China Financial Markets Conference: November 13, 2007, In Hong Kong

The Wall Street Journal Asia and mega law firm, O'Melveny & Myers (with a very strong China presence), are putting on what is looking to be a top level conference on China's financial markets. The conference is set for November 13th in Hong Kong (China's de facto financial capital) at the Hong Kong Grand Hyatt (a great hotel with amazing views!). For registration, click here. The cost is $1000, but there is a 20% discount for Wall Street Journal subscribers and since one can get such a subscription for less than $200, it would certainly make sense to do so. There are also various other discounts, including a 10% early bird discount, but it is not clear whether they are cumulative.

The topics will include the following:

Commercial Banking in China
China and World Capital Markets
China Domestic Capital Markets
Cross-border M&A
China's RMB & Foreign Currency Issues

Click here [pdf] for the agenda.

The following are scheduled to speak:

Howard Chao, O'Melveny & Myers LLP
AB Culvahouse, O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Lawrence Fok, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited
Stephen Green, Standard Chartered Bank
Fred Hu, Goldman Sachs
Nicholas Lardy, The Peterson Institute for International Economics
Stephen G. Pagliuca, Bain Capital
Qi Bin, CSRC
David Rubenstein, The Carlyle Group
Henny Sender, The Wall Street Journal
Jing Ulrich, JPMorgan Securities
Dr. Jonathan Woetzel, McKinsey & Company
Dr. Xu Gang, CITIC Securities
Xu Guang Xun, China NASDAQ International

The depth and breadth of the speakers makes me confident this will be an excellent conference.