COMPLIMENTARY EVENT FROM IFR ASIA
IFR Asia & LSEG LPC ESG Bond & Loan Financing Roundtables will take place in Singapore on the afternoon of Tuesday June 24, 2025.
The event is free to attend and will convene two panels of expert industry leaders to discuss the latest trends, challenges, opportunities and outlook for ESG issuance across bonds and loans in Asia
Topics to be discussed will include:
- Are local currency markets seeing any differentiation in structures or investor demand?
- Can Asia be a world leader in setting ESG finance standards or bringing new structures to market?
- How are second-party opinion providers differentiating themselves? What do investors look for?
- How does ESG inform investors’ decisions, even in unlabelled transactions? What kinds of ESG questions are investors asking corporate issuers?
- How are standards of disclosure and transparency improving among Asian corporates?
- Does an ESG label help issuers achieve a greenium or are there other benefits beyond pricing?
- Are the time and costs to set up ESG frameworks and ESG labelling balanced out by tighter pricing for thematic bonds?
- How can carbon-intensive companies fund their transition journeys?
- Are there any limitations to ESG finance? Are there assets or projects that have a positive impact, but which can’t be funded by current ESG instruments?
- COP29 closed with a new finance goal to help countries protect their people and economies against climate disasters and share in the benefits of the clean energy boom. To what extent would social loans and bonds from Asia Pacific help achieve that goal?
- What are the prospects for hydrogen lending in Asia Pacific? What can be done to overcome the financing challenges for the hydrogen sector in the region?
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The event is free to attend, but you must be registered. Secure your place using the form on this page.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Event Details
Date: Tuesday June 24, 2025
Time: 14:00 - 17:00
Venue: LSEG, One Raffles Quay, #28-01 North Tower, 048583, Singapore
Format: In-person event, complimentary attendance
Speakers - Bonds Panel
Javier Carballo
Head of Debt Capital Markets for Southeast Asia & India
Crédit Agricole CIB
Hafiz Hussin
Senior Vice President, Sustainability
DBS Bank
Melissa Cheok
Associate Director
ESG Investment Research, Sustainable Fitch
Daniel Stanton (moderator)
Editor
IFR Asia
Speakers - Loans Panel
Roy Chan
Director of Sustainable Investment Banking for Southeast Asia, India, and Australia
Crédit Agricole CIB
Kelvin Lim
Managing Director, Syndication & Loan Solutions
DBS Bank
Shivani Sahai
Head of ESG and Impact
Quadria Capital
Prakash Chakravarti (moderator)
Asia Pacific Bureau Chief
LSEG LPC
Timings
14:00 - Registration
15:00 - Bonds Panel
16:00 - Loans Panel
17:00 - Networking drinks
18:00 - Close
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