Inside South and Southeast Asia with Moody’s
"Climate and Credit: Cloudy with a Chance of Risk"
Moody’s analysts discussed the cross-sector credit implications of climate risk and opportunity in the region against the backdrop of COP28.
Discussion Topics:
- What are the most pressing climate-related challenges impacting rated entities in the region?
- Are current carbon transition and mitigation strategies adequate for rated entities to maintain their credit quality?
- Which entities and sectors are better positioned to leverage climate opportunities?
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SpeakersMaisam Hasnain Vice President - Senior Analyst, Corporate Finance Group Moody's Ratings
Deborah Tan Assistant Vice President – Analyst, Credit Strategy & Research Moody's Ratings
Marcus Yiu Analyst, Sovereign Risk Group Moody's Ratings
Sweta Patodia Assistant Vice President – Analyst, Corporate Finance Group Moody's Investors Service
Shirley Zeng Assistant Vice President/Manager - Ratings & Research Support, Financial Institutions Moody's Ratings
Spencer Ng Vice President – Senior Credit Officer, Project & Infrastructure Finance Moody's Ratings
John Wang Vice President - Senior Analyst, ESG Moody's Ratings
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Maisam Hasnain is a Vice President - Senior Analyst in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group.
Based in Singapore, Maisam covers a portfolio of companies across the industrial, mining and plantation sectors in Southeast Asia.
Prior to his move to Singapore in 2017, Maisam spent four years in Moody’s Hong Kong office covering a broad array of sectors, including telecommunications, communications infrastructure, building materials, and metals and mining.
Maisam joined Moody’s in 2010 and started as an Associate in Moody’s Regional Product Strategy team, which is responsible for managing all aspects of Moody’s research and data service offerings, including new business initiatives.
Maisam holds a double major in Economics and Finance, and a minor in Arabic from The University of Hong Kong. He is also a CFA charterholder.
Deborah Tan is an Associate Vice President within Moody’s Credit Strategy and Research Group. Based in Singapore, she leads Moody’s thematic research for India, Southeast Asia and Australia with a focus on producing forward-looking macro-credit insights and outlooks. Her responsibilities also include designing scenario analysis to test the resilience of Moody’s rating methodologies and assessing the impact of these scenarios.
Prior to joining Moody’s in 2019, Deborah was a macroeconomist at BHP Billiton where she covered both India and the US and led the Group’s interest rate, FX and long-term growth projections for key markets. She has also worked at the Monetary Authority of Singapore and PWC.
Deborah holds a master’s in Economics from the University of Cambridge and a bachelor of science in Economics from University College London.
Marcus Yiu is an Analyst with Moody’s Sovereign Risk Group. Based in Singapore, he supports lead analysts in covering a portfolio of sovereign credits in the Asia Pacific and Central Asia regions.
Marcus joined Moody’s in January 2020, after working at J.P. Morgan Asset Management as a Market Analyst based in Hong Kong. There, he performed macroeconomic and market research with a focus on Asia and took part in generating asset allocation ideas for clients.
Marcus graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Warwick.
Sweta Patodia is an Assistant Vice President – Analyst in the Moody’s Corporate Finance Group. Based in Singapore, Sweta covers a diversified portfolio of Indian corporates across the oil and gas, technology start-ups and IT sectors.
Sweta joined Moody’s in 2014 as an Associate Analyst. Prior to joining Moody’s, Sweta worked as a Credit Analyst for over three years at HSBC in India.
Sweta is a Chartered Accountant, Company Secretary and a CFA charter holder.
Shirley Zeng is an Assistant Vice President/Manager - Ratings & Research Support with Moody’s Financial Institutions Group. Based in Singapore, Shirley covers a portfolio of banks and non-bank financial institutions in the South and Southeast Asia.
Prior to joining Moody’s, Shirley was an auditor with KPMG Singapore, covering clients in the banking, investment management and commodity trading industries.
Shirley holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore.
Spencer Ng is a Vice President – Senior Credit Officer in Moody’s Public, Project & Infrastructure Finance team. Based in Singapore, Spencer is responsible for project finance and infrastructure credits, including power utilities, renewables and airports in South and Southeast Asia.
Prior to joining Moody’s in 2007, Spencer worked for Ernst & Young Transactions Advisory Services in their Project Finance team. Spencer has also held various analytical and accounting roles at ANZ Bank, JP Morgan and State Street Australia.
Spencer holds a Bachelor of Economics and a Master of Commerce from the University of New South Wales. He is also a CFA charterholder.
John Wang is a Vice President and Senior Analyst for Moody’s ESG, based in Singapore.
In his role, John is involved in integrating ESG into Moody’s credit rating research and is the point person for Moody’s ESG outreach in the Asia-Pacific region. He is also responsible for publishing thematic and issuer-specific research on ESG risks relevant to credit analysis.
Prior to joining Moody’s, John was CEO of Visiondom ESG, an independent ESG consultancy in China, which helped institutional investors integrate ESG into their investment process. He also worked as an ESG specialist with Fidelity International’s Asia Stewardship and Sustainable Investing team, focusing on the Greater China and Oceania markets for five years. At Fidelity, he was closely involved in promoting ESG best practices in Asia and ESG integration, and had a special focus on corporate governance and carbon trading.
John holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Singapore Management University and is a CFA Charterholder.