The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research (HKIMR)

Global and Regional Financial Market Integration

 

14 January 2010 (Thursday) - 15 January 2010 (Friday)

 

 


Day 1: Thursday, 14 January 2010
8:15 – 9:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast

9:00 – 9:30 Welcome Remarks

Dong He, Director, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research (HKIMR)
Srinivasa Madhur, Senior Director, Office of Regional Economic Integration (OREI), Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Session 1 Moderator: Srinivasa Madhur

9:30 – 9:50 Evolution of Regional and Global Risk Sharing of Asian Countries

Pierfederico Asdrubali, John Cabot University

9:50 – 10:00 Comments

Philippe Martin, Sciences-Po

10:00 – 10:15 Open Forum

10:15 – 10:30 Tea Break

10:30 – 10:50 Regional and Global Short-Term Financial Market Integration: Evidence from the Interbank Markets of Tokyo, Singapore, and Hong Kong

Shin-ichi Fukuda, University of Tokyo

10:50 – 11:00 Comments

Ilhyock Shim, Senior Economist, Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Asian Pacific Representative Office

11:00 – 11:15 Open Forum

11:15 – 11:35 International Capital Mobility of East Asian Countries: Global vs. Regional

Soyoung Kim, Seoul National University

11:35 – 11:45 Comments

Zhiwei Zhang, Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)

11:45 – 12:00 Open Forum

12:00 – 1:30 Lunch

Session 2 Moderator: Eli Remolona, Chief Representative, BIS Asian Pacific Representative Office

1:30 – 1:50 Regional and Global Drivers of the Portfolio Holdings of Asian Investors

Philip R. Lane, Trinity College of Dublin

1:50 – 2:00 Comments

Jean M. Imbs, HEC Lausanne

2:00 – 2:15 Open Forum

2:15 – 2:35 Regional and Global Financial Integration: An Analytical Framework

Philippe Martin

2:35 – 2:45 Comments

Chen Qianying, HKIMR

2:45 – 3:00 Open Forum

3:00 – 3:15 Tea Break

3:15 – 3:35 What Happened to the ASEAN Business Cycle?

Jean M. Imbs

3:35 – 3:45 Comments

Soyoung Kim

3:45 – 4:00 Open Forum

Session 3 Moderator: Yiping Huang, Professor, Peking University

4:00 – 4:20 Financial Accelerator Integration

David E. Cook, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

4:20 – 4:30 Comments

Shin-ichi Fukuda

4:30 – 4:45 Open Forum

4:45 - 5:05 Stock Market Integration and Financial Contagion

Kee-Hong Bae, York University

5:05 – 5:15 Comments

Alicia García-Herrero, Chief Economist for Emerging Markets, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria

5:15 – 5:30 Open Forum

Day 2: Friday, 15 January 2010
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast

Session 4 Moderator: Hans Genberg, Visiting Adviser, BIS Asian Pacific Representative Office

9:00 – 9:20 Stock Market Integration: Emerging Asia's Experience

Cyn-Young Park, Principal Economist, OREI, ADB

9:20 – 9:30 Comments

Kee-Hong Bae

9:30 – 9:45 Open Forum

9:45 – 10:05 Financial Contagion and Vulnerability of Asian Financial Markets

Michael B. Devereux, University of British Columbia

10:05 – 10:15 Comments

David E. Cook

10:15 – 10:30 Open Forum

10:30 – 10:45 Tea Break

10:45– 11:05 Not All Financial Integration is Created Equal: Revisiting the Composition Effect

Shang-Jin Wei, Columbia University

11:05 – 11:15 Comments

Pierfederico Asdrubali

11:15 – 11:30 Open Forum

Session 5 Moderator: Dong He

11:30 – 12:20 Panel Discussion: Policy Implications of Global and Regional Financial Market Integration

Panelists:
Michael B. Devereux
Philip R. Lane
Soyoung Kim
Cyn-Young Park
Shang-Jin Wei

12:20 – 12:35 Closing Remarks

Jong-Wha Lee, Chief Economist, concurrently Head of OREI, ADB

12:35 – 2:00 Lunch