Finance in Asia: Regulating Regional Markets

Conference co-hosted by: Melbourne School of Government | Research Project: Financial Regulation in Asia – A New Model for Regional Co-operation; Global Economic Law Network, Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation and Transactional Law Group, Melbourne Law School; Asian Institute of International Financial Law, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong; KoGuan Law School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; and Centre for Cross-Border Commercial Law in Asia, Singapore Management University.

Supported by: RGC Theme-based Research Scheme Project:
“Enhancing Hong Kong’s Future as a Leading International Financial Centre”

Friday, 6 November 2015, 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Academic Conference Room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tong Tower
Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

Regional Financial Architecture

Andrew Walter and Jikon Lai, University of Melbourne

• Institutional Coordination/Regional Architecture

Ramon Pacheco Pardo, King’s College London

• ASEAN+3 Financial Regulation: Cooperation or Competition with Global Regulatory Bodies

Michael Taylor, Moody’s

Standard-setting Bodies and Challenges for Regional Coordination

China and the Regional Financial Architecture

Chien-chung Lin, National Chiao-Tung University

• Regionalization of Renminbi: A Tale of Taiwan and Hong Kong

Zhao Yang, White & Case

• Opportunities and Challenges of Islamic Finance in the Context of One-Belt and One-Road Program

Shen Wei, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

• China-centric Global Financial Architecture -International Engagement and Domestic Reforms

Regional Financial Integration: Liberalisation Mechanisms

Andrew Mitchell, University of Melbourne

• Proposed Trade in Services Agreement and Financial Services

Wan Wai Yee, Singapore Management University

• Regulation of Securities Markets in ASEAN

Bruce Aronson, Hitotsubashi University

• Attracting Long-term Investment to Asian Capital Markets: Financial Regulation and Corporate Governance Challenges

The Challenges of Regulating Regional Markets

Kevin Davis, University of Melbourne

• Depositor Preferenceand Depositor Insurance –Implications for Asia

Andrew Godwin and Ian Ramsay, University of Melbourne

• Mechanisms for Coordination and Application in Specific Areas (e.g. Bank Resolution Regimes, OTC Derivatives, Shadow Banking and Passporting Arrangements)

Christopher Chen Chao-hung, Singapore Management University

• Regulation of OTC Derivatives and Financial Speculation in Asia (with a Particular Focus on Banks and Banking Regulations in Singapore and Hong Kong)