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Sent: Thursday, 30 April 2020, 06:44:22 GMT-4

Subject: Free Webinar: Maintaining Finance for Firms Impacted by COVID-19: Perspectives for East Asia

View this email in your browser Webinar: Maintaining Finance for Firms Impacted by COVID-19: Perspectives for East Asia Tuesday May 5, 2020 | 9:30 am – 11:00 am (Malaysia Time) Monday May 4, 2020 | 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm (Eastern Daylight Time) You are invited to join a free webinar featuring insights from CKGSB Visiting Associate Professor of Economics and Associate Professor of International Economics of the Graduate Institute, Geneva, Dr. Yi HUANG, and a distinguished line-up of global finance experts on ‘Maintaining Finance for Firms Impacted by COVID-19: Perspectives for East Asia’. Addressing the impact of the crisis and various policy initiatives on the functioning, resilience, and stability of the financial system, the webinar will look at examples in East Asia, particularly the cases of China and Singapore. Joining Prof Huang will be the Global Director of the World Bank Group Alfonso Garcia Mora; Asia Pacific Head of Economics and Financial Markets of the Bank for International Settlements Ilhyock Shim; Lead Economist and Acting Research Manager of the World Bank Group Sergio Schmukler; and Practice Professor of Finance at the National University of Singapore, Joseph Cherian. You can find the webinar’s details below and watch the livestream on Youtube! This webinar is hosted by the World Bank Group Knowledge and Research Hub in Malaysia, the FCI Global Practice, and the Development Research Group as part of their webinar series on addressing the impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Tuesday May 5, 2020 | 9:30 am – 11:00 am (Malaysia Time) Monday May 4, 2020 | 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm (Eastern Daylight Time) WATCH LIVE ON YOUTUBE If you have questions during the Q&A period, please ask them via the Youtube chat function. Note the Youtube link is accessible to both World Bank Group and external participants.  OPENING REMARKS: Alfonso Garcia Mora, Global Director, The World Bank Group SPEAKERS:  The Impact of COVID-19 on Financial Markets Ilhyock Shim, Head of Economics and Financial Markets for Asia and the Pacific Monetary and Economic Department, Bank for International Settlements Financing Firms during the COVID-19 Pandemic Sergio Schmukler, Lead Economist and Acting Research Manager, Development Research Group, The World Bank Group (joint work with Tatiana Didier, Federico Huneeus, and Mauricio Larrain) COVID-19 and the Chinese Corporate Bond Market Yi Huang, Associate Professor of International Economics, The Graduate Institute, Geneva; Visiting Associate Professor of Economics, the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (joint work with Jun “QJ” Qian, Dora Xia, and Yaya Yu) Maintaining Financing for Firms: Perspectives from Singapore Joseph Cherian, Practice Professor of Finance, National University of Singapore   Biographies of Speakers: Joseph Cherian is Practice Professor of Finance and was the Founding Director of the Centre for Asset Management Research & Investments at NUS Business School. Prior to that, he was Managing Director, Global Head, and CIO of the Quantitative Strategies Group within Credit Suisse Alternative Investments in New York, where he was responsible for over US$67 billion in client assets. Joe joined Credit Suisse in 2004 from Banc of America Capital Management where he was Managing Director of their asset allocation funds.   Previously, he was an Associate Professor of Finance at Boston University. He has authored numerous articles for financial journals. Dr. Cherian holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from MIT, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Finance from Cornell University. Yi Huang is Visiting Associate Professor of Economics at the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) in Beijing and Associate Professor in Economics at the Graduate Institute in Geneva. He is also a research affiliate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR). He was Pictet Chair at the Center of Finance and Development and an economist in the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund. Prof. Huang also has been a research fellow at the Bank for International Settlements, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and the Institute of Digital Finance of Peking University. Prof. Huang gained his Master’s degree from Peking University, and his Ph.D. in Economics from the London Business School. Sergio Schmukler is Lead Economist and Acting Research Manager at the World Bank’s Development Research Group. His research area is international finance and international financial markets and institutions. He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1997, when he joined the World Bank's Young Economist and Young Professionals Programs. He currently teaches financial development at Columbia University. He is a member of the Money and Finance Research (Mo.Fi.R) group and Treasurer of LACEA, the Latin America and Caribbean Economic Association (since 2004). Ilhyock Shim is Head of Economics and Financial Markets for Asia and the Pacific at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). He joined the BIS in 2004 as economist. From 2007 to 2018, he worked at the BIS in Basel as Special Adviser on International Financial Stability Policy and at the BIS Asian Office in Hong Kong SAR as principal economist. He began his career as deputy director in the Korean government in 1996. Between 1997 and 1999, he worked at the Korean Ministry of Finance and Economy as deputy director in charge of deposit insurance and financial sector restructuring. From December 2009 to November 2010, he worked for the G20 Affairs Office of the Bank of Korea as adviser. He holds a BA and an MA in economics from Seoul National University, and a PhD in economics from Stanford University. WATCH LIVE ON YOUTUBE If you have questions during the Q&A period, please ask them via the Youtube chat function. Note the Youtube link is accessible to both World Bank Group and external participants.  For questions, please contact:  Ruzita Ahmad (rahmad3@worldbank.org)