Swissôtel The Bosphorus, Istanbul
Bayıldım Cad. No: 2 Maç
Beşiktaş 34357
Istanbul, , Turkey
Description
In a conference in Istanbul on Thursday, 5th November 2009, Standard & Poor’s will review the financial systems of Eastern Europe (Turkey, Ukraine, Belarus, Azerbaijan & Georgia) and Central Asia (Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan) and how they are managing through the global credit crunch and economic slowdown, with a focus on their future prospects for creditworthiness and performance.
A number of experienced and senior S&P analysts will provide presentations, discussions and our opinions on sovereign credit risks and their impact on the financial systems in the region, as well as banking system and insurance sector trends, system support and the future prospects. We will also provide our opinions on corporate governance issues in the region and have a distinguished external guest giving their view on the importance of the banking systems in the region to help turn the wheels of the economies and trade linkages.
Please note this event will be held in English and Russian.
Agenda
08:30--Registration & welcome coffee
09:00--Opening Address: John Gibling Managing Director &Team Leader Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa, Financial Institutions Ratings, Standard & Poor’s
09:30--Outlook for sovereign ratings in Eastern Europe & Central Asia: Frank Gill, Managing Director & Team Leader, Sovereign Ratings, Standard & Poor’s
09:50--Questions & Answers
10:05--Painful experiences and lessons to be learnt for banks in the region: Ekaterina Trofimova, Director Financial Institutions Ratings, Standard & Poor’s
10:25--Questions & Answers
10:40--Coffee Break
11:00--Factors that have helped the Turkish banking system become more resilient to the global credit crunch and the ratings outlook for the sector: Magar Kouyoumdjian, Associate Director, Financial Institutions Ratings, Standard & Poor’s
11:20--Insurance Ratings: David Laxton, Senior Director, Insurance Ratings, Standard & Poor’s
11:40--Why Corporate Governance matters for investors:
Svetlana Borodina, Director, Corporate Governance ratings, Standard & Poor’s
12:00--Questions & Answers
12:15--Panel discussion on the prospects for creditworthiness of the financial systems in the region post the credit crunch - Hosted by Alexei Novikov, Managing Director Standard & Poor’s in Russia/CIS, and including analysts Ekaterina Trofimova, Magar Kouyoumdjian, Sergey Dementiev and Victor Nikolskiy
