26-27 February 2019 - Tokyo
The 19th edition of the Tokyo Roundtable took place on 26-27 February 2019 at the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) in Tokyo, Japan. Jointly organised by the ADBI and the OECD, in co-operation with the Government of Japan, this meeting focused on recent developments in capital markets, future capital markets facing the challenge of new financial technology and responsible, viable, and lifecycle infrastructure investments.
Initiated in 1999 in the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis, the Tokyo Roundtable offers a forum for regulators, policy-makers, experts, scholars, private sector and international organisations to discuss topics of main interest for capital market reform in Asia.
OPENING REMARKS Mr. Greg Medcraft, Director, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD Mr. Naoyuki Yoshino, Dean, ADBI
KEYNOTE ADDRESS Mr. Masatsugu Asakawa, Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Japan
DAY 1 - SESSION 1: Recent trends and prospects in the Asian capital markets under the rapidly changing economic and financial environment reflected by a series of US interest rate hikes and China’s economic slowdown
Moderator: Mr. Chul Juk Kim, Deputy Dean, ADBI Speakers: Mr. Akira Otani, Deputy Director-General, Financial Market Department, Bank of Japan Mr. Robert Patalano, Senior Financial Expert and the co-ordinator of the OECD's Committee on Financial Markets (CMF) Mr. Ilhyock Shim, Head of Economics and Financial Markets for Asia and the Pacific, BIS Mr. Satoru Yamadera, Principal Financial Sector Specialist, ERCD, ADB Lead discussant: Mr. Jean Pierre Lacombe, Director of Global Macro and Market Research Department in IFC
DAY 1 - SESSION 2: Some Asian countries in the face of population aging are required to adjust monetary and fiscal policies including social welfare; moreover, financial systems with rapid technological improvement should include elderly population
Moderator: Mr. Naoyuki Yoshino, Dean, ADBI Speakers: Mr. Junji Ueda, Director for Economic and Fiscal Policy Co-ordination, Ministry of Finance, Japan Dr. Charles Yuji Horioka, Vice-President and Research Professor, Asian Growth Research Institute Ms. Flore-Anne Messy, Head of Insurance, Private Pensions and Financial Markets Division, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD Dr. Kirida Bhaopichitr, Director of TDRI Economic Intelligence Service, Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) Lead discussant: Dr. Peter Morgan, Senior Consultant for research, ADBI
SPECIAL REMARKS Mr. Masamichi Kono, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD
DAY 2 - SESSION 3 Part 1: Digital Finance: How Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence are transforming financial entities, businesses, and products
Moderator: Mr. Greg Medcraft, Director, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD Speakers: Ms. Caroline Malcolm, Head, Blockchain Policy Centre, OECD Mr. Motonobu Matsuo, Deputy Director-General of the Policy and Markets Bureau, FSA Japan Mr. Sadakazu Osaki, Fellow, Head of Research, Center for Strategic Management and Innovation CMA(a member of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan), NRI, Ltd. Dr. Xianguo (Jerry) Huang, Economist, AMRO Mr. Benjamin Yablon, Co-founder and Chairman of SALT lending
Part 2: Some new digital financial services may require additional consumer and/or data protection, and be supported by the traditional safety net such as deposit insurance or lender of the last resort
Moderator: Mr. Aerdt Houben, Chair of the OECD Financial Market Committee/Director Financial Markets at De Nederlandsche Bank Speakers: Mr. Stephen Lumpkin, PhD Dr. Marcelo Corrales, Visiting Scholar at the Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica in Taiwan Mr. Yutaka Soejima, Head of Fintech Center, Deputy Director-General, Payment and Settlement Systems Department, Bank of Japan Mr. Robert Patalano, Senior Financial Expert and the co-ordinator of the OECD's Committee on Financial Markets (CMF)
DAY 2 - SESSION 4: Responsible, viable, and lifecycle infrastructure investments
Moderator: Mr. Timothy Bishop, Senior Advisor, Private Pensions and Financial Markets Division, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD Speakers: Mr. Naoyuki Yoshino, Dean, ADBI Mr. Greg Medcraft, Director, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs Division, OECD Mr. Munenari Nomura, Director for Development Issues of the International Bureau of the Ministry of Finance, Japan Mr. Ranjit Ajit Singh, Former Chairman of the Securities Commission (SC) Malaysia
CONCLUSIONS AND CLOSING REMARKS Mr. Greg Medcraft, Director, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD Mr. Chul Ju Kim, Deputy Dean, ADBI
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MEETING DOCUMENTS
Agenda
Information note
Presentations Day 1
Presentations Day 2
Summary record
CONTACTS
Please note that participation to this event is by invitation only. Any enquiries should be addressed to:
Mr Yuya Yamada (contents & agenda) yuya.yamada@oecd.org
Ms Martina Limonta (logistics) martina.limonta@oecd.org
RELATED LINKS
Previous Tokyo Roundtables
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