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June 18 and 19, 2008 - Please join the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco for our annual Asian banking and finance conference on The Changing Landscape: Asia’s Role in Global Finance.

The conference will assemble top bankers, policymakers, regulators and researchers from the United Sates and Asia for an in-depth look at the economic and financial outlook for Asia, focusing on issues and opportunities in the financial arena, new risks and risk management, and growth and profitability throughout the region.

For complete agenda and registration information, please visit our conference website.

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The Changing Landscape: Asia’s Role in Global Finance

June 18-19, 2008

Please join the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco for our annual Asian banking and finance conference on The Changing Landscape: Asia’s Role in Global Finance.

The conference will assemble top bankers, policymakers, regulators and researchers from the United Sates and Asia for an in-depth look at the economic and financial outlook for Asia, focusing on issues and opportunities in the financial arena, new risks and risk management, and growth and profitability throughout the region.

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Sovereign Wealth Funds: Stumbling Blocks or Stepping Stones to Financial Globalization?
by Joshua Aizenman and Reuven Glick, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

An overview of the debate about the expanding role of SWFs in international financial markets.

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Hong Kong SAR as a Financial Center for Asia: Trends and Implications
IMF Working Paper; Author(s): Cynthia Leung and Olaf Unteroberdoerster

Documenting Hong Kong SAR's evolving role as an international financial center in the Asia region, the importance of the growing special link with China as well as supply-side advantages, and outline the scope for future financial services growth.

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Country Analysis Unit
The Banking Supervision and Regulation department’s Country Analysis Unit closely analyzes Asian financial sector developments to support the Reserve Bank's oversight of the U.S. branches and subsidiaries of 22 Asian banks. Because conditions in home markets can affect these banks' abilities to support their U.S. operations, Reserve Bank staff monitor not only the financial strength of Asian parent banks, but also the quality of Asian bank regulatory systems and the potential impact of broader economic, political, and social trends.