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| AsiaSource is the gateway to publicly available
information on Asia issued by the Federal Reserve Bank
of San Francisco. The two main sources of Asia related
publications and analysis are the Center for Pacific Basin
Studies (CPBS), which is part of the Economic Research
Department, and the Country Analysis Unit (CAU), which
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The Changing Landscape: Asia’s Role in Global Finance.
June 18-19, 2008
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This conference assembled leading bankers, market participants, policymakers, regulators, and economists from Europe, Asia, and North America for an in-depth look at the economic and financial outlook for Asia. Plenary sessions, combined with timely break out panels, addressed an array of emerging challenges and opportunities in Asian financial markets.
Click here for the Conference Booklet featuring speaker biographies and participant list. (PDF 4.4 mb) |
| Day 1 -June 18 |
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| Welcome Remarks by Janet Yellen, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco |
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Opening Keynote Address: Peter R. Fisher, Managing Director, BlackRock
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Asia’s Economic and Financial Outlook
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Barry Eichengreen, Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Liqun Jin, Vice President, Asian Development Bank
Gillian Tett, Capital Markets Editor, Financial Times
Thomas Connors (moderator), Deputy Director, International Finance, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Development of Asian Financial Centers |
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Khiem Do, Head of Asian Multi-Asset Investment, Baring Asset Management (Asia) Limited
Yasuhiro Maehara, Professor, Hitotsubashi University
Lucien Wong, Managing Partner, Allen & Gledhill
Mark Spiegel (moderator), Vice President, Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
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* Issues and Opportunities in Islamic Banking
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Mohammad Faiz Azmi, Executive Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Agil Natt, CEO, International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF)
Andrew Metcalf (moderator), Partner, King & Spalding
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* Financial Risk Management in Asian banks |
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Ed Hida, Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Roy Ramos, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC
Ambi Venkateswaran, SMEO and Head of Corporate and Investment Banking, Aozora Bank
David Wright (moderator), Group Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
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* Consumer Banking in Asia: Growth Profitability & Risk |
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Chanda Kochhar, Joint Managing Director, ICICI Bank Limited
Rudjito, Chairman, Indonesia Deposit Insurance Corporation (IDIC)
David Marshall, Managing Director, Fitch Ratings Asia--Pacific
Susan Baker (moderator), Financial Attache for Southeast Asia, U.S. Department of theTreasury
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Financial Market Regulation: Lessons from Recent Turmoil |
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William Rutledge, Executive Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Masamichi Kono, Deputy Director-General, Financial Services Agency, Japan
Teo Swee Lian, Deputy Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore
Paul Wright, Head of International Strategy & Policy Coordination, Financial Services Authority (UK)
Mike Johnson (moderator), Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
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Dinner Keynote Address: Robert Hormats, Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs (International) and Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co
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| Day 2 - June 19 |
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Special Treasury Address: Clay Lowery, Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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Chinese Financial Institutions as Global Competitors & Partners |
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Nick Lardy, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Anthony Walton, Vice-Chairman, Americas, Standard Chartered Bank
Thomas Wu, Chairman, President and CEO, UCBH Holdings
Haiying Zhao, Managing Director, China Investment Corporation
Nick Hope (moderator), Director, Stanford Center for International Development
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Strategic Directions: A Conversation with Asian Banking Leaders |
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O.P. Bhatt, Chairman, State Bank of India
He Guangbei, CEO, Bank of China (Hong Kong)
Nobuyuki Hirano, Managing Director, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
David Tang (moderator), Chairman, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and Managing Partner, K&L Gates
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