AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum China 2023
The premier private equity & venture forum in China
China World Summit Wing Hotel, Beijing & Online
06
Sep
Focus: Private debt and special situations in China
Private credit is seeing phenomenal growth across the globe and it is no exception in China. Filling the gap created by banks becoming more risk adverse is becoming even more pertinent in a challenging economic environment, but credit investors in China also need to be flexible. An influx of sub-strategies – offered by specialists, multi-asset managers and technology platforms – means investors (and companies) have more access points than ever before. Our panelists share their views on how to navigate China’s vast and diversified market.
- What are the top-of-mind challenges for credit investors right now?
- How have credit strategies have been successfully deployed in China?
- How to capture the special situations, distressed assets and NPL opportunities appearing in some industries?
- What is the latest on venture debt in China?
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SpeakersPing Zhou Co-Managing Editor, APAC DEBTWIRE
Simon Chan Director BLACKROCK
Tim Tu Managing Director, Head of APAC Corporate Book UBS
Yingying Yan Managing Director CORDIALITY CAPITAL
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Ping Zhou leads a China journalists team writing distressed and event-driven corporate credits for Asia high yield fix income investors and restructuring advisories, covering both onshore and offshore Chinese restructuring and liquidation situations for Debtwire APAC since 2013. She started her journalist career with Financial Times in 2011 and won SOPA 2012 award in Hong Kong for breaking news on Wukan Guangdong protests. She has Korean literature background and lived in Pyongyang, Seoul, before moving to Hong Kong.
Simon Chan, Director, is part of the Asia Pacific Private Credit team, focusing on sourcing, evaluating, and executing private credit opportunities primarily in Greater China.
Prior to joining BlackRock, Simon was at Sixth Street Partners, investing across Strategic Capital opportunities and Special Situations strategies. Simon started his finance career as an investment banking analyst at the M&A team of UBS, based in Hong Kong.
Simon received a master's degree in computer science from the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor's degree in business administration from the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan.
Tim Tu is the Head of APAC Corporate Book in the Global Lending Unit at UBS. He was previously the Co-Head of the Asia Pacific Financing Group (AFG) and the Head of AFG, Greater China at Credit Suisse. Mr. Tu held the position as the CEO of Credit Suisse Securities (China) Limited (CSS), the bank’s majority-owned securities joint venture in China, until April 2022. As CEO of the securities joint venture, he was responsible for leading and managing the joint venture's overall strategy and business operations, in alignment with Credit Suisse’s broader Greater China strategy.
Doctor of Quantitative Economics of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, external master's supervisor of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law. Dr. Yan has rich investment and financing experience in real estate M&A, special opportunity investment, real estate funds, Securitization and other fields, which has brought rich investment returns to LP. Before joining Cordiality Capital, Dr. Yan has served at the head office of China Construction Bank, Country Garden Group (assistant to co-president), and Paladin Asset Business (Chief operating officer), and also served as the director of the Grand Central Apartments project in London, England.