About ASIFMA Infrastructure Conference 2018
In collaboration with the Infrastructure Financing Facilitation Office (IFFO) of Hong Kong
Monetary Authority (HKMA), and supported by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council(HKTDC), ASIFMA hosted the Infrastructure Conference on 29 June 2018 in Hong Kong themed‘The Path to a Green Belt and Road’.
The conference attracted around 150 attendees, including 24% institutional investors, 18% policy
makers/public officials, and 5% corporate treasurers/issuers. The conference served as asignificant 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 and especially, how to emphasize the concept of “greeninfrastructure”.

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We were honored to have Mr. Vincent Lee, Executive Director (External), Hong Kong Monetary
Authority (HKMA) and Deputy Director, HKMA Infrastructure Financing Facilitation Office (IFFO)
as our keynote speaker at this conference. The conference also received support from over 30
senior speakers including key representatives from sell side, institutional investors, leading market
practitioners and industry experts.
We specially thank the valuable support from 5 sponsoring firms including EY, HSBC, ICBC, Natixis
and Standard Chartered, as well as 12 endorsing associations.

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We have received very positive feedback from the stakeholders including speakers, delegates andsponsors. Most of them found the speakers excellent, the discussions highly informative andinteractive, and the conference thought provoking and enjoyable with the opportunity to meetthe various senior representatives with similar interests in infrastructure financing areas, which
encouraged the advancement of financing a green Belt and Road.

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List of Participating Organizations in 2018:
Active Investments Capital
AcurisAdexec Capital Mgmt
Aon Risk Solutions, Specialty Broking
AshurstAsia Climate Partners
Asia Pacific RIM (China)
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
Asia-Pacific Structured Finance Association
ASIFMA
Australian Trade and Investment
Commission (Austrade)
Avantfaire Investment Management
Banz Asia Ltd
Big China Capital Investment
Blackstone
BNP Paribas
British Consulate-General
China Construction Bank (CCB)
CITIC International Assets Management
City of London
Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI)
CLP Holdings
CommerzbankConservation International
Consulate General of Canada in Hong Kong
Control Risks
Credit Agricole
Crescent Management
CSC Asia PacificDagong Global Credit Rating (Hong Kong)
DBS BankERM
European Bank for Reconstruction &Development (EBRD)
European Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong
Ewin Asia Capital

EY
First State Investments (Hong Kong)
Focus Ventures
Fubon Convoy Asset Management
GuarantCoHai Tong Asset Management (HK)Hong Kong Investment Funds Association
Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)
Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation
Hong Kong Securities and Investment
Institute (HKSI)Hong Kong Securities Association
Hong Kong Trade Development Council(HKTDC)
HSBC
HuaAn Asset Management (Hong Kong)
Hutchison Ports
ICBC Asia
Industrial BankING Bank
International Capital Market Association(ICMA)International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Jardine Lloyd Thompson
Jinko Power (HK)KB Bank Hong Kong
KGHM Polska Miedz S.A.
King & Wood Mallesons
Kookmin Bank
KPMG Advisory (China)
KPMG Transaction Advisory Services
Lloyd's
Manulife Financial Asia
MarshMetLife
Money Concepts Capital Corp
Moody's Investors Service4

List of Participating Organizations in 2018 (Con’t):
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency(MIGA), World Bank Group
Mutualwell IncorporatedNatixis
NDE Capital
Oneday CapitalPacific Hawk (HK)
Pengyuan International
Pinsent Masons
Pureheart Capital Asia
S&P Global Ratings
Securities and Exchange Commission ofCambodia

Securities and Futures Commission (SFC)
Soach Global Corporation
Societe Generale
Standard Chartered
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
T. Rowe Price
The Hub of Consultants
Treasury Markets Association
Value Partners
Willis Towers Watson

Event Website:
For more about ASIFMA Infrastructure Conference 2018: www.asifma.org/infrastructure2018
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Final Program
Date:
Location:

Friday 29 June 2018
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre (Convention Hall, L1)

08:30-08:45

Delegate Check-in

08:45-08:50

Welcome Remarks• Vijay Chander, ED - Fixed Income, ASIFMA

08:50-09:00

Keynote• Vincent Lee, Executive Director (External), Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), andDeputy Director, HKMA Infrastructure Financing Facilitation Office (IFFO)

09:00-10:00

Panel 1: The Evolution of the Belt and Road
- Evolution/openings over the past years- Remaining challenges to overcome- Attracting investors into B&R• Jack Chan, Managing Partner, EY• Nicholas Kwan, Director of Research, Hong Kong Trade and Development
Council (HKTDC)• Samuel Tong, Deputy Chief Executive, ICBC Asia
• Terry Zhang, Head of Commercial Development, Pengyuan International• George Siu-Kay Leung, Advisor, Asia-Pacific, HSBC (Moderator)

10:00-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-11:30

Panel 2: Project Structures, Risk Assessment, Procurement and Planning Process– Bankability of Projects• Neal Beatty, Partner & General Manager, Control Risks• Steve Duckworth, Senior Partner, Sales and Business Development Director,
North Asia, ERM• Aaron Chow, Head of Asia-Pacific Business Department, ICBC Asia
• David Lam, Partner, King & Wood Mallesons• Surya Bagchi, Global Head, Project & Export Finance, Standard Chartered• Michael A Camerlengo, Director, Infrastructure Advisory, KPMG Transaction
Advisory Services Limited (Moderator)

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11:30-12:30

Panel 3: The Role of Multilaterals and Development Banks• Nicholas Mant, Head of Credit and Investment Risk, Asian Infrastructure
Investment Bank (AIIB)• Anna-Marie Slot, Partner and Global Head of High-Yield, Ashurst• John Groesbeek, Acting Deputy Treasurer & Head Syndications ‐ Asia Pacific,
International Finance Corporation (IFC)• Jae Hyung Kwon, Head of North Asia, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency(MIGA), World Bank Group• Oliver Jones, Deputy Editor, Inframation, Acuris (Moderator)

12:30-13:30

Lunch

13:30-14:30

Panel 4: Project Bonds and Loans: Infrastructure Investment Considerations• Vivian Tsang, Associate MD, Project and Infrastructure Finance Group, Moody's
Investors Service• Richard Langberg, Senior Director, Analytical Manager, APAC Infrastructure
Ratings, S&P Global Ratings• Gavin Munro, Head of Infrastructure Finance, Asia Pacific, Societe Generale• Bertrand Guiot, Head of Infrastructure APAC, Natixis (Moderator)

14:30-15:00

Coffee Break

15:00-16:00

Panel 5: Credit Enhancement, Insurance and Credit Rating• Les Collett, Regional Director, Credit Solutions, Structured & Capital Solutions,Asia, Aon Risk Solutions, Specialty Broking• Jack Xu, MD, Head of Rating, Research and Analytics, Dagong Global Credit
Rating (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd• Jenny Koh, Regional Director Asia, GuarantCo• Thomas Haddrill, General Representative for Hong Kong, Lloyd's• Richard Green, MD, Head of Financial Risk Products, Asia, Head of the Public
Agency Unit, Asia, Head of Marsh Analytics, Asia, Marsh• Vijay Chander, ED – Fixed Income, ASIFMA (Moderator)7

16:00-17:00

Panel 6: The Greening and Sustainability of Infrastructure- How to make a greener and more sustainable infrastructure?
- Challenges vs benefits- Governments/investors views• Ivy Lau, General Manager, China Office, Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI)• Dominique Duval, Sustainable Banking – Head of Asia-Pacific, Credit Agricole• Judy Li, Director, EY• Jonathan Drew, MD, Infrastructure and Real Estate Group, HSBC
• Chaoni Huang, Director, Green and Sustainable Solutions, Investment Banking,Asia Pacific, Natixis• Ricco Zhang, Director, Asia Pacific, International Capital Market Association(ICMA) (Moderator)

17:00

Concluding Remarks• Vijay Chander, ED – Fixed Income, ASIFMA

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