Thematic Area | Topic | Presenters | Date |
Sustainable Finance/Financial Stability | Changing Perspectives: Addressing Climate Risks in the Financial Sector | Opening Remarks: Dr. Firas Raad, Country Manager for Malaysia, World Bank Speakers: - Martin Gert Jan Regelink, Sr. Financial Sector Specialist, The World Bank
- Henk Jan Reinders, Financial Sector Specialist, the World Bank
- Emma Dalhuijesen, Senior Adviser, the World Bank Group (former adviser, Bank of England Climate Hub)
Presentation Slides | May 20, 2020 |
Payment Systems and Services | Securing Social Transfers in the Time of COVID-19 (with the Social Protection Global Practice) | Speakers: - Harish Natarajan, Lead Financial Sector Specialist, Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice, the World Bank
- Robert Palacios, Lead Specialist, Social Protection and Jobs Global Practice, The World Bank
Moderator: Marco Nicoli, Senior Financial Sector Specialist, the World Bank Presentation Slides | May 19, 2020 |
Islamic Finance | COVID-19 Response: How Islamic Sustainable Finance Can Help
| Opening Remarks: Dr. Firas Raad, Country Manager for Malaysia, World Bank Moderator: Abayomi A. Alawode, Head of Islamic Finance, Finance Competitiveness & Innovation, World Bank Speakers: - Islamic finance takes on COVID-19: Aamir A. Rehman, Senior Advisor at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) [Slides]
- Roles of Islamic Social Finance for Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs): Muazzam Mohamed, Chief Executive Officer, Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad [Slides]
- Sustainable Finance for COVID-19: From Impact Investors perspective: Dr Jemilah Mahmood, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Malaysia on Public Health [Slides]
| May 18, 2020 |
Firm Financing | Leveraging E-Commerce for SMEs: Learning from the Field in East Asia | Opening Remarks: Cecile Thioro Niang, Practice Manager for East Asia and the Pacific, Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation, the World Bank Speakers: - Overview of the key challenges to SMEs for Post Covid-19 recovery and policy recommendations for SMEs support: Smita Kuriakose, Senior Economist, the World Bank [Slides]
- Digital Free Trade Zone (DFTZ) and its relevance to boosting e-commerce development amongst SMEs in Malaysia. Opportunities and strategies to pivot post Covid-19: Dato' Ng Wan Peng, Chief Operations Officer, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) [Slides]
- E-Commerce Development in China: Experience from TaoBao Villages: Xubei Luo, Senior Economist, the World Bank [Slides]
- Digital Financial Services to Small Vendors on e-Commerce Platforms in China: Ant Financials’ approach: Howard Mu, Senior Advisor, Digital Lending, Ant Financial
| May 19, 2020 |
Financial Stability | Borrower Relief Measures: Lessons for East Asia | Opening Remarks: Irina Astrakhan, Practice Manager, World Bank Speakers: - Non-Performing Assets (NPA) Identification and Measurement Frameworks in Asia: Implications for Policy under the Pandemic: Raihan Zamil, Senior Adviser, Financial Stability Institute, Bank for International Settlements (BIS) [Slides]
- Borrower Relief Measures in Europe and Central Asia: Miquel Dijkman, Lead Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank & Valeria Salomao Garcia, Senior Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank [Slides]
Discussant: Katia D’Hulster, Lead Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank | May 13, 2020 |
Sustainable Finance | Sovereign Social Bonds to fight the COVID-19 Crisis (with World Bank Treasury) | Opening Remarks: Dr Firas Raad, Country Manager, Malaysia World Bank Speaker: Farah Imrana Hussain, Senior Financial Officer, World Bank [Slides] | May 8, 2020 |
Firm Financing | Maintaining Firm Finance for Firms impacted by COVID-19: Perspectives for East Asia (with the World Bank Development Economics Research Group) | Opening Remarks: Alfonso Garcia Mora, Global Director, World Bank Group - Speakers:
The Impact of COVID-19 on Financial Markets: Ilhyock Shim, Head of Economics and Financial Markets for Asia and the Pacific Monetary and Economic Department (Bank for International Settlements) [Slides] - Financing Firms during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Sergio Schmukler, Lead Economist and Acting Research Manager (Development Research Group, World Bank) [Slides]
- COVID-19 and the Chinese Corporate Bond Market: Yi Huang, Associate Professor of International Economics (The Graduate Institute, Geneva) [Slides]
- Maintaining Financing for Firms: Perspectives from Singapore: Joseph Cherian, Practice Professor of Finance (National University of Singapore) [Slides]
| May 5, 2020 |
Payment Systems and Services | Digital Payments and Remittances in the times of COVID-19 | Moderator: Marco Nicoli: Senior Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank Speaker: Harish Natarajan, Lead Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank [Slides] | April 30, 2020 |
Sustainable Finance | Risk Transfer Solutions for Pandemic and Natural Disaster Risks (with World Bank Treasury) | Speakers: - Transferring Risk to Capital Markets: Naomi Cooney, Senior Financial Officer, World Bank Treasury
- World Bank Pandemic Bond: Rebeca Godoy, Senior Financial Officer, World Bank Treasury
Presentation Slides | April 15, 2020 |
Sustainable Finance | Environmental Information Disclosure by Financial Institutions and Green Bond Issuers (with the Sustainable Business Network and Tsinghua University) | Opening Remarks: - Dr Ma Jun, Chairman of China Green Finance Committee, Director of Research Center for Green Finance Development, Tsinghua University
- Vivek Pathak, Regional Director EAP, IFC
- Dr Firas Raad, Country Manager, Malaysia, World Bank
Speakers: - Arsalaan Oz Ahmed, CEO HSBC Amanah Malaysia
- Frederic Samama, Co-Head Institutional Clients Coverage, Amundi
- Dr Shi Zhengfang, Senior E&S Specialist, IFC
- Tan Ai Chin, MD, Senior Banker Client Coverage & Head of Global Investment Banking, OCBC Bank Malayia
- Crystal Geng, Principle ESG Expert, Ping An Group
- Sean Kidney, CEO Climate Bonds Initiative
- Francisco Avendano, Climate Operations Officer, IFC
Presentation Slides | April 2, 2020 |
