The Real Economy, Supply Chain and Finance




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

Arrival of participants and audience

 

0900-0915

Welcome remarks

Philip Lee, Vice-Chair South East Asia, Deutsche Bank; ABAC Singapore member

 

0915-0930

Keynote Address

Mr Rossman Ithnain, Director, Southeast Asia and Oceania Division, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore

 

0930-1000

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

 

1000-1020

Coffee Break

 

 

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

1020-1035

Introduction by the Session Chair: Understanding Supply Chain Financing Factors

Dr Gloria Pasadilla, Senior Analyst, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Policy Support Unit (APEC PSU)

 

1035-1050

Basel 3, AML Transaction Monitoring Compliance

Matthew Ekberg, Vice President, International Policy, Bankers Association for Finance and Trade (BAFT)

 

1050-1105

Lending Infrastructure and Collateral Registry

Ian Milne, Global Head of Transaction Management Unit & Commodity and Structured Trade Finance, HSBC

 

1105-1120

Open Forum and concluding remarks by Session Chair

 

 

 

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

1120-1130

Introduction by the Session Chair

 

1130-1145

Ways in Accessing Cross-border Trade & Supply Chain Finance

Venkatesh Somanathan, Director and Regional Head of Trade Finance Product Management, Deutsche Bank

 

1145-1200

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

 

1200-1215

A perspective of Financing Choices and Considerations for SMEs

Kazumi Nishikawa, Special Advisor to the Minister, Japan Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

 

1215-1230

Open Forum and concluding remarks by Session Chair

 

1230-1330

Lunch break

 

 

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

1330-1345

Trends in Trade Flows

Jean-Charles Sambor, Director Asia Pacific Region, Institute of International Finance (IIF)

 

1345-1400

Trade and Supply Chain Finance Ecosystem: Evolving market practices

Yin-Fong Lum, MD Global Transaction Services, DBS Bank Singapore

 

1400-1415

Bank Payment Obligations & E-Commerce Platforms

Joan Lee, Director, Corporate Markets, Asia Pacific, SWIFT

 

1415-1430

The Importance of Information Supply Chains

Robert Jessing, Strategy Senior Manager, Accenture Strategy

 

1430-1445

Supply Chain Logistics

Asa Larsson, Senior Director, Corporate Public Policy – Southeast Asia, Deutsche Post DHL

 

1445-1505

Powering An Efficient Trade Ecosystem: Digital “Cash” Flow

Sathya Ram, Head of Innovation, Payments & Cash Management, Asia Pacific HSBC

 

1505-1530

Open Forum and concluding remarks by Session Chair

 

1530

End of Workshop

 

Correct at time of print

 



 


When
7/28/2015

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