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BS&R’s Country Analysis Unit (CAU) manages the Asia Program, which focuses on issues important to banking in Asia and the Pacific Rim. Asia Program activities are designed to share information on issues and developments in Asian financial sectors with business and community leaders in the 12th Federal Reserve District and more broadly and support the Reserve Bank’s supervisory oversight of Asian foreign banking organizations operating in the U.S. Program events include conferences and seminars; engagement by BS&R staff with the financial and regulatory community through presentations, speeches, and training; written analyses and briefings; and publication of Asia Focus. Annually, CAU prepares a summary of activities and events throughout the year.
For more information on these events, please contact Chris Sigur. |
| Upcoming Events |
| January 8-9, 2013 |
Asia Financial Forum in Los Angeles and San Francisco
on “What's Next in Asia? Ten Things You Might Not Be Expecting in 2013" featuring David Hale and Lyric Hughes Hale.
To register and for event details, please click here. |
| Previous Events |
| December 5-6, 2012 |
Asia Financial Forum in Seattle and Los Angeles
on "China in 2013: Domestic Developments and Global Implications" featuring David Loevinger, Managing Director, Emerging Markets Group, TCW.
Click here to download the slides (PDF, 3 mb) |
| November 2, 2012 |
Asia Financial Forum in San Francisco
on "Shaken by Europe, Stirred by China: Asian Economic Prospects for 2013 and beyond" featuring Frederic Neumann, Co-Head Asian Economic Research, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited.
Click here for more details on the event. |
| June 11 – 12, 2012 |
Conference on Asian Banking and Finance in San Francisco on “Challenges in Global Finance: The Role of Asia.”
Click here for copies of the presentation material and video recordings of the conference proceedings. |
| May 15, 2012 |
Asia Financial Forum in San Francisco
on "Pitfalls, Perils and Possibilities of Investing in Asia — A Fund Manager’s Perspective" featuring Teresa Kong, Portfolio Manager, Matthews International Capital Management, LLC
Click here to view the video
Click here to download the slides (PDF, 995 kb) |
March 28, 2012
(San Francisco)
March 27, 2012
(Seattle)
March 26, 2012
(Los Angeles) |
Sustaining Economic Growth in China
Nicholas Lardy, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics, spoke at Asia Financial Forum programs in three cities on his new book, Sustaining China's Economic Growth After the Global Financial Crisis.
Click here to view the video
Click here to download the slides |
| September 8-9, 2011 |
Symposium on Asian Banking and Finance in San Francisco on “Asian Financial Institutions: Risk Management in a Global Environment” featuring Mohamed El-Erian, Chief Executive Officer, PIMCO. Click here for copies of the presentation material and audio recordings of the conference proceedings. |
| March 15, 2011 |
Asia Financial Forum in San Francisco
on "Asian Economic Prospects for 2011 and Beyond" featuring Frederic Neumann, Managing Director, Co-Head of Asian Economics Research, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited. Click here to access the registration flyer. |
| March 8, 2011 |
Asia Financial Forum in San Francisco
on “Corporate Governance Reforms in Japan: 2010 and Beyond” featuring Hiroshi Komori Head of the IR Consulting Group, The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. Cosponsored with the Japan Society of Northern California. |
| June 7 - 8, 2010 |
Global Recovery: Asia and the New Financial Landscape:
June 7 and 8, 2010. Speakers included The Honorable Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Minister for Finance, Singapore; Dr. Stephen Roach, Chairman, Morgan Stanley Asia; Atsushi Saito, President and CEO, Tokyo Stock Exchange; Piyush Gupta, CEO, DBS Bank. Click here for copies of the presentation material and audio recordings of the conference proceedings. |
| June 14, 2010 |
Asia Financial Forum in San Francisco on "Institutions for Asian Regionalism: Enhancing Cooperation and Integration in Asia and the Pacific", featuring Barry Eichengreen, George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee, Professor of Economics and Political Science, UC Berkeley and Srinivasa Madhur, Senior Director, Office of Regional Economic Integration, Asian Development Bank.
Institutions for Asian Integration: Toward an Asian Economic Community
(A Backgrounder)
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| March 19, 2010 |
Asia Financial Forum in San Francisco on “Japan's Banks Today: Strengths & Weaknesses”
featuring Reiko Toritani, Senior Director, Financial Institutions, Fitch Ratings
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| December 2, 2009 |
Asia Financial Forum Breakfast in Seattle on "Recovery from the Crisis: A Closer Look at China and Hong Kong" : featuring Galina Hale, Economist, FRBSF and Cindy Marks, Senior Financial Analyst, FRBSF and Walter Yao, Senior Manager, FRBSF.
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| October 21, 2009 |
Asia Financial Forum in San Franciso
featuring Robert Feldman, Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Securities Japan, and Director, Economic Research Department. |
| August 7, 2009 |
AFTER THE CRISIS: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN JAPAN  : The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco was pleased to partner with the Japan Society of Northern California as a co-sponsor of the Japan Society’s third international conference on corporate governance in Japan. |
| June 25, 2009 |
Asia Symposium 2009: Asian Banking in Challenging Times: This half-day symposium took an in-depth look at how Asia has been affected by the global economic and financial crisis. To access video and presentations from the symposium, click here. |
| April 30, 2009 |
Asia Financial Forum in San Francisco
featuring John Tsang, Hong Kong Financial Secretary. |
| February 4, 2009 |
Asia Financial Forum Lunch in San Francisco featuring Yoshifumi Nakajima, Executive Officer, IR Japan. For registration, email Susan Parini (sparini@usajapan.org) or call 415-986-4383 |
| January 16, 2009 |
Asia Financial Forum Lunch in San Francisco on The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on the US-Asian Economic Outlook.
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