Sovereign Credit Insights APAC Edition
June's Spotlight: Pakistan, Australia and India
- Behind the negative outlook on Pakistan’s B3 rating
- Update on Australia’s sovereign credit profile
- Revisiting growth and fiscal projections in India
Join Moody's analysts for an update on:
- Behind the negative outlook on Pakistan’s B3 rating
- Will Pakistan’s external position deteriorate further as global commodity prices remain elevated?
- How do political developments affect the country’s ability to secure external funding? - Update on Australia’s sovereign credit profile
- Can Australia sustain its recovery from the pandemic against slowing global growth?
- What are the prospects for fiscal consolidation, especially in light of the newly elected government?
- Revisiting growth and fiscal projections in India
- How have recent real GDP growth and inflation outturns changed Moody’s assessment of the economic outlook?
- What is the credit impact of the negative terms-of-trade shock from higher import prices?
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SpeakersChristian de Guzman Senior Vice President, Sovereign Risk Moody's Investors Service
Gene Fang Associate Managing Director, Sovereign Risk Moody's Investors Service
Martin Petch Vice President - Senior Credit Officer Moody's Investors Service
Grace Lim Analyst Moody's Investors Service
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Christian de Guzman is a Senior Vice President with Moody’s Sovereign and Sub-Sovereign Risk Group. Based in Singapore, he covers a portfolio of sovereigns and multilateral development banks in Asia Pacific, including Japan, India and a number of Southeast Asian credits, while also managing the team responsible for sub-sovereign ratings in Asia ex-China.
Christian joined Moody’s in 2009, after working as a Senior Economist for the Monetary Authority of Singapore, covering ASEAN economies. He has also held various positions with the Research Department at the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC, and Procter & Gamble in Singapore.
Christian was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate in Economics and Political Science at the University of Georgia and received his M.A. in International Economics and Southeast Asian Studies from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.
Gene Fang is an Associate Managing Director in the Sovereign and sub-sovereign Ratings Group in Asia. Based in Singapore, he manages the teams responsible for sovereign credit ratings in the Asia Pacific region and credit research on Chinese regional- and local governments.
Before joining Moody’s, Gene worked as an investment banker, covering financial institutions for J.P. Morgan and Citigroup in Hong Kong and Singapore. In this role, he managed client relationships across Asia and advised on debt, equity, and M&A transactions. Gene graduated from Columbia University in political science. He also holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Master in Public Policy from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.
Martin Petch is a Vice President – Senior Credit Officer with Moody’s SovereignRisk Group. Based in Singapore, he covers a portfolio of sovereign credits in the Asia Pacific region – including China, Australia, Hong Kong - as well as credits in Central Asia and the Caucasus.
Martin joined Moody’s in 2017, after working as the Manager of Economic Analysis and Research with BHP Billiton covering its key commodity markets, China, Japan and India, economies in the South East Asian region, and the major advanced economies. Martin also held various positions with the Australian Commonwealth Treasury,the Commonwealth Bank and the Australian Industry Group. Martin was a graduate in Economics from the University of Western Australia
Grace Lim is an Analyst with Moody’s Sovereign Risk Group. Based in Singapore, Grace covers a portfolio of sovereign credits and multilateral development banks in Asia Pacific.
Before joining Moody’s in 2021, Grace was a Senior Economist at the Monetary Authority of Singapore, where she led the economic analysis for the US, Eurozone and some ASEAN economies. Prior to that, Grace was a policy analyst in the central bank working on banking regulatory frame works.
Grace holds a Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) in Mathematics and Economics from the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.