S&P Global Ratings analysts from the Financial Institutions ratings team held a live interactive webinar on Thursday, February 20, 2025. The webinar discussed their latest insights and outlooks across the 19 banking jurisdictions that we cover in Asia-Pacific.

Key discussion points included:

• How will APAC banks be impacted by U.S. trade and policy changes?
• 2025 - which banking sectors are more susceptible to rating or outlook changes?
• Latest updates on key risks for banks - property, interest rates, and key country developments
• Emerging risks and opportunities - cyber, climate, digitalization, AI
• The latest outlook for capital market instruments - TLAC, AT1 and other hybrid instruments

Speakers:
Ryan Tsang, Managing Director, Sector Lead, Greater China Region
Deepali Seth-Chhabria, Associate Director, India and SSEA
Kensuke Sugihara, Managing Director, Sector Lead, Japan
Ivan Tan, Director, Lead Analyst, South and Southeast Asia
Phyllis Liu, Director, Lead Analyst, China and HK
Daehyun Kim, Director, Lead Analyst, Korea
Nico de Lange, Director, Lead Analyst, Australia and New Zealand
Yuhan Lan, Director and Lead Analyst, Taiwan

Moderator:
Gavin Gunning, Managing Director, Sector Lead, Global and Asia-Pacific

This webinar replay is free of charge.