Topic Introduction Papers and Presentations

Photo: Klaus Maurer, Chief Investment Officer, European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE).

Photo: Klaus Maurer, Chief Investment Officer, European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE).

Session 1: Mobilising Capital for the Poor - How does Structured Finance Fit?

Expert Presentation: Klaus Maurer, European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE)

 

How did we arrive at structured finance in financial sector development and in sourcing new financing for developing and transition countries? What are key issues of current debate or controversy around the application of structured finance in these markets?

Session 2: Mobilising New Means to Attract New Capital - Is Structured Finance Viable or Vulnerable to Crises?

Expert Presentation: Ann Rutledge, R&R Consulting
What are opportunities, challenges and limitations of structured finance instruments in leveraging private capital for originators in developing and transition markets? Readiness & opportunities versus asymmetries and risks in light of the lessons of the sub-prime induced market crisis.

 

Photo (from left to right): Ann Rutledge, Founding Principal, R&R Consulting, Shib Narayan Kairy, Director, Finance, BRAC, Edgardo Salomón Barredo, Managing Director, Financiera Finsol, Alessandro Tappi, Head of Guarantees & Securitisation, European Investment Fund, Richard Senior, Director, Robin Hood Finance Ltd., Martin Godemann, Manager Finance & Controlling, ProCredit Holding.

Photo (from left to right): Ann Rutledge, Founding Principal, R&R Consulting, Shib Narayan Kairy, Director, Finance, BRAC, Edgardo Salomón Barredo, Managing Director, Financiera Finsol, Alessandro Tappi, Head of Guarantees & Securitisation, European Investment Fund, Richard Senior, Director, Robin Hood Finance Ltd., Martin Godemann, Manager Finance & Controlling, ProCredit Holding.

Session 3: Mobilising the Right Mix - Competing or Complementary Investors?

Expert Presentation: Peter Hartig, Consultant
Motivations, risk appetite and market responses of private and development finance investors ? what do they contribute, where do they compete, and where do they complement?

Session 4: Mobilising Structured Finance for Development - Added Value or Just More of the Same?

Expert Presentation: Mehdi Mostowfi, Wiesbaden University of Applied Sciences
Is structured finance just another refinancing instrument or does it add more value? What are the effects ? risks as well as opportunities - on financial markets, on financial institutions and on their clients?

Session 5: Mobilising Structured Finance for New Fields - Ready for New Applications?

Expert Presentation: Andy Jobst, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
How can we improve on current deals and achieve a greater diversity of underlying asset classes and investors? What drives the markets and how can they move forward? What takes us downmarket to a sustainable use of structured finance for small ticket clients?
Input presentations by panellists:  
Preeti Sinha, World Economic Forum
Bindu Ananth, ICICI Bank
Georg Feldscher, Raiffeisen International Bank
Bert Stahlmann, Commerzbank Corporates & Markets

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