For more information contact: emailus@marcusevans.com An interview with: Hiromi Yamaoka the Deputy General Director at the Bank of Japan, and a speaker at the marcus evans Institutional Investors APAC Summit 2012, discusses how institutional investors can take advantage of the growth in Asia. Join the 2015 Summit along with top industry investment executives and service and solution providers in an intimate environment for a focused discussion of key new drivers shaping corporate priorities and investment strategies. For more information contact: emailus@marcusevans.com

1. Strong Investments Thrive from
a Positive Feedback Process
global basis. Efforts and additional costs downward pressures on Asian
may have to be put into understanding economies, especially through trade
different economic structures, business channels. The deleveraging of eurozone
models and cultures, so as to get the banks may cause further impact
most out of diversification benefits. through finance outlets. Nonetheless,
sound developments of financial
Can you suggest some methods for intermediation in Asia would be able to
successful transparency? alleviate such negative impacts to some
extent.
Institutional investors and asset
managers should constitute a healthy In view of relatively large economic
relationship, and are expected to swings, underdevelopment of
voluntarily share information to create a securitised businesses and some natural
Interview with: Hiromi Yamaoka, mutually beneficial outcome and disaster risks in Asia, authentic credit
Deputy General Director, Bank of decrease costs and uncertainty. risk management and attention to
Japan business continuity planning can be
A positive feedback process is needed important especially in Asia.
where investors frankly ask for
Portfolio diversification is a great information needed to make investment
advantage to investing in a number of decisions. It is desirable that
countries with various economic transparency is voluntarily enhanced
structures, says Hiromi Yamaoka,
Deputy General Director, Bank of Japan.
before being forced by marke t
pressures. Investing
This benefit can be further advanced by
the development of financial systems
and the full use of domestic
What new financial and investment
regulations should investors in Asia
in a number
investments, he adds. prepare for due to the financial
crisis? of countries
A speaker at the upcoming marcus
evans Institutional Investors APAC
Summit 2012, in Macao, China,
Investors should prepare for country
specific and global regulatory changes.
with various
29 - 31 October, Yamaoka shares his
views on how institutional investors and
In principle, these developments will
enhance the resiliency of financial economic
asset managers can share knowledge to systems in Asia and, consequently, be
decrease costs and uncertainty. eventually beneficial also to investors.
Being familiar with the context of these
structures
How can institutional investors take
advantage of future opportunities in
developments and paying attention to
the authorities’ conduct in such areas can create
Asia? can help them prepare.
Asia is now a growth driver of the global What problems are institutional
a diversified
economy. Moreover, investing in a
number of countries in this area can
investors facing in this region and
how can these be overcome? portfolio
create a diversified portfolio. The
introduction of a globally shared Asia is now the growth centre of the
regulatory framework may help global economy and yet it is up against
maintain diversity while facilitating a number of challenges. The current
comprehensive risk management on a problems in Europe are causing

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