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Asia's Financial Markets
Through a New Light:
Lessons From the US Corporate Governance Crisis
Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue, New York City
Half-Day Seminar - September 25, 2002, 8:30 am -- 12:15 pm
With institutional investors edgy in the wake of recent corporate meltdowns, and with the recent decision by a major US pension manager to pull out of several Asian markets because of inadequate corporate governance and transparency, Asian markets have become quite focused on what it will now take to continue to attract institutional money. Have the criteria for investing in the Asian markets changed? Which emerging markets in Asia are making the most headway in corporate governance? What can Asia learn from the recent corporate calamities in the US? What can the US learn from Asia's efforts to reform its own financial markets?
Organized in collaboration with the Pacific Pension Institute and sponsored by Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, this half-day seminar will aim to attract an audience of 100 institutional investors, including fund managers, pension managers, and insurance company executives, as well as senior representatives of law, accounting and consulting firms. The conference will be on the record and press will be invited.
Program Agenda*
8:30 Conference Registration/Continental Breakfast
9:00 Welcome Remarks
9:05 Keynote Address and Q&A: Ensuring Integrity in Global Markets
William D. Crist, President, Board of Administration, CalPERS; Chairman, Pacific Pension Institute
9:40 Has the Criteria for Investing in Asia's Markets Changed?
John Clay, Chairman Emeritus, Clay Finlay (invited)
Ernest Napier, Managing Director, Standard & Poor's Corp.
Will Kaffenberger, Chief Executive Officer, AIG Asian Infrastructure Fund II
Moderator: Larry Ingrassia, Money & Investing Editor, The Wall Street Journal
10:50 Coffee Break
11:05 What Can the US and Asia Learn From Each Other's Reform Efforts?
Georges Ugeux, Executive Vice President, International, New York Stock Exchange
Ambassador Linda Tsao Yang, Chairman, Asian Corporate Governance Association
John Pritchard, Vice Chairman, Pillsbury Winthrop
Moderator: Larry Ingrassia, Money & Investing Editor, The Wall Street Journal
12:15 Conference Concludes
* Agenda subject to change.
Co-organized by:
PACIFIC PENSION
INSTITUTE
Sponsored by:
 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. is proud to be the sponsor of the 2002 Asia Society New York Business Programs.
For press information, contact:
Elaine Merguerian
Tel: 212-327-9313
Email: elainem@asiasoc.org
To register (credit card orders only), contact:
Asia Society Box Office
Tel: 212-327-9276 (M-F 10am to 5pm)
Fax: 212-517-8315
Email: boxoffice@asiasoc.org
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