SESSION 1:
ISSUES IN THE BANKING SECTOR POST-ASIAN
FINANCIAL CRISIS AND POST-ENRON

In the recent years, two events have dominated news in the banking sector. The first was the financial crisis that started in Bangkok in mid-1977 and quickly spread throughout Asia, and even beyond. The second was the disclosures of possible financial impropriety in a number of very large companies, starting with the Enron case and the latest being Italy’s Permalat case. These events have had far ranging implications on the banking sector and indeed on the financial system in general.

AKIRA TSUSAKA
Exec. Vice-President, SEA Consultants, Inc
Chair

PAPER PRESENTERS AND DISCUSSANTS:

RESPONSES TO UNCERTAINTY: THE ASIAN BANKING INDUSTRY
IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE 1997 CRISIS

Felix U. Bustos, Jr., DBA, CFA
Executive Director, Gov. Jose B. Fernandez, Jr. Center for Banking and Finance; Faculty, W. SyCip Graduate School of Business (WSGSB) and Executive Education and Lifelong Learning Center (EXCELL),
Asian Institute of Management

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ASEAN CENTRAL BANKING: COMPARATIVE PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS

Victor S. Limlingan
DBA, the Ludo Foundation Professor of Business Management,
Asian Institute of Management

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Eric Manes
Senior Financial Economist, Governance, Finance
and Trade Division, Mekong Department,
Asian Development Bank