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1 About G20 Green Finance Conference Singapore in 2017 Co-hosted by GFMA, ASIFMA, G20, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), G20 Green Finance Conference Singapore was held in November 2017 in Singapore themed ‘Making Markets Work for Green Finance’. The conference attracted over 200 participants from 100 organizations, including 20% policy maker/public official, 6% buy side, 4% corporate treasurer and 5% media. With over 30 senior speakers from different regulators and market key players, this industry-wide conference has become a significant platform in the region for the industry to build awareness of green finance and also to ensure that industry views are heard so that the green financial system is developed in a way that is workable from a capital markets perspective.

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About G20 Green Finance Conference Singapore in 2017 Co-hosted by GFMA, ASIFMA, G20, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), G20 Green Finance Conference Singapore was held in November 2017 in Singapore themed ‘Making Markets Work for Green Finance’. The conference attracted over 200 participants from 100 organizations, including 20% policy maker/public official, 6% buy side, 4% corporate treasurer and 5% media. With over 30 senior speakers from different regulators and market key players, this industry-wide conference has become a significant platform in the region for the industry to build awareness of green finance and also to ensure that industry views are heard so that the green financial system is developed in a way that is workable from a capital markets perspective.

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We specially thank the valuable support from 8 sponsoring firms including DBS, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, ING, J.P. Morgan, Societe Generale, Ashurst and Moody's Investors Service, as well as 7 endorsing associations.

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We have received very positive feedback from the stakeholders including speakers, delegates, sponsors and media. Most of them found the speakers excellent, the discussions highly informative and interactive, and the conference thought provoking and enjoyable with the opportunity to meet the various senior representatives with similar interests in financial regulation, which encouraged the development of a practical green financial system beneficial to the capital markets.

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List of Participating Organizations in 2017: ABN AMRO Bank Aegis Capital Allen & Overy Ambler Sun Anbang Asset Management AON Risk Solutions Argentinas Treasury Ashurst ASIFMA Association of Corporate Treasurers Bank of England Banque De France Barclays BlackRock Bloomberg BNP Paribas BNP Paribas Asset Management British Embassy British High Commission Singapore Carbon Trust CFA Institute City Developments Commerzbank Cornerstone Asset Management DBS Bank Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bundesbank DHL DZ Bank Embassy of France in Singapore Enel Green Power Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) Financial Services Commission (Korea) FinTech Hong Kong

Greenpeace HNWI Private Limited (Singapore) Hogan Lovells International HSBC IFR (International Financing Review) Inframation Group Infrastructure Journal / Project Finance Magazine ING Bank N.V. Singapore ING Group International Capital Market Association (ICMA) International Finance Corporation (IFC) International Institute of Green Finance IPP Financial Advisers J.P. Morgan Securities JPMorgan Chase & Co. Korea Environment Institute LaSalle Investment Management Lloyds Bank M & L (Mackintosh & Lee) MediaCorp Mizuho Bank Mizuho Securities MLex Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Moody's Moody's Investors Service MSCI National Environment Agency New Hope Singapore Nomura Nordea Bank Oliver Wyman

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List of Participating Organizations in 2017 (Con’t): OMFIF - Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited (OCBC Bank) Paia Consulting Prime Minister's Office Singapore Prudential Capital (Singapore) Rabobank Group REDD Intelligence Reed Smith Royal Norwegian Embassy S&P Global Securities & Exchange Commission Philipphines Securities & Exchange Commission Thailand Securities Commission Malaysia SGX (Singapore Exchange Limited) Sing Tao Newspaper Group Singapore Institute of International Affairs Societe Generale South China Morning Post Publishers Standard Chartered Bank

State Securities Commission of Vietnam STMicroelectronics Swiss Reinsurance Company Syngenta Asia Pacific The Association of Banks in Singapore The Wall Street Journal The World Bank Thomson Reuters U.S. Department of the Treasury United Nations United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) Vickers Venture Partners Vigeo Eiris Westpac Institutional Bank White & Case Wilmar World Federation of Exchanges World Wide Fund for Nature Xinhua News Agency Zhong Lun Law Firm

Event Websites: For more about the G20 Green Finance Conference Singapore in 2017: www.asifma.org/green2017. For More Information about ASIFMA Events: www.asifma.org/events

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G20 Green Finance Conference Singapore: Making Markets Work for Green Finance

Final Program

Venue: Marina Mandarin Hotel Singapore - Leo & Capricorn Room, Level 1 (Address: 6 Raffles Boulevard, Marina Square, Singapore 039594)

Remark: Open to the media 08:50-09:10 Welcome Remarks

• Dr. Ludger Schuknecht, Chief Economist and G20 Deputy, German Federal Ministry of Finance

09:10-09:30 Keynote: Singapore’s Role in Deepening Regional Green Finance • Lawrence Wong, Minister for National Development and Second Minister for

Finance, Government of Singapore 09:30-10:30 Panel 1: The Case for Green Finance

• Anne Le Lorier, Deputy Governor, Banque de France • Mikkel Larsen, Co-Chair of DBS Sustainability Council, DBS • Felix Orsini, Global Head DCM Sovereigns, Supra-nationals & Agencies and

Global Co-Head DCM Corporates, Societe Generale • Susan Gray, Global Head of Infrastructure, S&P Global Ratings • Clara Ferreira-Marques, Columnist, Reuters Breakingviews (Moderator)

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

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11:00-12:00 Panel 2: On Global and Regional Trends

• Delfina Lopez Freijido, Director of Sustainable Finance, G20 Unit, Argentina’s Treasury

• Clifford Lee, MD, Head of Fixed Income, DBS • Herry Cho, Director, Head of Sustainable Finance Asia, ING • Simon Tay, Chairman, Singapore Institute of International Affairs • Grant Kirkman, Head of Relations, Sustainable Development Mechanisms,

United Nations Climate Secretariat • Simon Zadek, Senior Advisor on Finance to Deputy Secretary-General,

Executive Office of the Secretary-General, United Nations Environment Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System (Moderator)

12:00-13:00 Lunch 13:00-14:00 Panel 3: Climate-Related Disclosure, Environmental Analysis and Publicly

Available Environmental Data

• Anna-Marie Slot, Partner and Global Head of High-Yield, Ashurst

• Jennifer Wu, Director, BlackRock Sustainable Investing

• Sean Henderson, Deputy Head of Debt Capital Markets, Asia-Pacific, HSBC

• Yeo Lian Sim, Special Advisor – Diversity, SGX

• Jeanne Stampe, Head, Asia Finance and Commodities, WWF

• Katrina Nicholas, Gadfly Editor, Bloomberg News (Moderator) 14:00-15:00 Panel 4: Mobilising Finance for Green Projects

• Priscilla Ng, Associate Financial Officer, Treasury Client Solutions, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

• Iain Henderson, Head of International Cooperation, United Nations Environment Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System

• Siobhan Cleary, Head of Research and Public Policy, World Federation of Exchanges

• Christopher Langner, Managing Editor Asia, REDD Intelligence (Moderator) 15:00-15:30 Coffee Break

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15:30-16:30 Panel 5: Banking System and Insurance – Adding a Green Pillar • Robert Barker, Sustainable Finance & Investment, Global Markets APAC, BNP

Paribas • Karin Dohm, Global Head of Government & Regulatory Affairs and Group

Structuring, Deutsche Bank • Chuan Lim, Senior Investment Strategist, Swiss Re Group Asset Management • Peter Reynolds, Partner, Finance and Risk Practice, Oliver Wyman • Peter Zaman, Partner, Reed Smith (Moderator)

16:30-17:30 Panel 6: Green Bond Market – Looking Ahead

• Benjamin Weller, Capital Solutions & Sustainable Financing, Deutsche Bank • Marilyn Ceci, MD, Head of Green Bonds, J.P. Morgan • Terry Fanous, MD, Project and Infrastructure Finance, Moody’s Investors

Service • Ricco Zhang, Director, Asia-Pacific, International Capital Markets Association

(Moderator) 17:30-17:40 Closing Remarks

• Mark Austen, CEO, GFMA and ASIFMA

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