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- Fitch Ratings' Emerging Markets conference, 'Emerging Markets 2008 - Credit Vulnerabilities and Strengths,' will be held in New York on Tuesday, June 17. The conference will examine credit resilience in emerging markets amid the continued global financial turmoil.
The conference will be held at the W Hotel, New York, 541 Lexington Avenue (Between E49th and E50th Streets), New
York, NY 10022. Registration, with a Continental breakfast, begins at 8:30AM and the conference will end at 1:10PM.
Presentations include:
Global Commodity Outlook
Sabine Schels, Commodity Strategist, Merrill Lynch
Macroeconomic Overview and Emerging Markets Trends
James McCormack and Shelly Shetty, Fitch Sovereigns Group
-- Emerging Heavyweights: China, India, Brazil, Mexico
-- Domestic Demand vs. Export-led Growth
-- Real and Financial Flows
-- Local Markets: Immune to Global De-leveraging Trend?
-- Inflation and Impact on Emerging Markets Growth Story
Emerging Market Corporates - Risks and Resilience Amid the Turmoil
Daniel Kastholm and Raymond Hill, Fitch Corporates Group
-- Who Will Be Hit the Hardest by a Global Slowdown?
-- Glitches in the Supply Chain: Impact of Rising Input
-- Prices on Margins and Cash Flow: Who Will Survive the Storm?
-- Impact of Capital Rationing on M&A Activity and Long-Term Growth Prospects
China and India: Banking Sector Developments in Asia's Emerging Giants
David Marshall, Fitch Financial Institutions Group
Catching Up or Speeding Out of Control? Should Investors Worry About Rising Bank Systemic Risk?
Peter Shaw, James Watson and David Marshall, Fitch Financial Institutions Group
-- A Survey of Banks in MPI 3 Countries including Russia, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Korea, South Africa and Turkey
The full conference agenda is available in the Events section of the Fitch Ratings web site, www.fitchratings.com.
Places at this free event are limited and therefore pre-registration is required. Please contact Frank Laurents in the New York Business Development team,
frank.laurents@fitchratings.com or 212-908-9127, for further details.
Members of the press are also welcome to attend and should contact Christopher Kimble in Fitch's New York Media Development team, 212-908-0226 or
christopher.kimble@fitchratings.com.
Fitch's Emerging Markets Conference will also be held in London on Friday, June 13 and Chicago on Wednesday, June 18. For further details please contact Katie Donnelly, 212-908-0828 or
kathleen.donnelly@fitchratings.com.
Fitch's rating definitions and the terms of use of such ratings are available on the agency's public site, www.fitchratings.com. Published ratings, criteria and methodologies are available from this site, at all times. Fitch's code of conduct, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, affiliate firewall, compliance and other relevant policies and procedures are also available from the 'Code of Conduct' section of this site.
Fitch Ratings, New York
Frank Laurents, 212-908-9127
or
Media Relations:
Christopher Kimble, 212-908-0226
