ESG in Credit: Social Risk Summit
Agenda | アジェンダ
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10:05
How social risk factors have impacted credit: A 2020 recap
- What are key social risk factors and how can they affect creditworthiness?
- What 2020 rating actions took place and what were the associated social risk considerations?
- What are the public and private sector approaches to mitigating these risks?
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10:30
Demographics, inequality, and health: A market perspective on social risks in APAC
- What social risks are most material to credit in the next 3-5 years, and what are the biggest opportunities?
- How do investors integrate social risks in portfolio management?
- What is needed in terms of market infrastructure to support greater social bond issuance in APAC?
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11:30
Closing
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ソーシャルリスク要因がどのように信用評価に影響したか:2020年の概括
- 主なソーシャルリスクとそれが信用力にどう影響しうるかを検討
- 2020年の格付アクションとそれに関連するソーシャルリスク要因を考察
ソーシャルリスク軽減に向けた公的セクターと民間セクターによるアプローチの概要を説明
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人口動態、不平等、健康:アジア太平洋地域のソーシャルリスクに対する市場の見方
- 今後3-5年の信用評価に最も重要となるソーシャルリスクは?また最も大きな機会は?
- 投資家はソーシャルリスクをどのようにポートフォリオ管理に織り込んでいるか
アジア太平洋地域のソーシャルボンド発行を促進するには、どのような市場インフラが必要か
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閉会
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James Leaton is a SVP - Environment, Social & Governance. In this capacity, James leads the development of carbon transition analysis of companies in high impact sectors. James brings expertise across environmental issues, especially climate change risk, which he applies to the integration of environmental risk into credit analysis.
Prior to joining Moody’s. James was previously Research Director at Carbon Tracker - a boutique research house - where he led a team producing thematic energy research combining elements of climate change scenarios with financial analysis. James was lead author of a series of research which sparked investor interest in the concept of stranded assets, and led to a number of investor initiatives on carbon asset risk. James also advised blue-chip clients on climate change and sustainability strategy whilst a consultant at PwC and was a senior policy advisor at WWF, focusing on the biodiversity impact of extractive industries.
James holds a Masters degree in Environmental Technology from Imperial College, University of London.
Robard Williams is a Senior Vice President in Moody’s Credit Strategy and Standards Group, where he conducts research on a variety of areas – ranging from technology &innovation to demographics & financial services – that have the potential to influence creditworthiness across sectors and geographies. Robard joined Moody’s in 2012 as a Vice President in the Global Financial Institutions Group Research Team, with responsibility for monitoring and analyzing financial market developments that impact the creditworthiness of Moody’s-rated banks and securities firms. Prior to joining Moody’s, Robard spent 12 years at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where he worked in the Bank Supervision Group, managing a team with responsibility for identifying emergent risks to financial system stability. Robard holds a Master’s Degree in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University and bachelor’s degree from Haverford College, Pennsylvania. |
Swami Venkataraman, CFA, is an Associate Managing Director in Moody’s Environmental, Social and Governance group. He manages a team of analysts responsible for the development of ESG analytic tools, assessments and the integration of ESG considerations into Moody’s credit ratings and research. He is the primary spokesperson for Moody’s Investors Service on ESG and sustainable finance with regulators and investors. Before moving to the ESG team, Swami was a lead analyst in the North American utilities and infrastructure team, with rating committee chair responsibilities. Prior to Moody’s, he was a project and export finance banker with Standard Chartered bank in Asia.
Swami has broad credit and banking expertise in the power, clean energy and infrastructure sectors over the past 20 years. He has worked in New York, San Francisco, London, Mumbai and Mexico City. Swami is a CFA charter holder, with a B.Tech in Electronics Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras and an M.B.A. in finance from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM),Calcutta.
Sally Yim is a Managing Director in the Financial Institutions Group. Based in Hong Kong SAR, China, Sally is the Head of APAC Financial Institutions, responsible for Moody’s analytical teams covering ratings and research on APAC banks, insurance companies, and non-bank financial institutions such as securities and leasing companies. She is also a co-head of Moody’s Global Banking and Global Insurance & Asset Management rating franchises. In addition, Sally leads the Global Financial Institutions Group’s Environment, Social & Governance (ESG) efforts.
Sally joined Moody’s in February 2005 as an Associate Analyst in New York, covering property & casualty insurers. She transferred to Hong Kong in 2006 and completed a short stint in the Corporate Finance Group, supporting analysts in the
oil & gas, petrochemical and steel sectors. Sally rejoined the Financial Institutions Group as an Analyst in January 2007. Since then, Sally has covered various Asian financial institutions, including insurance companies, banks and securities firms and subsequently, became a manager overseeing various teams covering the ratings and research of Greater China and Korean financial institutions.
Prior to joining Moody’s, Sally worked as a Senior Auditor at Ernst & Young LLP in New York, specializing in private and public insurers. She also worked at Ernst & Young’s National Professional Practice, where she focused on technical accounting research, while assisting in accounting consultations.
Sally holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Accounting from the University of Michigan. She is a CFA charterholder and also a Certified Public Accountant.
Based in Singapore, Eric is responsible for setting the ESG research, integration, and active ownership agenda in Asia. In his role, Eric leads a team to research and manage investment risks and opportunities related to the sustainability strategies of companies in the region. Eric also works with Asian based portfolio managers on evaluating ESG exposures at a portfolio level. His team also develops methodologies for dedicated sustainable funds and represents Manulife IM’s ESG capabilities among the regional investment community. He chairs the Physical Risk and Resilience Working Group of the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) and is a member of the Investment Leaders Working Group of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL).
Prior to joining Manulife Investment Management, Eric led the Sustainable Finance initiatives for Asia-Pacific at S&P Global where he helped to develop and launch the ESG Evaluation Framework. He worked closely with analysts across the region to evaluate ESG exposures in corporate and infrastructure entities. Before joining the Sustainable Finance team, he covered various sectors as a credit ratings analyst at S&P in both the United States and Asia. Preceding S&P, Eric worked on an equity portfolio at Barclay’s PLC in New York, and on the special situations desk of the boutique investment bank StormHarbour Partners LP.
Eric holds a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Colgate University. He is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Society of Singapore.
Dr. Shu Tian is an Economist at the Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department (ERCD) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Prior to joining ADB, she was an Associate Professor of Finance at Fudan University in China. Her main working area is financial sector development and sustainable finance. Dr. Tian works in the teams that produce ADB’s flagship reports Asian Development Outlook and Asia Bond Monitor. Her team also works on bond market development in the ASEAN+3 economies under the Asian Bond Markets Initiative and maintains the AsianBondsOnline, an online information platform for ASEAN+3 bond markets.
Dan Chi is the Asian Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Specialist at Schroders. Based in Singapore, she supports the company's ESG integration and policy engagement on ESG in APAC. In addition, Ms. Wong serves as the Vice-Chair of the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC). She is also an Adjunct Faculty at Singapore Management University, teaching sustainability at postgraduate level.
Dan Chi has specialized in ESG in Asia since 2010,when ESG was in its nascent stages regionally. She received training at the United Nations University on global change and sustainability by leading practitioners from institutions such as The World Bank and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). She started her career at KPMG before joining a dedicated sustainability consultancy, where she worked with corporates and investors on integrating sustainability into strategic decisions. Prior to joining Schroders, she served as the global ESG specialist for one of the largest asset managers headquartered in Asia.
Dan Chi majored in Accountancy and Environmental Economics for her Bachelor's and Master's degree respectively. She is also a Chartered Accountant.
James Leaton is a SVP - Environment, Social & Governance. In this capacity, James leads the development of carbon transition analysis of companies in high impact sectors. James brings expertise across environmental issues, especially climate change risk, which he applies to the integration of environmental risk into credit analysis.
Prior to joining Moody’s. James was previously Research Director at Carbon Tracker - a boutique research house - where he led a team producing thematic energy research combining elements of climate change scenarios with financial analysis. James was lead author of a series of research which sparked investor interest in the concept of stranded assets, and led to a number of investor initiatives on carbon asset risk. James also advised blue-chip clients on climate change and sustainability strategy whilst a consultant at PwC and was a senior policy advisor at WWF, focusing on the biodiversity impact of extractive industries.
James holds a Masters degree in Environmental Technology from Imperial College, University of London.
Robard Williams is a Senior Vice President in Moody’s Credit Strategy and Standards Group, where he conducts research on a variety of areas – ranging from technology &innovation to demographics & financial services – that have the potential to influence creditworthiness across sectors and geographies. Robard joined Moody’s in 2012 as a Vice President in the Global Financial Institutions Group Research Team, with responsibility for monitoring and analyzing financial market developments that impact the creditworthiness of Moody’s-rated banks and securities firms. Prior to joining Moody’s, Robard spent 12 years at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where he worked in the Bank Supervision Group, managing a team with responsibility for identifying emergent risks to financial system stability. Robard holds a Master’s Degree in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University and bachelor’s degree from Haverford College, Pennsylvania. |
Sally Yim is a Managing Director in the Financial Institutions Group. Based in Hong Kong SAR, China, Sally is the Head of APAC Financial Institutions, responsible for Moody’s analytical teams covering ratings and research on APAC banks, insurance companies, and non-bank financial institutions such as securities and leasing companies. She is also a co-head of Moody’s Global Banking and Global Insurance & Asset Management rating franchises. In addition, Sally leads the Global Financial Institutions Group’s Environment, Social & Governance (ESG) efforts.
Sally joined Moody’s in February 2005 as an Associate Analyst in New York, covering property & casualty insurers. She transferred to Hong Kong in 2006 and completed a short stint in the Corporate Finance Group, supporting analysts in the
oil & gas, petrochemical and steel sectors. Sally rejoined the Financial Institutions Group as an Analyst in January 2007. Since then, Sally has covered various Asian financial institutions, including insurance companies, banks and securities firms and subsequently, became a manager overseeing various teams covering the ratings and research of Greater China and Korean financial institutions.
Prior to joining Moody’s, Sally worked as a Senior Auditor at Ernst & Young LLP in New York, specializing in private and public insurers. She also worked at Ernst & Young’s National Professional Practice, where she focused on technical accounting research, while assisting in accounting consultations.
Sally holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Accounting from the University of Michigan. She is a CFA charterholder and also a Certified Public Accountant.
Based in Singapore, Eric is responsible for setting the ESG research, integration, and active ownership agenda in Asia. In his role, Eric leads a team to research and manage investment risks and opportunities related to the sustainability strategies of companies in the region. Eric also works with Asian based portfolio managers on evaluating ESG exposures at a portfolio level. His team also develops methodologies for dedicated sustainable funds and represents Manulife IM’s ESG capabilities among the regional investment community. He chairs the Physical Risk and Resilience Working Group of the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) and is a member of the Investment Leaders Working Group of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL).
Prior to joining Manulife Investment Management, Eric led the Sustainable Finance initiatives for Asia-Pacific at S&P Global where he helped to develop and launch the ESG Evaluation Framework. He worked closely with analysts across the region to evaluate ESG exposures in corporate and infrastructure entities. Before joining the Sustainable Finance team, he covered various sectors as a credit ratings analyst at S&P in both the United States and Asia. Preceding S&P, Eric worked on an equity portfolio at Barclay’s PLC in New York, and on the special situations desk of the boutique investment bank StormHarbour Partners LP.
Eric holds a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Colgate University. He is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Society of Singapore.
Dr. Shu Tian is an Economist at the Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department (ERCD) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Prior to joining ADB, she was an Associate Professor of Finance at Fudan University in China. Her main working area is financial sector development and sustainable finance. Dr. Tian works in the teams that produce ADB’s flagship reports Asian Development Outlook and Asia Bond Monitor. Her team also works on bond market development in the ASEAN+3 economies under the Asian Bond Markets Initiative and maintains the AsianBondsOnline, an online information platform for ASEAN+3 bond markets.
Dan Chi is the Asian Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Specialist at Schroders. Based in Singapore, she supports the company's ESG integration and policy engagement on ESG in APAC. In addition, Ms. Wong serves as the Vice-Chair of the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC). She is also an Adjunct Faculty at Singapore Management University, teaching sustainability at postgraduate level.
Dan Chi has specialized in ESG in Asia since 2010,when ESG was in its nascent stages regionally. She received training at the United Nations University on global change and sustainability by leading practitioners from institutions such as The World Bank and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). She started her career at KPMG before joining a dedicated sustainability consultancy, where she worked with corporates and investors on integrating sustainability into strategic decisions. Prior to joining Schroders, she served as the global ESG specialist for one of the largest asset managers headquartered in Asia.
Dan Chi majored in Accountancy and Environmental Economics for her Bachelor's and Master's degree respectively. She is also a Chartered Accountant.
Robard Williams is a Senior Vice President in Moody’s Credit Strategy and Standards Group, where he conducts research on a variety of areas – ranging from technology &innovation to demographics & financial services – that have the potential to influence creditworthiness across sectors and geographies. Robard joined Moody’s in 2012 as a Vice President in the Global Financial Institutions Group Research Team, with responsibility for monitoring and analyzing financial market developments that impact the creditworthiness of Moody’s-rated banks and securities firms. Prior to joining Moody’s, Robard spent 12 years at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where he worked in the Bank Supervision Group, managing a team with responsibility for identifying emergent risks to financial system stability. Robard holds a Master’s Degree in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University and bachelor’s degree from Haverford College, Pennsylvania. |
Swami Venkataraman, CFA, is an Associate Managing Director in Moody’s Environmental, Social and Governance group. He manages a team of analysts responsible for the development of ESG analytic tools, assessments and the integration of ESG considerations into Moody’s credit ratings and research. He is the primary spokesperson for Moody’s Investors Service on ESG and sustainable finance with regulators and investors. Before moving to the ESG team, Swami was a lead analyst in the North American utilities and infrastructure team, with rating committee chair responsibilities. Prior to Moody’s, he was a project and export finance banker with Standard Chartered bank in Asia.
Swami has broad credit and banking expertise in the power, clean energy and infrastructure sectors over the past 20 years. He has worked in New York, San Francisco, London, Mumbai and Mexico City. Swami is a CFA charter holder, with a B.Tech in Electronics Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras and an M.B.A. in finance from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM),Calcutta.
Sally Yim is a Managing Director in the Financial Institutions Group. Based in Hong Kong SAR, China, Sally is the Head of APAC Financial Institutions, responsible for Moody’s analytical teams covering ratings and research on APAC banks, insurance companies, and non-bank financial institutions such as securities and leasing companies. She is also a co-head of Moody’s Global Banking and Global Insurance & Asset Management rating franchises. In addition, Sally leads the Global Financial Institutions Group’s Environment, Social & Governance (ESG) efforts.
Sally joined Moody’s in February 2005 as an Associate Analyst in New York, covering property & casualty insurers. She transferred to Hong Kong in 2006 and completed a short stint in the Corporate Finance Group, supporting analysts in the
oil & gas, petrochemical and steel sectors. Sally rejoined the Financial Institutions Group as an Analyst in January 2007. Since then, Sally has covered various Asian financial institutions, including insurance companies, banks and securities firms and subsequently, became a manager overseeing various teams covering the ratings and research of Greater China and Korean financial institutions.
Prior to joining Moody’s, Sally worked as a Senior Auditor at Ernst & Young LLP in New York, specializing in private and public insurers. She also worked at Ernst & Young’s National Professional Practice, where she focused on technical accounting research, while assisting in accounting consultations.
Sally holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Accounting from the University of Michigan. She is a CFA charterholder and also a Certified Public Accountant.
Based in Singapore, Eric is responsible for setting the ESG research, integration, and active ownership agenda in Asia. In his role, Eric leads a team to research and manage investment risks and opportunities related to the sustainability strategies of companies in the region. Eric also works with Asian based portfolio managers on evaluating ESG exposures at a portfolio level. His team also develops methodologies for dedicated sustainable funds and represents Manulife IM’s ESG capabilities among the regional investment community. He chairs the Physical Risk and Resilience Working Group of the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) and is a member of the Investment Leaders Working Group of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL).
Prior to joining Manulife Investment Management, Eric led the Sustainable Finance initiatives for Asia-Pacific at S&P Global where he helped to develop and launch the ESG Evaluation Framework. He worked closely with analysts across the region to evaluate ESG exposures in corporate and infrastructure entities. Before joining the Sustainable Finance team, he covered various sectors as a credit ratings analyst at S&P in both the United States and Asia. Preceding S&P, Eric worked on an equity portfolio at Barclay’s PLC in New York, and on the special situations desk of the boutique investment bank StormHarbour Partners LP.
Eric holds a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Colgate University. He is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Society of Singapore.
Dr. Shu Tian is an Economist at the Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department (ERCD) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Prior to joining ADB, she was an Associate Professor of Finance at Fudan University in China. Her main working area is financial sector development and sustainable finance. Dr. Tian works in the teams that produce ADB’s flagship reports Asian Development Outlook and Asia Bond Monitor. Her team also works on bond market development in the ASEAN+3 economies under the Asian Bond Markets Initiative and maintains the AsianBondsOnline, an online information platform for ASEAN+3 bond markets.
James Leaton is a SVP - Environment, Social & Governance. In this capacity, James leads the development of carbon transition analysis of companies in high impact sectors. James brings expertise across environmental issues, especially climate change risk, which he applies to the integration of environmental risk into credit analysis.
Prior to joining Moody’s. James was previously Research Director at Carbon Tracker - a boutique research house - where he led a team producing thematic energy research combining elements of climate change scenarios with financial analysis. James was lead author of a series of research which sparked investor interest in the concept of stranded assets, and led to a number of investor initiatives on carbon asset risk. James also advised blue-chip clients on climate change and sustainability strategy whilst a consultant at PwC and was a senior policy advisor at WWF, focusing on the biodiversity impact of extractive industries.
James holds a Masters degree in Environmental Technology from Imperial College, University of London.
Juliette Macresy is Senior Director, Head of Asia sales at Moody’s ESG Solutions. She worked at VE since 1997 based in Hong Kong. As the Head of Greater China and South East Asian markets, she covered the region for both investors and issuers on sustainable finance transactions and its derivatives. In September 2020 she became a member of the Executive Committee of VE and took the global responsibility of the issuer team expanding MESG footprint in the sustainable finance markets in key regions North America, LATAM, EMEA and APAC.
In 2021, Juliette has won the award for ‘Excellence in Sustainability’ at Women in Finance Asia Awards. The ceremony’s judging panel recognized Juliette as a driving force for the APAC region’s sustainability agenda, commending her work in bringing greater transparency to green, social and sustainability bond markets and advancing diversity in the financial services sector.
Holding a Master’s degree in Banking and Finance from Dauphine University (France), Juliette has been working in financial markets in London and Paris for almost twenty years. She started her career in major French banks as a credit analyst before joining Moody’s Investors Services in London as a credit analyst. Then, she moved to fixed income positions within Natixis in Paris and Hong Kong.
Juliette is a CFA charter holder since 2003.
Dan Chi is the Asian Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Specialist at Schroders. Based in Singapore, she supports the company's ESG integration and policy engagement on ESG in APAC. In addition, Ms. Wong serves as the Vice-Chair of the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC). She is also an Adjunct Faculty at Singapore Management University, teaching sustainability at postgraduate level.
Dan Chi has specialized in ESG in Asia since 2010,when ESG was in its nascent stages regionally. She received training at the United Nations University on global change and sustainability by leading practitioners from institutions such as The World Bank and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). She started her career at KPMG before joining a dedicated sustainability consultancy, where she worked with corporates and investors on integrating sustainability into strategic decisions. Prior to joining Schroders, she served as the global ESG specialist for one of the largest asset managers headquartered in Asia.
Dan Chi majored in Accountancy and Environmental Economics for her Bachelor's and Master's degree respectively. She is also a Chartered Accountant.