Agenda

Registration

Welcome remarks by IFC and Singapore Exchange

Speakers:

Ms. Rana Karadsheh, Singapore Country Manager, International Finance Corporation
Mr. Chew Sutat, Executive Vice President, Head of Equities & Fixed Income, SGX

Opening Address

Speaker: Mr. Ng Yao Loong, Assistant Managing Director, Development & International, Monetary Authority of Singapore

Keynote Address

Speaker: Mr. Monish Mahurkar, Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Resources, International Finance Corporation

PANEL DISCUSSION: The business case for issuing green bonds for financial institutions in Asia

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• Motivations for financial institutions to issue green bonds and
• Why green bonds make commercial sense
• How to plan and prepare for issuing a first green bond
• Challenges and how to overcome them
• Asian green bond market near and long-term growth potential

Speakers:

Mr. Rahul Sheth, Executive Director, Standard Chartered Bank
Ms. Yeo Lian Sim, Special Advisor, SGX and Vice Chair of the Task Force on Climate-Related Disclosure
Mr. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative

Moderator: Mr. Vivek Pathak, Regional Director, East Asia and Pacific, International Finance Corporation

PANEL DISCUSSION: Creating Supply; Asia's green bond pipeline

• Financial institution issuers' views on the asset pipeline and the challenges of asset selection for green bonds
• The continued potential for renewables and energy efficiency bonds
• What's next – beyond clean energy? Opportunities and challenges in green buildings, smart-cities, transport, water and other emerging sectors  
• The outlook for local currency issues

Speakers:

Mr. Eduardo Francisco, President, BDO Capital & Investment Corporation
Mr. Abhishek Dangra, Director, Sector Lead: Infrastructure, South & South East Asia, S&P Global
Ms. Yulanda Chung, Managing Director, Head of Sustainability, Institutional Banking, DBS Bank

Moderator: Mr. Augusto King, Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets Group, MUFG Securities Asia

Issuer perspective – what developments are issuers hoping to see from the market?

• Experiences from issuers from different sectors
• Asset selection
• Creating a framework
• Reporting
• What continues to deter potential issuers from entering the market and how can this be assuaged?
• Are issuers seeing a pricing advantage yet? Or are green bonds are becoming the curve and brown bonds are trading at a discount?

PANEL DISCUSSION: Investor Panel – Understanding investor demand for green bonds

• The investor view on the Asian green bond market
• Investor market outlook
• What are the challenges for investors in the Asian green bond market? How can they be addressed?
• What is missing in the ASEAN Green Bond Market from an investor perspective.
• Is demand for local currency bonds set to increase?
• Can different instruments and innovation spur demand?
• Can the pioneering role of MDBs and SWFs de-risk investments or act as an enabler?

Speakers: 

Mr. Amaury Mulliez, Deputy CEO, Proparco
Mr. Arsa Indaravijaya, Senior Director and Head of Investment Strategy Department, Government Pension Fund of Thailand
Mr. Omar Slim, Senior VP and portfolio manager, Pinebridge Investments
Ms. Flora Chao, Global Head of Funding, International Finance Corporation

Moderator: Mr. Peter Cripps, Editor, Environmental Finance

Investor perspective – how ESG contributes to investment decisions in fixed income and green bonds

• Capturing and processing ESG information as it relates to green bonds
• What are investors' data needs?
• How does this inform investment decisions?
• Absolute versus risk-tilted approaches
• Disclosure requirements: how are institutional investors and asset managers integrating ESG factors in their risk processes and decision-making
• How can investors achieve diversification in the green bond market?
• What is important to investors from a certification point of view? Are they concerned by a lack of standardization?
• How compelling are investors finding social and sustainable bonds relative to green bonds?
• Is Bond Connect a solution for investors?

PANEL DISCUSSION: Navigating External Reviews and Impact Reporting

A panel of issuers, investors and service providers to give their view on:

• The value of second party opinions in the green bond market
• An issuer's experience of using external reviews
• The opportunities and challenges of impact reporting
• Environmental and Social Risk considerations in the green bond market 

Speakers:

Ms. Trisha Taneja, Head of Sustainable Bonds, Americas and APAC, Sustainalytics
Ms. Sophie Dejonckheere, Senior Advisor in Climate Finance, CICERO
Mr. Rahul Ghosh, Senior Vice President, ESG and Green Bonds, Moody's Investors Service
Mr. K. Sadashiv, Climate Change and Sustainability Services, Singapore co-leader, EY

Moderator: Ms. Herry Cho, Director and Head of Sustainable Finance, ING Bank 

ISSUER PANEL

Speakers:

Mr. Eduardo Francisco, President of BDO Capital, & Investment Corporation, BDO Unibank
Mr. Andrew Jan Kent, Thai Military Bank
Mr. Huang Xia, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank 

Moderator: Mr. Peer Stein, Advisor, Climate Business, Financial Institutions Group, IFC

PANEL DISCUSSION: The role of regulators

A panel bringing together a group of Asian regulatory authorities to outline and explain their green bond efforts and future plans to strengthen Asia's green bond market. Discussion points will include: 

• What can governments and regulators do to boost green bond issuance among financial institutions in Asia?
• The evolution of regional green bond guidance – the role of ASEAN
• China's national green bond guidance – will other markets launch similar initiatives?

Speakers:

Mr. Ephyro Amatong, Commissioner, Securities Exchange Commission, Philippines
Ms. Jeanne Stampe, Head, Asia Sustainable Finance, WWF
Mr. Yannick Motz, Lead, Emerging Markets Dialogue on Finance & Strategic Alliance on Green Bond Market Development, GIZ
Ms. Louise Gardiner, Coordinator, Green Bond Working Group, Sustainable Banking Network (SBN)

Moderator: Ms. Xueman Wang, World Bank  

Presentation on market outlook and what's next for Amundi Planet Emerging Green One

Speakers: 

Mr. Jean-Marie Masse, Chief Investment Officer, Financial Institutions Group, IFC
Mr. Frédéric Samama, Co-Head of Institutional Clients Coverage, Amundi

CLOSING REMARKS

Speaker: Ms. Rana Karadsheh, Singapore Country Manager, IFC

COCKTAIL PARTY – sponsored by Proparco

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