Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) Head Office, 1-1-2, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0005, Japan
With the rapid increase in infrastructure and natural resources development worldwide, the demand for project finance has been increasing, whereas the current project finance investors active in the market are still limited.
The involvement of the new entrants in project finance market to fulfill potential gap between supply and demand on funding has been becoming a crucial task for sustainable development. This event will highlight the underlying challenges that the potential project finance investors are facing and seek for a way forward to overcome such challenges to facilitate these potential investors to participate in the project finance market in a near future.
3.00pm Registration
3.30pm Welcome & Introduction
Fumiaki Kurahara, Senior Managing Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)
3.40pm Keynote Presentation: Overview of Overseas Project Finance Market
- Demand side forecast
- Supply side overview - traditional project finance loan and project bond
- Current status of Japanese new entrants to project finance market
Rajeev Kannan, General Manager, Project & Export Finance Department, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)
4.00pm Presentation 1: Japanese Investors’ New Initiatives in Overseas Project Finance Market & their Challenges
- Recent changes in finance market
- Implications and challenges
- Initiatives for accommodating new entry
Kazuhiko Shiozawa, General Manager, Syndication Department, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)
4.20pm Presentation 2: Project Bond Market
- Overview of the current project bond market
- What is “Project Bond”? / Who are the investors for PF Bonds?
Emmanuel Arnould, SMBC Nikko Capital Markets
4.40pm Presentation 3: Debt / Equity Investment Opportunities in Overseas
Chin Chew, Partner and Head of Asia-Pacific Energy, Mining & Infrastructure Group, Baker & McKenzie
5.00pm Coffee break
5.20pm Panel Discussion: Opportunities & Challenges for New Entrants to the Project Finance Market
- Limited growth in domestic loan market
- Long term foreign currency funding
- Investment structure (loan vs bond)
- Floating income vs Fixed Income
- Monitoring and credit management
Moderated by: Yoshihiro Takami, Depty General Manager, Project & Export Finance Department, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Chin Chew, Partner and Head of Asia-Pacific Energy, Mining & Infrastructure Group, Baker & McKenzie
Masashi Ono, Manager, Structured Finance Group/Fixed Income Investment Department, The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited
Taizo Ueda, Deputy General Manager, Finance & Investment Planning Department, Nippon Life Insurance Company
Kiyofumi Tamei, Senior Manager, Credit Investments (Japan), The Norinchukin Bank
Masatsugu Ikeda, Deputy General Manager, Banking Division III, The Shizuoka Bank, Ltd.
5.50pm Question & Answer Session
6.00pm IPFA Update
Geoff Haley, Global Executive Chairman, IPFA
6.10pm Networking Drinks Reception Kindly hosted by Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and Baker & McKenzie
*Please note that the agenda is subject to change.
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