Conference Agenda
Investor Relations Programs —- Recent Developments and Issues
October 26, 2004
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High-Level Seminar:
Investor Relations: A Tool for Crisis Prevention
Sponsored by the International Monetary Fund
and the Institute of International Finance
IMF Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Meeting Hall A & B |
November 5-6, 2001
By initiating a dialogue with market participants during periods of tranquility, countries can help stabilize access to international capital markets during more turbulent times. This sentiment was echoed in the April 2001 communiqué of the International Monetary and Financial Committee of the IMF, which stated, "The prospects for emerging market economies depend critically on maintaining investor confidence...". In addition to informing market participants about changing performance and policies, regular contacts can provide policymakers with insights about evolving market perceptions.
The seminar builds on efforts by the IMF and the IIF in this important area of crisis prevention. The IMF established earlier this year a Working Group of the Capital Markets Consultative Group on Creditor-Debtor Relations to address the issue of relations between authorities and their investors and creditors, and provide recommendations for setting up investor relations programs. Over the past two years, the IIF has worked with a number of major borrowing countries in assisting them to adopt investor relations programs suitable for their specific circumstances. In addition, the IIF established in January 2001 the Working Group on Crisis Prevention, which aims to help advance implementation of key crisis prevention measures, including investor relations.
The objectives of the joint seminar are threefold. First, it introduces investor relations concepts to officials of Fund member countries that have substantial access to global capital flows. Second, it examines relevant experience with investor relations techniques in a systematic fashion and helps participants identify techniques that suit the circumstances of their countries. Third, it places the challenges of investor relations for emerging market authorities in the context of the evolving nature of private capital flows to emerging markets and the constantly changing financial instruments and market practices.
Agenda
Monday, November 5
| 8:30 a.m.-9:00 a.m. |
Registration
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| 9:00a.m.-9:30 a.m. |
Opening Session Welcoming Remarks Ms. Anne Krueger, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF
Mr. Charles Dallara, Managing Director, Institute of International Finance
Creating an Investor Relations Office: A Step Toward Implementing a Proactive Strategy of Investor Relations |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. |
Session I: Investor relations as a tool of crisis prevention
Speakers: Mr. Frank Savage, Chief Executive Officer, Savage Holdings LLC;
Mr. Robert Pozen, Vice Chairman, Fidelity Investments
Moderator: Ms. Meg Lundsager, Alternate Executive Director, IMF |
| 10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
Session II: The perspective of investors and lenders
Mr. Douglas E. Smee, Senior Vice President and Head of Global Country Risk Management, Citigroup, Inc.
Ms. Amy Falls, Managing Director, Global Fixed Income Strategist, Morgan Stanley
Investor Relations and Crisis Management
Moderator: Ms. Sabine Miltner, Director, Institute of International Finance, Inc.
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| 11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
Session III: Corporate investor relations practices
Speakers: Mr. Cees Maas, Member of the Executive Board and Chief Financial Officer, ING Group
Corporate Investor Relations Practices
Mr. James R. Ryan, Corporate Vice President, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Moderator: Mr. Mohsin Khan, Director, IMF Institute
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| 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
Session IV: The role of investor relations in recent cases
Brazil during Argentine crisis in 2001
Speakers: Mr. Graham Stock, Head of Latin American Strategy, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Dr. Thomas Trebat, Managing Director, Emerging Markets Research, Salomon Smith Barney
Mr. Lorenzo L. Perez, Assistant Director, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF
Argentina 2001
Speakers: Dr. Arturo C. Porzecanski, Managing Director and Head of Emerging Markets Economies & Debt Strategy, ABN AMRO
Mr. Paulo C. Leme, Managing Director, Emerging Markets Economic Research, Goldman, Sachs
Mr. Marcelo R. Figuerola, Advisor, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF
Moderator: Mr. William Cline, Deputy Managing Director and Chief Economist, International Institute of Finance
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| 4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Turkey 2001
Speakers: Dr. Marco Annunziata, Senior Economist, Deutsche Bank AG
Mr. David Lubin, Chief Emerging Markets Economist, HSBC
Ms. Susan Schadler, Deputy Director of the European I Department, IMF
Moderator: Mr. William Cline, IIF |
Tuesday, November 6, 2001
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| 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. |
Session V: Investor relations practices by leading emerging market authorities |
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Mexico
Speaker: Mr. Rodrigo Brand, Economic and Financial Research Director and Head of Foreign Media Relations, Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, Mexico
Korea
Speaker: Mr. Dong-Kyu Shin, Director General, International Finance Bureau, Ministry of Finance and Economy
South Africa
Speaker: Mr. Lambertus van Zyl, General Manager, South African Reserve Bank
Investor Relations Practices by Leading Emerging Market Authorities
Moderator: Dr. Kenneth Rogoff, Economic Counselor and Director, Research Department, IMF
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| 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 a.m. |
Session VI: "Best practice" for investor relations |
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Speakers: Mr. George Handjinicolaou, Managing Director and Head of emerging markets and Foreign Exchange Americas, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
Dr. Klaus Friedrich, General Manager and Chief Economist, Economic Research Department, Dresdner Bank AG
Mr. William Streeter, Managing Director, Public Finance and Global Project Finance, Fitch Ratings, Ltd.
Moderator: Mr. Matthew Fisher, Assistant Director, International Capital Markets Department, IMF |
| 12:15 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. |
Concluding Remarks
Mr. Gerd Häusler, Director, International Capital Markets Department, IMF |
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