On 23 September, the inaugural Asian Borrowers Forum in London brought together 18 senior funding officials from some of Asia’s leading borrowers.
Euromoney was delighted to have Thierry de Longuemar, Treasurer of the Asian Development Bank, open the forum with a keynote speech on ADB’s mandate, their role as a triple-A supranational based in Asia and its role in facilitating the development of the Asian local currency bond markets.
The forum was also a timely platform for Roberto B. Tan, Treasurer of the Philippines, who shared his thoughts on Philippines’ first synthetic peso bond which received a big response from the global emerging market investor base and is seen as having opened the door for other issuers in the region to use the structure.
Click here to view the interview with Thierry de Longuemar, Treasurer of the Asian Development Bank
Click here to view the interview with Roberto B. Tan, Treasurer of the Philippines
Click here to view the interview with Chakkrit Parapuntakul, Director General, Public Debt Management Office of Thailand
Click here to view the interview with Steven Choy, President and Chief Executive Officer, Cagamas Berhad
Plenary discussions moved on to cover Asia’s sovereign, agency, bank and corporate borrowers
Sponsored workshops also provided delegates with insightful presentations on Asian local currency bond markets, Asian bank capital bonds in a Basel III world and the high yield bond markets in Asia.
Click here to download RBS' workshop presentation on 'What Will Asian Bank Capital Bonds Look Like in a Basel III World?'
Click here to download the final agenda.
Euromoney would like to thank all sponsors, speakers and delegates for helping to make the inaugural Asian Borrowers Forum such a success.
For further information on this event or for speaking and sponsorship opportunities at future events please contact Alexander Pang on +852 2842 6991 or alexander.pang@euromoneyasia.com.