Global Emerging Markets | Asia Deep Dive (Ex China)
Can Asia-Pacific’s credit quality remain stable amid a slowing China, tight global liquidity and challenging geopolitics?
Operating conditions have held up even as external demand has slowed, fiscal support has ebbed and monetary policy remains tight, supporting broadly stable credit quality across the region. Nevertheless, issuers in Asia-Pacific will have to navigate ongoing threats and new shocks, including the ramifications of conflict in the Middle East, political transitions and climate-related developments. Join our analysts as they discuss these latest issues and their impact on Asia-Pacific’s credit quality.
Discussion topics:
- How has credit stress in China affected the region?
- Will persistent globally high interest rates and geopolitical developments influence domestic credit conditions and monetary policy amid sustained currency volatility?
- What are the prospects for growth and reform following elections in India and Indonesia?
Interactive session bringing together cross-sector credit experts to assess regional credit dynamics.
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SpeakersVikash Halan Managing Director, Corporate Finance Moody's Ratings
Christian de Guzman Senior Vice President - Manager, Sovereign and Sub-Sovereign Risk Moody's Ratings
Eugene Tarzimanov Senior Vice President, Financial Institutions Moody's Ratings
Grace Lim Analyst, Sovereign Risk Moody's Ratings
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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.
Christian de Guzman is a Senior Vice President with Moody’s Sovereign and Sub-Sovereign Risk Group. Based in Singapore, he covers a portfolio of sovereigns and multilateral development banks in Asia Pacific, including Japan, India and a number of Southeast Asian credits, 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 was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate in Economics and Political Science at the University of Georgia and received his M.A. in International Economics and Southeast Asian Studies from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.
Eugene Tarzimanov is a Senior Vice President in the Financial Institutions Group in Asia. Based in Singapore, he is the Lead Analyst for banks in Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Eugene is also responsible for coordinating banking research across Asia Pacific, and actively represents Moody’s to regulators, investors and the media on analytical and methodological views. Eugene moved to Singapore from Moody’s Moscow office, where he covered the largest banks in Russia, as well as financial institutions in Europe and the Middle East.
Before joining Moody’s in early 2009, Eugene held senior positions during his five years with Standard & Poor’s, where he was responsible for the analysis of banks in Europe and the Middle East. He has also worked at the CEO’s office of Bank VTB, where he was responsible for inhouse research.
Eugene holds an MBA in financial management from New York’s Pace University, and a BSc in international economics from Moscow’s Finance Academy.
Grace Lim is an Analyst with Moody’s Sovereign Risk Group. Based in Singapore, Grace covers a portfolio of sovereign credits and multilateral development banks in Asia Pacific.
Before joining Moody’s in 2021, Grace was a Senior Economist at the Monetary Authority of Singapore, where she led the economic analysis for the US, Eurozone and some ASEAN economies. Prior to that, Grace was a policy analyst in the central bank working on banking regulatory frame works.
Grace holds a Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) in Mathematics and Economics from the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.