ASIFMA’s 8th China Capital Markets Conference
Tuesday 15 May 2018
Program (Final)
Location:
Remark:Conrad Hong Kong (Grand Ballroom, Lower Lobby)
Open to the media except the Concurrent RoundtablesMorning Plenary Sessions
08:15-08:30

Delegates Check-in

08:30-08:40

Welcome Remarks• Mark Austen, CEO, ASIFMA

08:40-08:55

Keynote• James Lau, Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, HKSAR Government

08:55-09:40

Panel Discussion 1 – China Macro Economy 2018
- The benefits of liberalisation / Opening up of China- China corporate deleveraging- Aligning Chinese regulatory standards with the G20 commitments• Betty Rui Wang, Senior China Economist, ANZ• CG Lai, Head of Global Markets, Greater China, BNP Paribas• Frederic Neumann, MD, Co-head of Asian Economic Research, HSBC
• Jeffrey Goldfarb, Deputy Editor, Head of Asia, Reuters Breakingviews (Moderator)

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Morning Plenary Sessions (Con’t)
09:40-10:25

Panel Discussion 2 – How can China become an International Financial Centre?
- External impact: Brexit, Trump- Deep liquid capital markets- Regulatory and legal framework- Market access- How can capital markets support RMB internationalization, Belt & Road Initiative andgreen finance• Robert Rooks, Former Partner, Deloitte• David Pang, Treasurer, MTR Corporation• Tailei Wan, Head of International Cooperation Department, NationalAssociation of Financial Market Institutional Investors (NAFMII)• Alicia Garcia Herrero, Chief Economist Asia Pacific, Natixis• Sanjeev Chatrath, MD, Region Head, Asia, Financial & Risk, Thomson Reuters• Cindy Chen, MD, Hong Kong Head of Securities Services, Citi (Moderator)
10:25-10:45

Coffee Break

10:45-11:30

Panel Discussion 3 – Accessing Chinese Markets- Overview of existing access channels- Streamlining access channels- MSCI Inclusion- Northbound ID- PFM WFOEs- Ease access for institutional investors• Simon Williams, MD, Head of APAC Equity Trading, BlackRock• Kui Ma, Senior Management of CICC Group, Financial Controller, MD• Julien Martin, MD, Head of FIC Product Development, Hong Kong Exchangesand Clearing Limited (HKEX)• Stephane Loiseau, Head of Cash Equities & Global Execution Services - Asia Pacific,
Societe Generale• Charles Lin, MD, Country Head of China, Vanguard Investments Hong Kong Limited• Jennifer Hughes, Asia Finance Editor, Reuters (Moderator)Page 2 of 8

Morning Plenary Sessions (Con’t)
11:30-12:15

Panel Discussion 4 – Going Offshore and Outbound Investments- Investment grade bond offerings- High yield bond issuances- LGFVs- Restrictions on Chinese investors’ outbound investments- Southbound Stock Connect regimes (London, NYC?)- Belt and Road Initiative• Jiaxing Zhou, MD & Head of Legal, Department of Legal and Compliance, China
International Capital Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited• Thomas Kwan, CIO, Director, Board of Directors, Harvest Global Investments• Randolf Tantzscher, Director, Fixed Income Indices, IHS Markit• Ivan Chung, Associate MD, Head of Greater China Credit Research and Analysis,
Moody’s Investors Service• Christopher Lee, MD & Chief Ratings Officer, Corporate Ratings, S&P GlobalRatings• Jini Lee, Partner, Ashurst (Moderator)
12:15-13:15

Lunch

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Afternoon Break-out Sessions – Stream A
13:15-13:55

Panel Discussion A5 – China FX & Local Rates: Trends and Opportunities, Including Hedging- Developing deeper, more liquid hedging instruments- Improve electronic execution- Onshore vs offshore hedging• Brad Gibson, Senior VP and Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income, AB• Patrick Leung, Director, Head of Fixed Income and FX Trading for APAC, BlackRock• Geoff Kot, MD, Head, FX Cash Trading, Asia, Standard Chartered Bank• Michael Go, Regional Head of FX Market Development, Asia, Financial & Risk,
Thomson Reuters• Cynthia Wong, Head of Emerging Markets Trading, Fixed Income and Currencies,
Asia Pacific, Societe Generale (Moderator)
13:55-14:35

Panel Discussion A6 – Infrastructure and the Belt and Road Initiative- Chinese government pledge to develop the Belt and Road Initiative- Infrastructure spending in emerging economies• Stephane Karolczuk, Partner, Head of Hong Kong Office, Registered Foreign
Lawyer (Luxembourg), Arendt & Medernach• Eric Wu, Director, Infrastructure, BlackRock• Patrick Ip, MD, China-ASEAN Investment Cooperation Fund
• Enoch Fung, Head, Market Development Division, External Department, Hong
Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)• Vivian Tsang, Associate MD, Project and Infrastructure Finance Group, Moody's
Investors Service• David Lam, Partner, King & Wood Mallesons (Moderator)
14:35-14:55

Coffee BreakPage 4 of 8

Afternoon Break-out Sessions – Stream B
13:15-13:55

Panel Discussion B5 – Green Finance- Disclosure- Green reporting- Green lending, green equity, green bonds,…

• Anna-Marie Slot, Partner, Global Head of High Yield, Ashurst• Francis Ho, Senior Director - Group Treasury & Project Finance, CLP Holdings Limited• Dominique Duval, Head of Sustainable Banking APAC, Credit Agricole Corporate
and Investment Bank
• Richard Goldman, Buy-Side Market Development Manager, Hong Kong,
Financial & Risk, Thomson Reuters• Juliette Macresy, Head of Greater China and South East Asia Market, Vigeo Eiris• Ricco Zhang, Director, Asia Pacific, International Capital Market Association (ICMA)(Moderator)
13:55-14:35

Panel Discussion B6 – Equities Market Development Including Stock Connect- Have we gotten past teething issues?
- Circuit breakers- Further enhancements- Inclusion in global benchmarks- Settlement framework- Reducing restrictions for institutional investors- How to move from 5% MSCI partial inclusion factor to 100%?
- IPO reform• Stuart Rae, CIO Asia Pacific Value Equities, AllianceBernstein• Jean-Paul Linschoten, MD, Head of China Client Strategy (Equities), HSBC
• Stuart Jones, Chairman, Pan Asia Securities Lending Association (PASLA)• Joanne Lim, Algorithm Trader (Listed Derivatives), Global Execution Services,Societe Generale• Cyrus Mui, Head of Product Research, Asia, Vanguard Investments Hong Kong Limited• Lyndon Chao, MD – Head of Equities, ASIFMA (Moderator)
14:35-14:55

Coffee BreakPage 5 of 8

Afternoon Plenary Sessions
14:55-15:35

Panel Discussion 7 – China Interbank Bond Market: Developments and Opportunities,
Including Bond Connect- The current situation- The road ahead- How can foreign investors be encouraged to participate- Trading and settlement related issues- Importance of Close-Out Netting• George Sun, Head of FXLM & CD Institutional Sales, APAC & GM APAC Head ofDomestic Clients, BNP Paribas• Arnaud Delestienne, Head of Core Product Development, Clearstream• Dariusz Kowalczyk, Senior Economist and Strategist for Asia ex-Japan, Credit
Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
• Zhanying Li, Director, Fixed Income Index, FTSE Russell• Lawrence Lu, Senior Director and Analytical Manager, Greater China CorporateRatings, S&P Global Ratings• Kelly McKenney, Director and Head of Distribution for Asia (ex-Japan),Tradeweb (Moderator)
15:35-16:15

Panel Discussion 8 – FinTech in China and the Emerging Technologies- China, leading the world- Are FinTech companies displacing traditional financial institutions- How will digitization change the world of payments and need for financial instruments- Are institutions infrastructure ready to cope
- Developments in blockchain, big data, AI- ICOs / Crypto Currencies• William Hallatt, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills• Philippe Dirckx, MD, Head of Markets & Initiatives, SWIFT• Carl Wegner, MD, Head of Asia, R3• Stephanie Du, Director of WeChat Pay International Business, Tencent• Praz Mathiannal, Blockchain Investor, Crypto Trader & Miner• Zennon Kapron, Founder and Director, Kapronasia (Moderator)

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Afternoon Concurrent Roundtables (Closed to the media)
16:15-16:55

Concurrent Roundtables**This is a session of 4 simultaneous roundtables, each representing a designated topic withmoderators leading the discussion. Delegates are able to join any table of their choosing.
Roundtable 1 - China Securitisation in a Global Context- Development of the auto-loans securitisation market- The beginning of a mortgage-backed market- Has China learnt from the lessons of sub-prime mortgages and CDOs to avoid adomestic credit crunch• Jonathan Leung, Asset Finance and Securitization, Global Markets, Asia Pacific,BNP Paribas• Ke Chen, Senior Director, Structured Finance, Pengyuan International
Roundtable 2 – The Impact of the Cybersecurity Law• Hui Xu, Partner, Latham & Watkins• Jacob Parker, VP, China Operations, US-China Business Council
Roundtable 3 - Tax Issues Affecting China Capital Market Developments- Value Added Tax- WHT in China• Elvis Chan, Director, Corporate Tax - Asia, Bank of America Merrill Lynch• Brenda Liu, Senior Manager, Business Tax, Standard Chartered
Roundtable 4 – Foreign Ownership of Banks, Asset Managers, Trusts and Securities
Companies- Any remaining licensing restrictions• Natasha Xie, Partner, JunHe• John Xu, Partner, Linklaters
16:55-17:00

Closing Remarks• Mark Austen, CEO, ASIFMAPage 7 of 8

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