Proposed Programme
The overall programme of the China International Banking Convention will include the following key elements:
- An opening keynote session with a global luminary in financial services
- Conference sessions in Retail Banking, Technology & Operations and Risk Management including presentations by winning banks and service providers.
- Each session will have speakers from international banks sharing best practices and case study presentations.
- Awards Dinner
| Agenda: 12th April 2012 | |
| 08.30 – 9.30 | Registration |
| 9.30 – 10:30 | Opening Keynote Session
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| 10:30 – 11:00 | Morning Coffee |
| 11.00 – 12.30 | Preventing domestic financial risks the top priority as the global financial crisis enters a more complicated phase. The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) pledge came as China’s state-directed banking system attempts to clean up $1.7 trillion in debts amassed by local governments and address risks lurking in the country’s underground system of private lending China Banking Regulatory Commission, has ordered lenders to re-assess their exposure to local government borrowing. The People's Bank of China recent statement that it will further strengthen banks' daily financial risk monitoring, their soundness appraisals and their reporting upon financial emergencies, in an effort to prevent systematic and regional financial risks The focus on risk management has grown rapidly over the last few years, our panel of experts will discuss and drill down to indentify key areas in the quest for safe banking. This session will consist of discussion on:
Topics to be discussed and case studies to be shared include:
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| 12:30 – 13:30 | Networking lunch for all delegates |
| 13.30 – 15.00 | Dialogue 2 Gaining a competitive advantage in the domestic market whilst meeting the micro-business policy mandated by China's 4th National Financial Work Conference Micro- business will play a key role in the future Economic and Social Development of China. As mandated by China's 4th National Financial Work Conference, financial institutions will need to provide further financial and fiscal support, particularly to Micro-business in sectors that meet the nation’s industrial and environmental protection requirements and that they feel will create more jobs for the country. In this session, our panel will examine how banks can meet the requirements of China's 4th National Financial Work Conference whilst improving overall operations and maintain risk management. Topics to be discussed and case studies to be shared include:
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| Dialogue 3 Improve your understanding of customers, meeting their increasing needs and expectations The key to success for banks in all markets is a strong focus on customers and their changing needs. A strong customer experience creates high levels of customer loyalty, which is vital to increasing profitability. Developing tailored offerings across all customer bases is possible with target CRM as the needs of low income earners to clients requiring wealth management are changing. In this session our panel will discuss data management and the targeting of customers, customer relationships-acquisition and retention as low income earners go mobile and wealth management clients require targeted products. Topics to be discussed and case studies to be shared include:
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| 15.30 – 16.00 | Afternoon Tea |
| 16.00 – 17.30 | Dialogue 4
Easing liquidity strains, managing the challenges ahead as banks look to the wider region. The tight liquidity in the interbank market and significant rise in interbank interest rates has prompted the recent cut by the PBOC. The 50 basis point cut in the RRR to 20.5 percent releases about 400 billion yuan that could be used for bank lending. The move buoyed international markets on hopes the money would be poured into infrastructure projects and boost demand for commodities. In this session our leading panel will discuss the challenges and opportunities that institutions face with the ease on liquidity strains and banks step up lending in 2012. Topics to be discussed and case studies to be shared include:
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| Dialogue 5 Core banking integration unifying the bank processes across units. As competition increases within the market, systems need to be updated and best practices need to be adopted. Financial institutions looking to grow across the region and internationally will need to balance their relationship with services providers to gain advantage over their competitors whilst managing the cost and risks involved. How should banks manage the challenges in the transition to a more modern core banking platform? Topics to be discussed and case studies to be shared include:
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| 18.00 – 19.30 | The Asian Banker China Awards
Networking Cocktail, Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony We will be honouring some of the leading Chinese banks at the business and operational levels in the city and provincial levels discussed above |
*We are in various stages of confirming the proposed speakers/panelists.
For more information please contact
Mr. Oliver Blokland
oblokland@theasianbanker.com
Tel: (86) 10 5869 3492
