Chairman's address

David McLean, Chairman, INFINZ

Premier Sponsor welcome

Nigel Williams, Managing Director, Institutional, Corporate & Commercial, ANZ

Opening keynote address

The implications for the crisis

• Future role of financial markets
• The importance of savings, investment and risk management strategies in troubled times
• The impact on the financial sector in Australia and New Zealand

Kevin Davis, Professor, Director, Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies

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Presentation

Looking beyond the credit crunch: The benefits and challenges of being a long-term investor

Adrian Orr, Chief Executive Officer, New Zealand Superannuation Fund

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Presentation

Ethics in business and investing

• What can we learn from the past 12 months?
• Global corporate governance trends
• Responsible investing

Dr Simon Longstaff, Executive Director, St James Ethics Centre

Presentation

Capital Market Development Taskforce: A progress report

• The terms of reference  
• The approach 
• Process for engagement with stakeholders
• Timeframe
• Involvement with INFINZ 

Rob Cameron, Chairman, Capital Market Development Taskforce

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Split into special interest discussion groups

Group A - CFOs and treasurers

Group B - Fund managers and investment advisers

Group C - Financiers

Presentation

Treasury management in a volatile world

• Policy settings for foreign exchange and fuel risk
• Liquidity management
• A perception on interest rate risk

Paul Kelway, Treasurer, Air New Zealand

Presentation

KiwiSaver report card: 700,000 and counting

• Update on progress of the KiwiSaver scheme
• Saving for the future: Strategies for long-term investors
• Impact on New Zealand’s capital markets
• What has been the impact of the credit crunch?
• Outlook for growth and economic implications

Sam Stubbs, Chief Executive - Investments, Tower

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Panel discussion

Funding challenges and opportunities in a new risk environment

• Debt versus equity, or hybrids? The corporate treasurer’s view
• Overview on funding options: Risk, spreads and managing maturities
• 2009 outlook for corporate and financial institution borrowers
• Implications and opportunities

Panellists:

Linda Robertson, Group Treasurer, Meridian Energy

Graeme Brown, Chief Financial Officer, South Canterbury Finance

Bruce MacDonald, Treasurer, SKYCITY Entertainment Group

Chair: Chris O'Neale, Director, Debt Capital Market, ANZ

Panel discussion

The future of exchanges

• Plans and strategies for the future
• Supporting the growth of finance and capital markets in NZ
• New Zealand investment in New Zealand
• Competing on a global scale

Panellists:

John Mulry, Director Market Supervision, Securities Commission

Geoff Brown, Products Group Manager, NZX

Bruce Cossill, General Manager, Emerging Markets/Manager, Unlisted

Chair: Darren Manning, Head of Equities, Forsyth Barr

Presentation

Sparking growth in New Zealand business and economy

• The business need for stable electricity supply
• What is the real economic impact?
• Growing the New Zealand economy

Phil O'Reilly, Chief Executive, Business New Zealand

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Presentations and executive Q&A

The energy export sector - powering global growth

• Exporting energy to the world
• Sector updates
• Future directions for the industry

David Salisbury, Chief Executive, New Zealand Oil and Gas

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Gordon Ward, Executive Director, Pike River Coal

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Keynote address

Creating wealth for New Zealanders

• What polices does the government need to implement to deliver positive outcomes?
• What role does the funds management industry play in supporting savings of NZ?
• Outlook for the future of the funds industry
• Will it meet the capital needs of NZ business? Will KiwiSaver have an impact?

Craig Stobo (click here to download speaker bio)

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Presentation by

Hon Bill English, Deputy Leader and Spokesman for Finance, National Party

Presentation

Funding in a challenging environment

• Applying historical lessons to a changed market
• Is regulatory change too little too late?
• What doors have opened and what are firmly closed?
• What does the landscape look like now?

Brian Jolliffe, Managing Director, MARAC Finance

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Presentation

Institutional investment in private companies

• New Zealand private equity landscape
• Long term return outlook
• Risk profile and relationship to reward

Bill Kermode, Director, Direct Capital

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Balance sheet management - the bank's perspective

• Strategic changes in balance sheet management: renewed focus on liquidity, funding and capital
• Which funding options are still on the table?
• Monitoring liquidity/funding costs on the balance sheet – how does the credit crunch impact banks lending costs?
• A new focus on investor relations and pricing transparency – what investors look for and why?
• Regulatory and capital funding requirements

Mahes Hettige, Head of Balance Sheet Management, Bank of New Zealand

Presentation and executive Q&A

Driving economic growth through infrastructure and utilities development

• The state-owned enterprise situation in New Zealand
• Funding requirements and implications for finance and investment markets
• The impact on the New Zealand economy
• How can infrastructure contribute to the domestic capital markets?

Panellists:
Alan Rodgers-Smith, Manager Government Relations, Waitakere City Council
Jacqui Nelson, Treasurer, Contact Energy
Chair: Patrick Mullins, Head of Capital Markets Origination, BNZ

Presentation

Issues facing CFOs and treasurers on mark-to-market for NZ IAS 39 and IFRS 7 disclosures

A scorecard for valuation, hedge effectiveness testing and sensitivity analysis:

• What we’re doing well;

• What we’re doing OK;

• What we’re doing badly

David Spowart, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers

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Presentations and executive Q&A

Agriculture exporting - the real impact on the New Zealand economy

• Overview of NZ agricultural trade patterns and contribution of agricultural exports to NZ economy
• Biosecurity as underpinning system for agricultural trade; impact of increasing globalisation, climate change
• Challenges and opportunities for agricultural exporters: demand issues in premium markets; sustainable development; energy issues
• Update on NZ-China Free Trade Agreement; other FTAs

Steve Carden, Group Manager Business Development, PGG Wrightson

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Micaela Buckley, Principal Advisor, Strategy and Performance Group, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

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The big picture... still cloudy?

Chris Caton, Chief Economist, BT Financial Group

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