Symposium on
FINANCIAL ACTIVITY OF HOUSEHOLDS AND SME FINANCING IN THE REGIONAL ECONOMY

Opening Remarks

Kazuo Ogawa, Director, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University

Michio Saito, Deputy Director-General, Planning and Coordination Bureau, Financial Services Agency (FSA)

Session1:SME Financing: Entrepreneurship and the Role of Regional Financial Institutions

Moderator: Naoyuki Yoshino, Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) and Chief Advisor, Financial Research Center (FSA Institute)

Materials
Speakers Motoshi Inoue, Executive Director, Senshu Ikeda Bank, Ltd. Presentation slides (PDF:976KB)(in Japanese)
Kenji Kutsuna, Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe University Presentation slides (PDF:684KB)(in Japanese)
Commentators Yoshiro Tsutsui, Professor, Faculty of Economics, Konan University Presentation slides (PDF:221KB)(in Japanese)
Shinya Ishida, Director, Banks Division II, Supervisory Bureau, FSA -

Session 2: Borrowing Behavior of Households: Approach from Behavioral Economics

Moderator: Nobuyoshi Yamori, Professor, Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University

Materials
Speakers Shinsuke Ikeda, Director, Research Center for Behavioral Economics, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University Presentation slides (PDF:375KB)(in Japanese)
Commentators Michio Saito, Deputy Director-General, Planning and Coordination Bureau, FSA -
Tomoaki Hisaka, Managing Executive Officer, Kinki Osaka Bank, Ltd. Presentation slides (PDF:982KB)(in Japanese)

Session 3: Challenges for Financing in Asia (session in English)

Moderator: Naoyuki Yoshino,Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) and Chief Advisor, Financial Research Center (FSA Institute)

Special Speech “Challenges for Capital Market Development in Asia”

Masamichi Kono, Vice Minister for International Affairs and President of the Asian Financial Partnership Center, FSA

Presentation slides (PDF:900KB)

Commentator: Hirofumi Uchida,Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe University

Presentation slides (PDF:423KB)

“SME Financing in Asia” Materials
Speech Ganeshan Wignaraja, Director of Research, ADBI Presentation slides (PDF:744KB)
Commentators Victor Pontines, Research Fellow, ADBI -
Pham Hoang Ha, Visiting Fellow, Asian Financial Partnership Center, FSA Presentation slides (PDF:379KB)
Yoshihiro Hyakutome, General Manager, Emerging Markets Business Division, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Presentation slides (PDF:664KB)

Closing Remarks

Satoshi Mizobata, Director, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University

Contact

Financial Research Center (FSA Institute)
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