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Sep 27 (Fri) 2024
15:30 - 18:10 JST /
14:30 – 17:10 SGT
Zoom Seminar (Eng)

You are cordially invited to register for Daiwa’s ESG online conference on 27th September 2024, 15:30-17:10 JST.

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Daiwa’s ESG Conference debuted in 2021

We aim to provide an open platform for capital market participants to share insights, ambitions as well as challenges related to their ESG bonds investment journeys.

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Around 200 attendees from diverse sectors, including corporates, financial institutions, and sovereigns

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Attendees from over 10 countries across key regions including EMEA

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Various ESG experts from renowned organizations each sharing unique perspectives

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2-3 hours of sharp, succinct discussions insight with unique focus on Asian/ Japanese ESG capital markets

Conference Date : 27th September 2024

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Opening Remarks

15:30 - 15:40 JST /
14:30 - 14:40 SGT

(Session will be conducted in English)

What Japan’s Financial Markets can Offer to Just Energy Transition in Asia?

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Mr. Hiroshi Nakaso

Chairman of the Institute, Daiwa Institute of Research

Session 1

15:45 - 16:30 JST /
14:45 - 15:30 SGT

(Session will be conducted in English)

JICA’s approach to Social & Sustainability Bond

Japan’s Contribution to Asia’s Developing Economies

  • Thematic bonds as pure GSS issuer
  • JICA’s efforts to achieve the SDGs
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Mr. Shu Kitamura

Senior Director
Budget for Finance and Investment Account, and Capital Markets Division, Treasury, Finance and Accounting Department
Japan International Cooperation Company

Session 2

16:35 - 17:20 JST /
15:35 - 16:20 SGT

(Session will be conducted in English)

Charting Sustainable Paths: Philippines’ Finance Framework and Bond Innovations

The Philippines’ Path Towards a Transition Economy

  • Philippine’s current status related to ESG bonds
  • The Philippines’ future ambition for transition
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MS. Sharon P. Almanza

National Treasurer of the Philippines

Bureau of the Treasury

Republic of the Philippines

Session 3

17:25 - 18:10 JST /
16:25 - 17:10 SGT

(Session will be conducted in English)

 
 
 

WPU Bonds: Solving Foreign Currency Risk in Energy Transition Investment

WPU Bonds Discussed at 3rd ABAC Meeting in Tokyo

  • Characteristics and attractions of WPU bonds
  • Future outlook for WPU bonds in Asian developing economies
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Ms. Jolanta Wysocka

CEO, Mountain Pacific Group, US

Mr. Ron Liesching

Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, Mountain Pacific Group, US

Mr. Robert Dohner

Senior Advisor, Mountain Pacific Group, US

Moderated by

Mr. Shunichi Ashida

Director, Sustainability Solutions Department

Daiwa Securities Co.Ltd.

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Mr. Hiroshi Nakaso

Daiwa Institute of Research

1978 Joined the Bank of Japan

1997 Director, Head of Financial System Division,

2003 Director-General, Financial Markets Department

2008 Executive Director

2013 Deputy Governor

2018 Completed his term as Deputy Governor

2018 Chairman of Daiwa Institute of Research. Ltd.

2019 Chairman of FinCity. Tokyo (The Organization of Global Financial City Tokyo)

2021 ABAC Member (Japan)

2021 Member of the Investment Advisory Committee of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) (Chairman since November 2021)

2023 Chairman of FTF (Finance Task Force), one of ABAC’s Task Force

2024 Chairman of FITF (Finance & Investment Task Force), one of ABAC’s Task Force

Mr. Shu Kitamura

Senior Director,

Budget for Finance and Investment Account, and Capital Market Division

Treasury, Finance and Accounting Department

JICA, Japan

Mr. Kitamura currently heads the Finance Division managing funds for ODA Loans and Private Sector Investment Account. He joined JICA (formerly JBIC) in 2001, and has a background in corporate / project finance, credit risk management and project administration of ODA projects. Prior to the current position, he experienced director of macroeconomic analysis division, director of investment and credit division, and deputy chief representative of JICA Vietnam Office.

MS. SHARON P. ALMANZA

Ms. Sharon P. Almanza

National Treasurer of the Philippines

Bureau of the Treasury

Republic of the Philippines

MS. SHARON P. ALMANZA is a Career Executive Service Officer I| and currently the Treasurer of the Philippines of the Bureau of the Treasury, an attached agency of the Department of Finance.

Before assuming her current role, she served as the Officer-in-Charge of the Bureau of the Treasury. Preceding this position, she held the title of Deputy Treasurer of the Philippines wherein she headed the Accounting Service, Research and Regional Operations, and Asset Management Service. She was seconded to the World Bank Group (WBG) from 2021 to 2023 as the Alternate Executive Director and Senior Advisor for the Constituency of Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama, Philippines, Suriname, and Trinidad & Tobago. She also held various positions at the Department of Finance as the Chief of the Debt and Risk Management Division (DRMD) of the International Finance Group and Officer-in-Charge of the Multilateral Assistance Division.

Ms. Jolanta Wysocka

CEO, Mountain Pacific Group,

LLC, United States

 

Jolanta Wysocka is co-founder and Chief Executive of Mountain Pacific Group. MPG is a Seattle based investment firm which, after wide discussions, including with major Central Banks, developed the World Parity Unit currency basket working with FTSE-Russell. The need for a global currency basket came out of work with global institutional investors in the US, Japan, Australia and elsewhere. She is a member of The Bretton Woods Committee. Jolanta’s has managed global and emerging market portfolios for over 30 years.  Prior to MPG, she worked with global institutional investors as a strategist at Russell Investments. In that role, she supported the CEO, Michael Phillips, in his role as US ABAC presentative. She holds an MS in Computer Science from the University of Zielona Gora, Poland.

Mr. Ron Liesching

Chairman and

Chief Investment Officer,

Mountain Pacific Group, US

 

Ron Liesching is a Co-founder and serves as Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Mountain Pacific Group. He was a co-founder of Pareto Partners which was founded in 1991. As the chief research officer and Chief Investment Officer he was the architect of the firm’s currency strategy. Ron was a key person in building Pareto’s business which, at the time of Ron’s departure, managed $55 billion. Ron co-invented commodity swaps. He was a founding member of the DJ-UBS commodity index committee and is author of the CFA publication on commodity investing for institutions. He holds a BA in Mathematics and Economics (Hon) from Lancaster University.

Mr. Robert Dohner

Senior Advisor,

Mountain Pacific Group, US

Robert Dohner is a senior international economics professional with three decades of experience in macroeconomic, financial, and regulatory issues.  He is now a Non-resident Senior Fellow in the Indo-Pacific Security Initiative at the Atlantic Council, a consultant to the Mountain Pacific Group in Seattle and a columnist for the Korea Business Herald’s Insight Collection.  He was previously the Chief Economist for International Affairs at the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Prior to that, as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia, he led Treasury’s work on Asia from 2005 to 2016. He helped create and manage the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) and its successor, the S&ED, in which he negotiated Chinese commitments on exchange rate policy, macroeconomic policy, and financial services. From 1997 to 2002, he was Treasury’s representative in Tokyo, directing an office that was instrumental in shaping U.S. policy towards Japan during its financial reform, banking crisis, and prolonged recession.  He also shaped Treasury’s discussions with Japanese authorities during the implementation of Big Bang financial liberalization, on issues that included securities investor protection, the modification of firewall rules to allow global risk management, and the introduction of the FSA no-action letter process.

Before joining Treasury, Dohner worked at the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, the OECD, and the Department of State.  He has a Ph.D. in economics from M.I.T. and a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University.

Mr. Shunichi Ashida

Director,

Sustainability Solutions Department

Daiwa Securities Co.Ltd.

Shunichi Ashida joined Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. in 2014 and worked in Equity Research Department for about 7 years.

The main role was the equity strategist conducting quantitative analysis and presenting investment strategies to institutional investors focusing on Japanese equity market. He also spearhead the initiative to include an ESG lens in all Daiwa analysis reports by collaborating with Sustainalytics.

In Autumn 2022, he enrolled ESADE business school in Barcelona, Spain as a Full-time MBA student sponsored by Daiwa and then specialized in Social Impact area.

After graduating from ESADE in Spring 2024, he joined the Sustainability Solutions Department. He holds BSc and MSc in Financial Engineering at Keio University.