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August 12, 2008  - Asia Financial Forum (Los Angeles Branch) on U.S. Subprime Crisis: Lessons Learned from Japan's Real Estate Bubble Collapse - Featuring Mark Spiegel, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and David B. Green, Comerica Bank. Moderated by Bradley Lester, Major Properties Real Estate. Co-hosted with Japan America Society of Southern California. To register visit www.jas-socal.org.

June 18 and 19, 2008 - The Changing Landscape: Asia’s Role in Global Finance - Conference materials from this event are now available here. >>

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Postal Savings Reform Part I: Japan and Korea
Postal Savings Reform Part II: China

This two part Asia Focus series discusses recent developments affecting postal savings programs in Japan, South Korea, and China.  Part One of the series reviews the historical underpinnings of the Japanese and South Korean postal savings programs and discusses recent reform efforts and current challenges.  Part Two of the series describes the development of the Chinese postal savings program and provides a comparison of all three postal savings programs.

 
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The Changing Landscape: Asia’s Role in Global Finance

June 23, 2008

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Sovereign Wealth Funds: Stumbling Blocks or Stepping Stones to Financial Globalization?
by Joshua Aizenman and Reuven Glick, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

An overview of the debate about the expanding role of SWFs in international financial markets.

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Hong Kong SAR as a Financial Center for Asia: Trends and Implications
IMF Working Paper; Author(s): Cynthia Leung and Olaf Unteroberdoerster

Documenting Hong Kong SAR's evolving role as an international financial center in the Asia region, the importance of the growing special link with China as well as supply-side advantages, and outline the scope for future financial services growth.

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Country Analysis Unit
The Banking Supervision and Regulation department’s Country Analysis Unit closely analyzes Asian financial sector developments to support the Reserve Bank's oversight of the U.S. branches and subsidiaries of 22 Asian banks. Because conditions in home markets can affect these banks' abilities to support their U.S. operations, Reserve Bank staff monitor not only the financial strength of Asian parent banks, but also the quality of Asian bank regulatory systems and the potential impact of broader economic, political, and social trends.