ESG APAC Conference 2021

Seizing the initiative: building sustainable capital markets in Asia

Wednesday, 15 Sep 2021 | 15:00 Beijing Time | 150 MINS

15:00 | Welcome remarks

WENDY CHEONG, Managing Director – Regional Head of Asia Pacific, Moody's Investors Service

15:10 | Credit implications of the energy transition

   ●  How are different sectors/countries positioned for a low carbon future – autos, oil & gas, utilities?

   ●  Where are concrete investments being made to start on the journey to net zero?

   ●  What are the opportunities for leading companies?

FRANK MEDRISCH, AVP-Analyst, Moody's Investors Service

WAN HEE YOO, Vice President, Senior Credit Officer, Moody's Investors Service

MARIKO SEMETKO, Vice President – Senior Credit Officer, Corporate Finance Group, Moody's Investors Service

BORIS KAN, Vice President, Senior Credit Officer, Moody's Investors Service

KAI HU, Senior Vice President, Moody's Investors Service

GERWIN HO, Vice President – Senior Credit Officer, Moody's Investors Service

MIKE ZHU, Assistant Vice President – Analyst, Moody's Investors Service

16:00 | Scaling up the region’s sustainable debt markets

   ●  What challenges do issuers and intermediaries face when putting together a successful sustainable bond transaction?

   ●  What does best practice in bond frameworks, governance structures, project selection, metrics and impact reporting look like?

RAHUL SHETH, Global Head Sustainable Bonds, Standard Chartered Bank

OMAR SLIM, CFA, Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income, PineBridge Investments, Singapore

RAHUL GHOSH, Managing Director – ESG Outreach & Research, Moody’s ESG Solutions

JULIETTE MACRESY, CFA, Executive Director - Issuer Business, V.E part of Moody’s ESG Solutions

16:50 | Climate change and financial institutions: from disclosure to risk management

   ●  What are the challenges for banks to addressing increasing climate change-related disclosure and risk management requirements? 

   ●   How can climate stress testing support risk management best practice?

DIMITRIOS PAPANASTASIOU, Head of Risk and Finance Solutions, Moody’s Analytics

FRANKIE PHUA, Managing Director and Head, Group Risk Management, United Overseas Bank Limited

SHAHEED ALAM, Vice President, Group Portfolio Management, Maybank

17:20 | Closing

RAHUL GHOSH, Managing Director – ESG Outreach & Research, Moody’s ESG Solutions