The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center of the Philippines is inviting international and local investors, banks and financing institutions to join the Invest PPPs @PH: Bridging The Financial Gap, Exploring Partnerships next month.
The PPP forum is set on April 24, 2015, Friday at Rigodon Ballroom, The Peninsula Manila, Makati City. Registration for the forum will start at 8:30 in the morning.
The Center partnered with private companies, namely: BPI Capital Corporation, Macquarie Capital, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Sun Life Financial for the “by invitation only” event.
The forum is divided into 4 sessions. It will be kicked-off with the session on The Philippine Bond Market – Exploring Issuance of Project Bonds for PPPs. BPI Capital Corporation President, Mr. Daniel Montecillo, will be the main presenter.
The next session is the Project Financing of PPPs – Challenges in Emerging Markets. Infrastructure, Utilities and Renewables Asia Executive Chairman, John Walker AM, will lead the discussion on this session.
Mr. Montecillo and Mr. Walker will be supported by a Panel of Experts who will comment on their presentation. These experts will also provide their own insights on the topic.
For the third session, the Head of Power and Infrastructure Advisory Investment Banking Asia of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Valery Tubbax, will lead the panel on the discussion of the importance of sovereign guarantees for PPPs.
The last session will focus on creating a suitable environment for infrastructure investment to attract institutional investors to Philippine PPPs. The panel for this session will be led by the Marketing Director for Asia of Sun Life Investment Management, Mr. Michael G. Manuel.
The event will culminate with a Meet and Match Session that will bring together banks, financing institutions, local and foreign investors. The Meet and Match Session will be open to all local and foreign investors. Participating banks and other financing institutions, both local and foreign, will set up their booths and any investor is free to drop in and meet with the banks between 3:00pm to 5:00pm.
This is the first PPP forum organized by the government for this year. Last year, the PPP Center led by Executive Director Cosette V. Canilao conducted PPP fora in Europe, North America, Australia and Singapore together with other government agencies and private organizations.
More than 200 participants are expected to attend the event next month.
For more information on the event, please visit PPP Forum: Financing Options for PPPs event page
