Join us to discuss the key credit drivers and latest market updates for both the life insurance and property and casualty insurance sectors in Japan and get your questions answered in the interactive Q&A.
Topics include:
- Improving domestic operating environment and insurers’ strong fundamentals
- Potential risks associated with a high appetite for M&A
- New capital regulations and M&A leading to greater demand for hybrid bonds
Speakers
Alka Anbarasu
Associate Managing Director, Financial Institutions
Moody's Ratings
Soichiro Makimoto
Vice President - Senior Credit Officer, Financial Institutions
Moody's Ratings
Kensuke Ogawa
AVP-Analyst, Financial Institutions
Moody's Ratings
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Alka Anbarasu is an Associate Managing Director 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.
Soichiro Makimoto is a Vice President and Senior Credit Officer with Moody’s Japan K.K. He covers Japanese banks and insurance companies.
Soichiro has around 20 years of analytical experience and expertise in a variety of areas in the financial services industry.
Before joining Moody’s, he worked as a consultant on the banking and insurance industries for PwC and other firms, providing services related to M&A strategy, regulatory and rating agency advisory, risk/profit management, auditing and assurance and financial product development and sales strategy.
Soichiro holds a Master’s in physics from the University of Tokyo. He is a CFA charterholder and also a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Japan.
Kensuke Ogawa is an AVP-Analyst with the Financial Institutions Group at Moody’s Ratings. Based in Tokyo, he covers a portfolio of major Japanese banks and insurers.
Kensuke first worked for Moody’s in January 2020 as an Associate Analyst, joining the company after working for a Japanese life insurer in Tokyo and London, and a foreign asset management company as a credit analyst. He left Moody’s for a Japanese asset manager in 2021, and rejoined Moody’s in 2023.
Kensuke holds a Master of Business Administration from Hitotsubashi University and a Bachelor of Engineering from Osaka University. He is a CFA Charterholder.