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BUSINESS REPORT

A one member delegation represented by Md Touhidul Alam Khan, Senior Vice President and Head of Syndications and Structured Finance of Prime Bank Limited attended the 4th Annual Syndicated Loans (ASL) Asia Pacific Conference held in Hong Kong from April 17 to 18 last.

Euromoney Seminars in association with EUROWEEK ASIA arranged the conference where leading arrangers and bookrunners of the Asia Pacific region assembled to know the latest trends and developments of syndicated loan market and also for sharing knowledge and experiences. The professionals attended directly involved in syndication profession--not only in Asia, but also from across the globe. The workshop was designed as an update for the whole syndication loan market: the syndication experts and regulators of different countries gave an overview on the impact of the sub prime crisis of Asia's loan market, upward loan pricing, capitalising on the growth of infrastructure and project finance in emerging markets, the role of institutional investors, detailed analysis of key markets including India, Australia, Japan, China, Hong Kong and Singapore, borrowers' view on loan market and on other very related issues on syndication loan in the world. Besides, panel discussions were held on various topics where the delegates from different countries actively participated. It may be mentioned here that Prime Bank Limited was the only financial institution from Bangladesh which participated in the conference. Delegates from more than 15 countries attended the conference.