Regional Deep Dive: India & South-East Asia
Virtual edition
Credit impact of the Russia-Ukraine invasion, credit outlook of key sectors, and carbon transition
- Macroeconomic and financial impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Credit impact of higher inflation and higher commodity prices across sectors
- Outlook for structural reforms and their potential impact on medium-term growth
- Which countries, companies and banks are best positioned to weather the indirect impact of the crisis and recover from the pandemic
- Carbon transition risks
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SpeakersAlka Anbarasu Executive Director, Financial Institutions Moody's Ratings
Abhishek Tyagi Vice President – Senior Credit Officer, Project & Infrastructure Finance Moody's Ratings
Terry Fanous Managing Director, Head of APAC Project & Infrastructure Finance Moody's Ratings
Christian de Guzman Chief Credit Officer - APAC, Credit Strategy & Guidance Moody's Ratings
Vikash Halan Managing Director, Corporate Finance Group Moody's Ratings
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Alka Anbarasu is an Executive Director - Ratings in the Financial Institutions Group in Asia. Based in Singapore, Alka is responsible for Moody's analytical teams covering ratings and research on banks, insurance companies, and non-bank financial institutions in Japan, ASEAN and Indian Sub-continent. Alka also coordinates the Global Financial Institution Group's efforts on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) scoring and research. Alka is a regular speaker at Moody's market briefings, external conferences podcasts and broadcast media. She is very active in promoting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) initiatives and is a passionate impact leader for Moody's Community Impact initiatives in Asia.
Alka joined Moody's in 2013 and over the years has led the ratings of several high profile Asian financial institutions. Prior to joining Moody's, she worked in the investment banking division of J.P. Morgan in London and Mumbai and ING Vysya Bank in India. She has close to 20 years of experience in the financial industry. Alka holds an MBA from the Xavier Institute of Management in India.
Abhishek Tyagi is a Vice President – Senior Credit Officer with Moody’s Project and Infrastructure Finance Group, based in Singapore. He covers companies in the port, airport and utility sectors in India and Southeast Asia.
Prior to joining Moody’s, Abhishek worked for eight years as an equity analyst with CLSA in Mumbai, covering Indian utilities and infrastructure companies. Previous positions also included an investment analyst at B&K Securities in Mumbai and a supply chain analyst with Tata Steel in Jamshedpur.
Abhishek holds an MBA from the Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneshwar and a Bachelor of Technology (Metallurgy and Material Science) from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee.
Terry has over 30 years of experience in credit ratings and bank credit risk management. As a Managing Director, he leads Moody’s Public, Project & Infrastructure Finance in Asia Pacific. He assumed his position in February 2015.
In this role, Terry oversees ratings teams in Hong Kong, China, Singapore. Australia and Japan which are responsible for Moody’s extensive coverage across the public and infrastructure sectors, including transport infrastructure, regulated utilities, power and social infrastructure.
Prior to this role, Terry spent seven years as an Associate Managing Director and Head of Corporate, Project and Infrastructure Finance ratings for Australiasia, based in Sydney. During that period, Moody’s ratings coverage for this region grew substantially to more than 100 rated issuers.
Christian de Guzman is an Executive Director in Moody’s Ratings Credit Strategy & Guidance Team based in Singapore. As Chief Credit Officer for Asia Pacific, he works with rating groups throughout the region to develop Moody’s perspectives and research regarding macroeconomic, policy, and thematic trends that affect credit risk.
Christian previously served as a lead analyst with Moody’s Sovereign and Sub-Sovereign Risk Group, covering a portfolio of sovereigns and multilateral financial institutions in Asia Pacific, while also managing the team responsible for sub-sovereign ratings in Asia ex-China.
Christian joined Moody’s in 2009, after working as a Senior Economist for the Monetary Authority of Singapore, covering ASEAN economies. He has also held various positions with the Research Department at the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC, and Procter & Gamble in Singapore.
Christian graduated from the University of Georgia and holds a postgraduate degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.
Vikash Halan is a Managing Director and team leader for Moody’s Corporate Finance Group, based in Singapore. In this role, he manages a team of rating analysts covering non-financial corporates in Asia Pacific excluding greater China.
Vikash joined Moody’s in 2011 and, prior to becoming a team leader, spent almost a decade as a lead analyst covering a range of sectors, including oil and gas, chemicals, shipping, conglomerates, real estate and investment holding companies.
Before joining Moody’s, Vikash worked for J.P. Morgan in Hong Kong as a capital markets and ratings advisor for clients in the Asia-Pacific region. He started his career as a chartered accountant with the Indian firm, BDO Lodha.
Vikash holds post graduate diploma in Business management form Xavier Institute of Management.