2026 APAC Corporate Outlook
Join our analysts in this webinar as they explore the credit developments shaping corporates in APAC in 2026, amid ongoing geopolitical uncertainties and rapid technological change. The discussion will highlight which sectors are poised to benefit from emerging opportunities and which are most exposed to evolving challenges.
Topics include:
- GDP growth trends in developed and emerging markets: How will they impact corporate earnings?
- How are geopolitical tensions reshaping investment and supply chain strategies?
- Capital spending and technological upgrades: How will they affect balance sheets?
- Will tech upgrades and policy support mitigate weak demand and trade risks facing China?
Speakers
Nidhi Dhruv
Vice President – Senior Credit Officer, Corporate Finance
Moody's Ratings
Mariko Semetko
Associate Managing Director, Corporate Finance
Moody's Ratings
Vikash Halan
Managing Director, Corporate Finance
Moody's Ratings
Ying Wang
Vice President – Senior Analyst, Corporate Finance Group
Moody's Ratings
Matthew Moore
Associate Managing Director, Corporate Finance
Moody's Ratings
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Nidhi Dhruv is a Senior Credit Officer, with Moody’s Corporate Finance Group. Based in Singapore, Nidhi covers a portfolio of issuers across the telecommunications, telecom towers, mining, construction and airline industries in South and Southeast Asia.
Before joining Moody’s in 2007, Nidhi was an analyst with Citigroup Investment Banking in India and Singapore for three years.
Nidhi is a CFA charterholder and a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. She also has an MBA in Finance from Mumbai University.
Mariko Semetko is an Associate Managing Director for the Corporate Finance Group (CFG) for Moody’s Ratings. Based in Tokyo, she leads a team of analysts covering Japanese nonfinancial corporates and public infrastructure finance, and oversees the public sectors.
Prior to becoming a manager, Mariko was a lead analyst for a variety of corporates and utilities in Japan and the US. She has extensive experience both in the investment-grade and high-yield spaces. Mariko transferred to the Tokyo office in 2013 after working in the New York office since joining the company in 2006.
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.
Ying Wang is a Vice President and Senior Analyst within Moody’s Corporate Finance Group. Based in Hong Kong, Ying covers a portfolio of consumer and internet companies across China.
Prior to joining Moody’s, Ying worked in Hong Kong as a Lead Equity Research Analyst at J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited, BNP Paribas and Standard Chartered Bank, focusing on a wide range of sectors including oil & gas, utilities, environmental protection and renewable energy.
Ying started his career as a journalist at Bloomberg and China Daily News Group, covering the energy, commodities and industrial sectors. He has also worked for a major Chinese oilfield service company in Beijing.
Ying holds an MBA in Finance from INSEAD Business School in France and Singapore, and a BA with honors from Xi’an International Studies University.
Matthew is an Associate Managing Director in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group, based in Sydney. In this role, he leads a team of rating analysts covering nonfinancial corporates in Australian and New Zealand.
Matthew joined Moody’s Sydney office in2010 as a lead analyst covering a range of corporate and infrastructure sectors, including real estate investment trusts, metals and mining, oil and gas and steel sectors, among others. Matthew has also covered the consumer products and retail sectors with Moody’s in the US.
He has extensive experience both in the investment grade and high yield spaces.
Prior to joining Moody’s Sydney office, Matthew worked in the rating-advisory group at Deutsche Bank in New York. He holds an Honours degree in Business from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.