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Navigate the New Silk Road
Spotlight on Bond Connect and CIBM Direct

Bloomberg’s Navigate the New Silk Road series is a global roadshow devoted to exploring the changes occurring in China’s capital markets. Convened in key financial centers at the forefront of connecting China with the global financial system, Navigate the New Silk Road brings together senior government officials, business leaders, market professionals and industry thought-leaders to explore investment opportunities in China’s rapidly liberalizing interbank bond market.

English / Japanese simultaneous interpretation will be provided.

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Agenda

13:30 – 14:00

Arrival and Registration 

14:00 – 14:05

Welcome address
Kunihiro Ishibashi, Head of Japan, Bloomberg L.P.

14:05 – 14:20

What’s next for the Japanese and Chinese economies?
Speaker :
Yuki Masujima, Senior Economist, Bloomberg Economics

14:20 – 15:00

Panel Discussion: Opportunities in China’s open interbank bond market
Worth in excess of $12 trillion, China’s domestic bond market is the world’s third largest. As it continues to open up and expand, global investors will increasingly look to it as a rich source of alpha.
Panelists : 
• Fangyu Liu, Senior Manager of Agent Trading Division, Global Market Department, ICBC
• Ruiqi Duan, General Manager of Capital Markets Department,  Mizuho Bank (China), Ltd.
• Toshinobu Chiba, Chief Portfolio Manager, Nissay Asset Management

Moderator :
• Bing Li, Head of Bloomberg China

15:00 – 15:15

China Bonds : Inclusion in broad market indices
With the addition of RMB-denominated bonds to the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index, fixed-income investors can now rely on objective, rules-based and representative benchmarks to measure risk and returns in the CIBM.
Speaker :
Tadashi Tago, Head of Index and Portfolio Sales, Japan, Bloomberg L.P.

15:15 – 15:30

Coffee Break

15:30 – 15:45

Successfully navigating China fixed-income
A deep dive into how to seize new investment opportunities in China’s onshore bond market via Bloomberg’s powerful integrated platform.
Speaker :
Rachel Li, Fixed Income Market Specialist, Bloomberg L.P.

15:45 – 16:15

Panel Discussion: Connecting China’s Bond Market to the World
Insight into how two of the biggest facilitators of China’s fixed-income gateway and its complex logistics go about bridging the divide between global investors and the domestic bond market.
Panelists : 
• Phoebe Leung, Senior Vice President, Head of Sales & Marketing, Bond Connect Company Ltd (BCCL）
• Gavin Herrmann, Managing Director – Head of Macro Sales, Standard Chartered Bank
• Fangfang Wu, Head of Global RMB Fixed Income Trading, Bank of China
Moderator :
Katie Rowbottom, APAC Head of Electronic Trading Solutions, Bloomberg L.P.

16:15 – 16:30

Coffee Break 

16:30 – 17:00

Panel Discussion: Seizing the Opportunities through Bond Connect
How Japanese investors can make the best use of the Bond Connect gateway to gain greater access, transparency, efficiency, connectivity — and advantage — in China’s $12 trillion bond market.
Panelists :
•  Kengo Okajima, Director, MUFG Bank (China) Ltd, Global Markets Division for China
• Kazuyoshi Horikawa, Senior Fund Manager, Investment Management Dept, Okasan Asset Management

Moderator :
•  Eric Masaki, Sales Manager of Electronic Trading Solutions, Japan, Bloomberg L.P.

17:00 – 17:15

Accessing the market through CIBM and Bond Connect
An overview of the two most popular schemes to simplify workflows and create maximum efficiency in accessing the fixed-income market.
Speaker :
Eric Masaki, Sales Manager of Electronic Trading Solutions, Japan, Bloomberg L.P.

17:15 – 18:30

Closing and networking reception

When & Where

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
14:00-17:15 (followed by a networking reception)

Bloomberg Tokyo Office
21F Marunouchi Building
2-4-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-6324

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