About ASIFMA Infrastructure Conference in 2017
In collaboration with the Infrastructure Financing Facilitation Office (IFFO) of Hong Kong
Monetary Authority (HKMA), ASIFMA hosted the inaugural Infrastructure Conference inSeptember 2017 in Hong Kong themed ‘The Path to the Belt and Road’.
The conference attracted over 200 participants from 130 organizations, including 11% policy
maker/public official, 25% buy side and 7% corporate treasurer. With contribution from over 50
senior speakers representing the regulator community and the industry, the conference served asa significant platform in the region for the various key infrastructure-financing stakeholders todiscuss financing-specific and technical-in-nature topics about the barriers and solutions tofinancing the Belt and Road.

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We specially thank the valuable support from 6 sponsoring firms including Citibank, Standard
Chartered, Barclays, China International Capital Corporation (CICC), City of London and ICBC
(Asia), as well as 12 endorsing associations.

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We have received very positive feedback from the stakeholders including speakers, delegates,
sponsors and media partners. Most of them found the speakers excellent, the discussions highly
informative and interactive, and the conference thought provoking and enjoyable with theopportunity to meet the various senior representatives with similar interests in financial
regulation, which encouraged the development of financing the Belt and Road.

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List of Participating Organizations in 2017:
A.K. Khan Company
Active Investments Capital
AcurisAIA Group
AK Khan Company
Allen & Overy
Anbang Asset Management
AON Risk Solutions
Asia Pacific Loan Markets Association
Asia Pacific RIM (China)
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Asia-Pacific Structured Finance Association
ASIFMA
Auspicious Capital
Australian Trade and Investment
Commission (Austrade)
AustralianSuperBangladesh Investment Development
Authority (BIDA)
Bank of Communications
Barclays
Beijing Capital Land
Belos Capital (Asia)
BlackRockBritish Consulate-General
CGCOC Group
China Cinda Asset Management
China CITIC Bank International
China International Capital Corporation
Limited (CICC)
China Merchants Port Holdings
China Telecom Global
CIMB Group
Citibank
CITIC Capital Holdings
City of London

Clifford Capital
Clifford Chance
CLP Holdings
Consulate General of Bangladesh in Hong Kong
Consulate General of The United States,
Hong Kong & Macau
Control Risks Group Holdings
Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank
Credit Guarantee & Investment Facility (CGIF)
Dagong Global Credit Rating
Deloitte Advisory
Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale
Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbHDZ Bank AG
Eastspring Investments
European Union Office
Focus Ventures
Forwin Capital Management
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Great Eagle Holdings
Hai Tong Asset Management (HK) Limited
Hang Seng Investment Management Limited
HayleysHKSFAHNWI Private Limited (Singapore)
Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)
Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited
Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute (HKSI)Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC)
Hong Kong Trustees' Association
HSBC Global Asset Management
Hutchison Port Holdings
IC Capital
ICBC Standard BankICBC (Asia)
International Capital Market Association (ICMA)

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List of Participating Organizations in 2017 (Con’t):
INV Partners
Jersey Finance
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Jun He Law Offices
Jun Yang Financial Holdings
King & Wood Mallesons
KPMG
Langham Hospitality Investments
LGT Capital Partners
Lloyd'sLogie Group
Macquarie Asset Management
Marsh & McLennan Companies
MetLife Investments Asia
Ministry of Development Strategies andInternational Trade, Sri Lanka
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government ofBangladesh
Mintz Group
Mitsui & Co.
Mizuho Bank
Mizuho Securities Asia
Money Concepts Capital Corp
Moody's Investors ServiceMTR Corporation
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
Mutualwell Incorporated
New Development Bank (NDB)
Norton Rose FulbrightNuoxin Capital (Hong Kong)
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC)
Pacific Basin Shipping

Pacific Hawk (HK)Permasteelisa Group
PwC
Prime Ministers Office, Bangladesh
ProMéxico
Pureheart Capital Asia
Russian BK Financial GroupS&P Global
Securities and Futures Commission
SFS Fixed Income
Shearman & SterlingSouth Asia Gateway Terminal
Standard Chartered
State Street Global Advisors
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
Summit Communications
Summit GroupSun Hung Kai Financial
Sun Hung Kai Properties
Sun Life Financial
Taikang Asset Management Company
The Hong Kong and China Gas Company
The Osiris Group
The World Bank
Treasury Markets Association
Tybourne Capital Management Hong KongUBS
Urban Renewal Authority (Hong Kong)
Value Partners
Wealth Fountain Capital
Willis Towers Watson
Zaaba Capital

Event Website:
For more about ASIFMA Infrastructure Conference 2017: www.asifma.org/infrastructure2017
For More Information about ASIFMA Events: www.asifma.org/events

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ASIFMA Infrastructure Conference 2017:
The Path to the Belt and Road
Final Program
Location:

Renaissance Hong Kong Harbour View Hotel - Concord & Oasis Room, 8/F(1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong)

Morning Plenary Session
08:15-08:30

Delegate Check-in

08:30-08:40

Welcome Remarks• Mark Austen, CEO, ASIFMA

08:40-08:50

Keynote 1• Eddie Yue, Deputy Chief Executive, Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA),and Director, HKMA Infrastructure Financing Facilitation Office (IFFO)

08:50-09:00

Keynote 2• Sherry Madera, Special Adviser for Asia, City of London

09:00-10:00

Panel 1: Project structures, risk assessment, procurement and planning process– bankability of projects• Roger Lui, Partner, Allen & Overy• Neal Beatty, Partner & General Manager, Control Risks• Tim Histed, Head of South and Southeast Asia, Multilateral Investment
Guarantee Agency (MIGA)• Peter Burnett, Regional Head of Corporate Finance, Greater China and North
Asia, Standard Chartered• David Lam, Partner, King & Wood Mallesons (Moderator)

10:00-10:30

Coffee Break6

10:30-11:30

Panel 2: The role of multilaterals and development banks• Hubert Jenny, Unit Head PPP and Non Sovereign China and Mongolia, AsianDevelopment Bank (ADB)• Leslie Maasdorp, CFO, New Development Bank (NDB)• Jordan Schwartz, Director, Infrastructure, Guarantees and PPPs, The World Bank
• Oliver Jones, Deputy Editor, InfraAsia, Acuris (Moderator)

11:30-12:30

Panel 3: Project Bonds VS Project Loans• Gordon Youl, MD, Head of Corporate Finance Solutions Asia, Barclays• Eric Wu, Director, Infrastructure, BlackRock• Quyn Siew, Project & Infrastructure Finance, Citi
• Aaron Chow, Head of Asia-Pacific Business Department, ICBC (Asia)• Weili Chen, Head of Capital Markets Aircraft Financing, Standard Chartered• Julyana Yokota, Director & Sector Lead, S&P Global Ratings (Moderator)

12:30-13:30

Lunch

Afternoon Breakout Session 1
13:30-14:15

Panel 4: Infrastructure investment considerations• James Arnold, Head of Asia Debt Syndicate, Citi
• Jack Xu, MD, Head of Rating, Research and Analytics, Dagong Global Credit HongKong• Jon Sivertson, Director, Infrastructure Advisory, KPMG
• Hon Cheung, Regional Director – Asia Official Institutions Group, State Street GlobalAdvisors• Sean Wang, Partner, Project Development and Finance Group in China, Shearman &Sterling• Don Stokes, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Moderator)

14:15-15:00

Panel 5: Credit enhancement, insurance and credit rating• Les Collett, Regional Director, Structured Credit & Political Risk Asia, Aon Risk Solutions• Kiyoshi Nishimura, CEO, Credit Guarantee & Investment Facility (CGIF)• Tom Haddrill, Country Manager, Hong Kong, Lloyd’s• Richard Green, MD, Head of Financial Risk Products - Asia, Marsh• Vivian Tsang, Associate MD, Public, Project and Infrastructure Finance Group,
Moody’s Investors Service• Sherry Madera, Special Adviser for Asia, City of London (Moderator)

15:00-15:30

Coffee Break7

15:30-16:15

Panel 6: Disclosure and reporting• David Tsai, Partner, Clifford Chance• Gary Licht, Director Global Markets, ICBC Standard Bank
• Catherine Miao, Partner, Jun He Law Offices• James Chang, China Financial Services Consulting Leader, PwC• Vijay Chander, ED – Fixed Income, ASIFMA (Moderator)

16:15-17:00

Panel 7: The implications for the Belt and Road
• Barry Chan, MD, Head of Investment Banking, Hong Kong, CICC
• Andrew Kinloch, Specialist Advice on Infrastructure Finance in Asia, Logie Group• Surya Bagchi, Global Head, Project & Export Finance, Standard Chartered• Janet Li, Director of Investments for Greater China, Willis Towers Watson• Daniel Taras, Global Director, Emerging Market Sustainability Dialogues (EMSD)Programme, German International Cooperation (GIZ) (Moderator)

17:00

Concluding Remarks• Mark Austen, CEO, ASIFMA

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Afternoon Breakout Session 2 - Sponsored by Citi
Infrastructure Financing: An International Perspective
Spotlight on Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
13:30-13:45

Opening Remarks• Weber Lo, City Country Officer & CEO, Hong Kong and Macau, Citi

13:45-14:00

Regional Update in One Belt One Road - Sri Lanka and Bangladesh• James Morrow, Sub-cluster Head for Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, Citi

14:00-14:30

Keynote Speaker: Bangladesh Infrastructure Financing Policies andOpportunities• Kazi M Aminul Islam, Executive Chairman, Bangladesh Investment Development
Authority (BIDA)• Shams Zaman, Head of Corporate and Investment Banking, Bangladesh, Citi
(Moderator)

14:30-15:00

Keynote Speaker: Sri Lanka Infrastructure Financing Policies and Opportunities• Mangala P.B. Yapa, Board Member, Board of Investment of Sri Lanka,
Ministry of Development Strategies and International Trade, Sri Lanka• Kavinda De Zoysa, Head of Corporate and Investment Banking, Sri Lanka, Citi
(Moderator)

15:00-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-16:30

Showcase: Bangladesh• Abul Kalam Azad, Principal Coordinator of Sustainable Development Goals,
Prime Minister’s Office, Bangladesh• Mohammad Sarwar Mahmood, Consul General of the People’s Republic ofBangladesh to Hong Kong
• Muhammed Aziz Khan, Chairman, Summit Group• Mehdi Tahri, CFO, Summit Group• Shams Zaman, Head of Corporate and Investment Banking, Bangladesh, Citi
(Moderator)

16:30-17:00

Showcase: Sri Lanka• Romesh David, CEO, South Asia Gateway Terminal• Sarath Ganegoda, Executive Director, Hayleys PLC• Kavinda De Zoysa, Head of Corporate and Investment Banking, Sri Lanka, Citi
(Moderator)

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