| 08:15 | Registration and refreshments |
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Session 1 CIS Capital Markets: Setting the Context
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| 09:00 |
Welcoming Remarks from Chairman, Andrew Wood, Asian Markets and Investment Correspondent, Financial Times
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| 09:10 | Keynote address: Russia's economic transformation - Russia 1998 - 2008
- The situation today
- Investing in Russia for the next 10 years
- Can Russia slip up?
Michael Hanson-Lawson, CEO, East Capital Asia Limited |
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| 09:40 | Keynote Speech: Finding Future Equity in Emerging Capital Markets - Analysing 2008, predicting 2009
- IPO trends
- International investment – will it offer a good return?
- Rating agency outlook
George Iosifyan, Member of the Board, BTA Bank |
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| 10:10 | Panel with Q&A: Increasing Transparency - How the CIS Markets have become safer
- What needs to be done to make the CIS markets more competitive?
- Evaluating and managing the risks
Panel Framer - Investing in Russia & the CIS
- Investment Opportunities in the next 15 years
Ben Aris, Editor-in-Chief, Business New EuropePanelists: Michael Hanson-Lawson, CEO, East Capital Asia LimitedBen Aris, Editor-in-Chief, Business New Europe (Panel Chairman) |
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| 11:00 | |
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| 11:25 | When The Fundamentals Converge to “Buy” - Timing for investors: when is a good entry point back to Ukraine?
- Increasing the visibility: attractiveness and access to Ukrainian securities
- Key investor issues: increasing efficiency and liquidity of the Ukrainian capital markets
- IPO outlook for the next two years
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Session 2 Structured Debt, Politics, Corporate Sector |
| 11:55 | Depository Receipts - View from the world’s largest depositary of American and Global Depository Receipts
- Portfolio diversification and risk reduction
- Lifting restrictions on foreign ownership of regional companies
- Blending foreign investment with local rules
- The importance of personalisation and specialisation
- What Hong Kong can offer
Gregory Roath, Vice President, Depositary Receipts, The Bank of New York Mellon |
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| 12:20 | Keynote Speech: In Search of Liquidity - Difficult Times - Markets and instruments
- Statistical analysis
- Outlook for the future
- Shaping investor awareness
Yuri Lekarev, Executive Director, Head of International Business Division, Nomos-Bank |
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| 12:45 | Panel with Q&A: Capital Markets and the Corporate Sector - Retail and construction growth in Kazakhstan
- Do the Emerging Market countries have sufficient infrastructure?
- Handling the regional tax regimes
- Bringing together international capital with regional SMEs
Ben Aris, Editor-in-Chief, Business New Europe (Panel Chairman) Vitaliy O. Masyura, First Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors, Delta BankGeorge Iosifyan, Member of the Board, BTA Bank |
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Session 3 Hedge Funds, ADRs and IPOs |
| 14:15 | Keynote Speech: Tax Aspects on IPOs in Hong Kong
- Hong Kong’s tax scope
- Tax risk identification and rectification
- Typical IPO structure & tax implications of Hong Kong Depository Receipts
Chee Weng Lee, Tax Partner, Ernst & Young |
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| 14:35 | Hong Kong As A Potential Capital Formation Platform For CIS Companies - Market characteristics
- Track record of capital rising and market statistics
- Our vision of growth
Lawrence Fok, Executive Vice President, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd |
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| 15:00 | Keynote Speech: IPO Outlook for CIS Markets - Regional IPO success stories – Case Study
- Local vs International?
- Making the IPO process smoother
- IPO possibilities to watch for 2009
Andre Bliznyuk, Executive Director, UBS |
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| 15:30 | Closing Remarks by the Chairman, Andrew Wood, Asian Markets and Investment Correspondent, Financial Times |
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