hit. A key question for every financial institution has to be, can I trust that this counterparty is safe to do business with? To compound the challenge, liquidity is in short supply, and firms must do more with less. How can the requirement for greater transparency and risk control be reconciled with the requirement to make higher returns? How will these competing pressures affect securities lending and collateralisation? Do financial institutions have the mechanisms they need to better manage scarce liquidity?

• Kelly Mathieson, Managing Director, Clearance & Collateral Management Managing Director, J.P. Morgan
• Charlie Ruffel, Founder and Director, Asset International
• Choy Siew Kai, Managing Director, GIC Asset Management Pte Ltd
• Jo Van de Velde, Managing Director, Product Management, Euroclear
• Thomas Gregory Young, Head of Credit, Risk Management and Advisory in Asia, Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC

> Prime brokerage: The first casualty?

Tuesday 15 September, 14:00 - 15:00

What impact is the financial crisis having on the prime brokerage business? There have certainly been some high profile casualties, but are they really influencing clients’ decisions about which providers to choose? Is the multi-prime model taking hold? Where do the custodians fit into this picture, and how can the buy-side get the best out of the range of providers queuing up to meet their asset and collateral management needs?

• John Callegari, Managing Director, Global Markets Operations & Middle Office, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
• Juan Carlos Nieto, Founding Partner, Index Intelligence
• Kim Ivey, Managing Director, Vertex Capital Management
• Dinkar Jetley, Managing Director, Global Head of Trust & Securities Services and Cash Management FI, Deutsche Bank
• Dushyant Shahrawat, Senior Research Director, Investment Management TowerGroup
  

> Cross-border funds distribution: Modelling the future

Wednesday 16 September, 14:00 - 15:00

The interest of international investors in Asian funds is throwing a spotlight on the operational efficiency needed to support effective cross-border funds investment. There are working models in place between Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong and Ireland and Luxembourg. Can they be aligned with domestic models in China, Australia, Japan and India? Or should it be the other way around? Where are the bottlenecks today and what can each region learn from others in the quest for operational efficiency in cross-border funds distribution?

• Rudolf Apenbrink, Chief Executive Officer, AP, HSBC Global Asset Management (HK) Limited
• Dean Chisholm, Head of Operations, Asia Pacific, INVESCO
• Timothy Connelly, Partner, Brown Brothers Harriman
• Lieven Debruyne, Chief Executive, Hong Kong and Regional Head of Distribution for Asia, Schroder Investment Management (Hong Kong) Ltd.
• Frederic Perard, Head of Product, Global Fund Services, BNP Paribas Securities Services
  

With simultaneous translation to Japanese and Mandarin.

> Carbon trading: Does Asia hold the key?

Wednesday 16 September, 16:00 - 17:00

The growing global carbon trading business has captured the attention of the top financial centres in the Asia/Pacific region, and not without reason. Analysts predict the global carbon market could be worth EUR 2 trillion by 2020. Increasing government interest in a national carbon trading scheme in the United States adds weight to this prediction. But with individual countries developing their own national trading schemes, what does this mean for investors, brokers and banks? Will these disparate markets converge to create one truly global carbon market in the future? What will happen after the Kyoto Protocol ends in 2012?

• Jørund Buen, Senior Adviser, Point Carbon
• Anthony Collins, General Manager, Emerging Markets, Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)
• Graham Cox, Director, Carbon Services, Global Transaction Banking, Deutsche Bank
• Marcelo Jordan, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Registry, Sustainable Development Mechanisms, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
• Kenneth Lopian, Managing Director, APX
  

> Corporate actions automation: Out of the back office and into the limelight?

Thursday 17 September, 09:00 - 10:00

Market volatility clearly magnifies the risk of errors in the back-office processing of corporate actions. It also intensifies the impact of corporate actions on front-office investment decisions: in a fast moving marketplace, knowing as early as possible about a corporate event that could impact the value of a security becomes essential. Automating corporate actions processing has long been identified as a ’nice to have’. Has market turmoil pushed corporate actions Straight-Through Processing (STP) further down the priority list as an arcane back office concern or has it given automation for corporate actions a new impetus? In the present atmosphere of crisis, will it be any easier to achieve the crucial engagement of the issuer community in corporate actions STP?

• Paul Bodart, Executive Vice President, Head of EMEA Operations, Asset Servicing sector, The Bank of New York Mellon
• Edwin De Pauw, Director, Single Platform and Market Harmonisation, Euroclear
• Craig Dudsak, Managing Director, Global Transaction Services – Global Custody, Citi
• Giles Elliott, Global Product Head, Securities Services, Standard Chartered Bank
• Goran Fors, Global Head of Custody Services, SEB and SWIFT Board Member
• David Fu, Executive, Vice General Manager, Shenzhen Securities Information Co. Ltd
  

> Standards: Now more than ever

Tuesday 15 September, 09:00 - 10:00

• Taylor Bodman, Partner, Brown Brothers Harriman
• Rick Leander, Chief Strategy Officer, The Clearing House
• Irene Mermigidis, Senior Vice President - Product Management Core Products, Clearstream banking
• Jamie Shay, Head of Standards, SWIFT
• Masayuki Tagai, Chief Manager, Global Network Management, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ

Wednesday 16 September, 09:00 - 10:00

For most of this decade, the rising tide of global commerce has created unprecedented opportunities for businesses engaged in all aspects of cross-border trade. However, the downturn in global trade has been one of the most significant consequences of the current financial crisis. At a time when corporates need their banks more than ever, banks struggle with traditional lending. The cost to the global economy of failing to support trade finance – particularly short-term trade finance – has drastic consequences for importers and exporters.

How can we, as a deeply interconnected market that encompasses banks and credit insurers, export credit agencies and government bodies, help ensure the stability of the supply chain so that participants do not go out of business? What can be done to revive the positive aspects of the ‘originate to distribute’ banking model to support world trade flows? Join us to assess the trade outlook and the status of public and private sector initiatives.

• John Ahearn, Managing Director, Supply Chain Management, Structured Trade and Asset Optimisation, Citi
• Kah Chye Tan, Global Head of Trade Finance, Transaction Banking, Standard Chartered Bank
• David Gustin, Head of International Trade Programs, Global Business Intelligence
• Lawrence Webb, Global Head of Trade and Supply Chain, HSBC
• Martin Whybrow, Editor & Director, IBS Publishing

> Financing the supply chain in Asia: The weakest link?

Wednesday 16 September, 16:00 - 17:00

In Asia, trade plays a critical role within the overall economy. What are banks doing to support trade in Asia, where vendors are consolidating and the SME market is under pressure? If paperless trade and increased efficiency are a way out of the current situation, is the industry doing enough to make real strides in that direction? Perhaps most important: what do banks’ Asian customers – the world’s manufacturers – want from them?

This session complements the global trade conference session ‘Demand or supply: Will the shortage of trade credit reverse globalisation?’ by taking an in-depth look at the Asian market and the opportunities it offers.

• Yanti Agustin, Asia Pacific Head of Global Trade Services, Executive Director, J.P. Morgan
• Nick Ford, Head of Consulting & Payment for UK and Ireland, Capgemini Financial Services
• Martin Wilcox, Finance Director, Hayco group
• Xu Jiang, Assistant General Manager, Corporate Banking Unit Global Trade Services, Bank of China
• Justin K. H. Yue, CEO, Tradelink Electronic Commerce Limited

With simultaneous translation to Japanese and Mandarin.