The Challenges in Working Together and The Way Forward
Date : Tue, 28 July 2015 Time: 9:00am – 3:30pm
Venue : SBF Seminar Room 2 (Level 21, 10 Hoe Chiang Rd, Keppel Towers) Dress Code: Business Attire
Fee : Complimentary
Organised by
APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC)
Asia Pacific Financial Forum (APFF)
Hosted by
Singapore Business Federation
In Partnership with
APEC Policy Support Unit
The Asia-Pacific region today faces the challenge of transforming its economic growth model from one that still remains considerably dependent on export to one that is increasingly driven by domestic and regional demand. This transformation will require significant increases in domestic consumption supported by strong investment growth, expansion of intra-Asia Pacific trade activities, more efficient and effective market access, capacity building of domestic businesses and access to the right type of financing for sustainable development.
Therefore, enabling financial markets and services to effectively meet the most important needs of our region, SMEs and participants will require actions on many fronts and continuous work.
Such work includes the development of robust legal and institutional architecture for asset-based lending and factoring, securities interest creation and regionally consistent legal and institutional frameworks which will be important to facilitate the financing and expansion of trade and cross-border supply chain financing. Other key areas of developments that can facilitate and shape businesses’ market access and access to financing includes banking regulations, trade and supply chain finance and electronic commerce platforms to support sustainability of participants in a globally competitive supply and value chains.
This workshop seeks to inform participants, and to generate discussions on these related regulatory, trade financing, supply chain and e-commerce matters to address concerns that can be progressed by the APEC Finance Ministers Process in the coming years as part of focused action plans.
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WORKSHOP AGENDA
0830 - 0900
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Arrival of participants and audience
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0900-0915
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Welcome remarks
Philip Lee, Vice-Chair South East Asia, Deutsche Bank; ABAC Singapore member
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0915-0930
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Keynote Address
Mr Rossman Ithnain, Director, Southeast Asia and Oceania Division, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore
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0930-1000
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Overview of Free Trade Agreements in Asia Pacific, developments of trade corridors and the growth potentials for the region
Dr Alan Bollard, Executive Director, APEC Secretariat
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1000-1020
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Coffee Break
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SESSION 1: REGULATORY MATTERS IN SUPPLY CHAIN FINANCE
Supply chains involve different participants, banks and banking products to facilitate payments that can occur within an economy and/or across borders. In today’s environment of heightened resilience and compliance requirements, this session will cover the important but often low-visibility enablers of trade & supply chain financing – Lending Infrastructure & Secondary Market, Banking Capital Standards, and Know-Your-Customer/Anti-Money Laundering – that will work more efficiently for users and suppliers of finance where there is greater legal certainty, consistent standards, and availability of timely, complete quality information.
Session Chair: Dr Gloria Pasadilla, APEC PSU
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1020-1035
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Introduction by the Session Chair: Understanding Supply Chain Financing Factors
Dr Gloria Pasadilla, Senior Analyst, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Policy Support Unit (APEC PSU)
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1035-1050
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Basel 3, AML Transaction Monitoring Compliance
Matthew Ekberg, Vice President, International Policy, Bankers Association for Finance and Trade (BAFT)
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1050-1105
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Lending Infrastructure and Collateral Registry
Ian Milne, Global Head of Transaction Management Unit & Commodity and Structured Trade Finance, HSBC
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1105-1120
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Open Forum and concluding remarks by Session Chair
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SESSION 2: FINANCING PARTICIPANTS IN A SUPPLY CHAIN
Access To Finance can involve different financing methods that SMEs and businesses can access to translate into different effects on capital expenditure, working capital management and free cash flow for reinvestments. In cross-border supply chains, management of FX and market risks will also be important to mitigate impacts on profitability margins. This session will introduce the different “Access To Finance” methods and discuss the different choices and considerations.
Session Chair: Dr Gloria Pasadilla, APEC PSU
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1120-1130
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Introduction by the Session Chair
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1130-1145
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Ways in Accessing Cross-border Trade & Supply Chain Finance
Venkatesh Somanathan, Director and Regional Head of Trade Finance Product Management, Deutsche Bank
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1145-1200
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Overcoming Hurdles To Trade Finance Access
Bernadette Cenzon, Director, Trade Solutions Asia Pte Ltd; Trainer, Executive Course on Structured Trade and Commodity Finance, SMU Financial Training Institute
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1200-1215
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A perspective of Financing Choices and Considerations for SMEs
Kazumi Nishikawa, Special Advisor to the Minister, Japan Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
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1215-1230
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Open Forum and concluding remarks by Session Chair
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1230-1330
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Lunch break
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SESSION 3: E-COMMERCE AND THE INFORMATION SUPPLY CHAIN
E-commerce’s ability to act as a strategic and operational leverage has steadily been increasing since the dot-com era. This agenda item is to raise awareness of the advances in digital business and payment models, what it means for participants to be in a B2B electronic supply chain, or in a B2B/B2C electronic market place and the potential new ways of doing business digitally. This can include digital trade and customs documents, and digital trade finance
Session Chair: Denis Hew, Director, APEC Policy Support Unit
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1330-1345
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Trends in Trade Flows
Jean-Charles Sambor, Director Asia Pacific Region, Institute of International Finance (IIF)
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1345-1400
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Trade and Supply Chain Finance Ecosystem: Evolving market practices
Yin-Fong Lum, MD Global Transaction Services, DBS Bank Singapore
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1400-1415
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Bank Payment Obligations & E-Commerce Platforms
Joan Lee, Director, Corporate Markets, Asia Pacific, SWIFT
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1415-1430
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The Importance of Information Supply Chains
Robert Jessing, Strategy Senior Manager, Accenture Strategy
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1430-1445
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Supply Chain Logistics
Asa Larsson, Senior Director, Corporate Public Policy – Southeast Asia, Deutsche Post DHL
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1445-1505
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Powering An Efficient Trade Ecosystem: Digital “Cash” Flow
Sathya Ram, Head of Innovation, Payments & Cash Management, Asia Pacific HSBC
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1505-1530
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Open Forum and concluding remarks by Session Chair
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1530
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End of Workshop
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