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Moody’s Corporate Finance Group is the business unit within the firm’s Global Ratings and Research Group that serves non-financial corporations - including industrial, manufacturing, technology, telecom, real estate, oil & gas and energy companies. Moody’s focus and composition is truly global.
With ratings on more than 14,000 investment grade securities, 4,700 leveraged finance securities, and 1,900 bank loans, Moody’s coverage in corporate finance is unparalleled.
The Corporate Finance Group works closely with other groups throughout Moody’s, taking advantage of in-depth sector knowledge and expertise and leveraging very diverse experiences to gain a complete understanding of an issuer’s credit risk.
Moody’s rates and publishes opinions on Asian companies of varying sizes, spanning all the major industrial and service sectors. Non-U.S. corporate finance ratings have surpassed 5,000 in total and are growing at an extremely rapid pace. The number of rated Asian companies has grown by more than 30% a year since 1997, reflecting increased investor appetite for corporate paper and growing issue awareness of the advantages of tapping capital markets. Moody’s expects this number to rise further.
At the same time, we have introduced new products, such as bank loan ratings and issuer ratings, to reflect the evolving needs of borrowers, intermediaries and investors. Project finance is now an established means of financing Asian utilities companies as well as major infrastructure projects. Moody’s has built its analytic resources in anticipation of this growth, with sizable credit hubs in Asia’s financial capitals - Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Australia.
Experienced, knowledgeable industry experts staff these offices. Most of our analysts are local nationals, they are typically multilingual, and in all cases they are fully integrated with Moody’s global ratings teams.
For more information, please contact:
Brian Cahill
Managing Director - Corporate Finance
SYDNEY
Phone: +612.9270.8105
Email:
brian.cahill@moodys.com
Gary Lau
Senior Vice President - Corporate Finance
HONG KONG
Phone: +852.2916.1177
Email:
gary.Lau@moodys.com
Clara Lau
Chief Credit Officer - Corporate Finance
HONG KONG
Phone: +852.2916.1133
Email:
clara.lau@moodys.com
Terry Fanous
Senior Vice President - Corporate Finance
SYDNEY
Phone: +612.9270.8125
Email:
terry.fanous@moodys.com
Elizabeth Allen
Vice President/Senior Analyst - Corporate Finance
HONG KONG
Phone: +852.2916.1153
Email:
elizabeth.allen@moodys.com
Clement Chong
Vice President/Senior Analyst - Corporate Finance
SYDNEY
Phone: +612.9270.8108
Email:
clement.chong@moodys.com
Ken Chan
Assistant Vice President/Analyst - Corporate Finance
HONG KONG
Phone: +852.2916.1162
Email:
ken.chan@moodys.com
Chris Park
VP/Senior Analyst - Corporate Finance
HONG KONG
Phone: +852.2916.1166
Email:
chris.park@moodys.com
Jennifer Wong
Analyst - Corporate Finance
HONG KONG
Phone: +852.2916.1173
Email:
jennifer.wong@moodys.com
Kaven Tsang
Analyst - Corporate Finance
HONG KONG
Phone: +852.2916.1104
Email:
kaven.tsang@moodys.com
Moody’s ratings, analyses and opinions on banks and other financial institutions carry significant weight among investors, the entities themselves, regulators and various other market participants worldwide. Coverage of non-bank financial institutions is expanding rapidly.
Moody’s banking team in the Asia Pacific is currently responsible for over 150 bank ratings in 12 systems, ranging from Japan and China to Australia and New Zealand. We rate virtually all of the largest banks in each of these systems, giving us a broad and comprehensive perspective on the financial systems in these countries. Our rating approach considers both qualitative and quantitative factors to maximize flexibility and ensure high quality opinions.
An important element in our analysis is the social, political, and cultural environment in which banks operate - a reflection of the key roles they play in financing their national and local economies. The cultural diversity of our bank analysts enhances the understanding of the intricacies of the banking systems followed and, at the same time, helps promote a cross-border comparability that only a truly global rating agency like Moody’s can provide.
The emerging markets systems covered by these analysts are marked by relatively high volatility and continuous change. The post-Asian financial crisis has prompted significant developments in many of the banking systems, which are reflected in terms of accelerated industry consolidation, greater foreign participation, new corporate structures and revised risk-management operations.
The evolution of these systems will continue to impact the financial profiles and franchises of the individual banks, changes which will be closely monitored and incorporated in our ratings.
In the Asia Pacific insurance sector, we rate and publish opinions on companies in Taiwan, Australia and Japan. Moody’s rates insurance financial strength, based on the same rating scale as bond ratings. We cover the full range of insurance companies - life and health insurance, non-life insurance, reinsurance, insurance holding companies, and mortgage insurers.
For more information, please contact:
Jerry Chien
Team Managing Director - Financial Institutions
HONG KONG
Phone: +852.2916.1106
Email: jerry.chien@moodys.com
Deborah Schuler
Senior Vice President/Regional Credit Officer - Financial Institutions
SINGAPORE
Phone: +65.6398.8336
Email: deborah.schuler@moodys.com
Patrick Winsbury
Vice President/Senior Credit Officer - Financial Institutions
SINGAPORE
Phone: +65.6398.8328
Email: patrick.winsbury@moodys.com
Beatrice Woo
Vice President/Senior Credit Officer - Financial Institutions
SINGAPORE
Phone: +65.6398.8332
Email: beatrice.woo@moodys.com
May Yan
Vice President/Senior Analyst - Financial Institutions
HONG KONG
Phone: +852.2916.1157
Email: meizhi.yan@moodys.com
Leo Wah
Vice President/Senior Analyst - Financial Institutions
HONG KONG
Phone: +852.2916.1163
Email: leo.wah@moodys.com
Moody’s has been closely involved with the growth of the Asia Pacific structured finance market since 1994, when we started to rate securitization transactions in Hong Kong. Today, following continued growth in the region’s key markets, our team of experienced analysts Also continues to grow.
As the leading rating agency, Moody’s now rates more than 90% of the region’s issuance volume across the different types of asset groups, including:
· Mortgage-backed securities (MBS)
· Asset-backed securities (ABS)
· Asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP)
· Future flow transactions
· Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs)
· Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs)
· Commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS)
Since we rate such a high proportion of new structured finance deals, we have unrivaled understanding and expertise in evaluating these asset classes and related structures under Asia’s different legal jurisdictions. Much of the success of Moody’s structured finance group in Asia Pacific rests on our well-known abilities to rate increasingly complex transactions on a timely basis and to analyze numerous types of asset classes.
We regularly communicate our opinions and analysis of new structured deals to our market constituents through special comments and research, through investor briefings and teleconferences.
For more information, please contact:
Henry Charpentier
Team Managing Director
AUSTRALIA
Phone: +612.9270.8101
Email: henry.charpentier@moodys.com
Jerome Cheng
Vice President/Senior Credit Officer - Structured Finance Group - Asia
HONG KONG
Phone: +852.2916.1109
Email: jerome.cheng@moodys.com
Marie Lam
Vice President/Senior Analyst - Structured Finance
Group - Asia
HONG KONG
Phone: +852.2916.1179
Email: marie.lam@moodys.com
Elaine Ng
AVP/Analyst - Structured Finance Group - Asia
HONG KONG
Phone: +852.2916.1102
Email: elaine.ng@moodys.com
Helen Lam
Analyst - Structured Finance Group - Asia
HONG KONG
Phone: +852.2916.1144
Email: helen.lam@moodys.com
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09 Dec 2005, 08:04 Greenwich Mean Time