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Bank’s perspective on committing to projects: What has changed in the COVID- era? What are banks thinking from a lending perspective?
- Assessing market optimism and appetite for new financing: Where do banks see opportunities for growth in the next 6-12 months?
- Does the trend for refinancing in the loan market (versus the bond market) look set to continue? How has this changed banks’ flexibility to lend?
- What impact has price compression, increased tenors and liquidity had on banks’ willingness to lend to projects and how has this market shift impacted their ROI?
- To what extent can banks lend competitively on bigger ticketed deals in this new environment?
Moderator
Sara Pirzada
Managing Director, Head of Loan Syndications, Americas at SMBC
Sara Pirzada recently joined SMBC as a Managing Director, heading the Latin America business for Loan Capital Markets in New York. Prior to her current position, Sara was a Managing Director at Mizuho Securities, heading Latin America as well as Americas Project Finance, for Loan Capital Markets. She has more than 20 years of broad experience executing debt financings for corporate, structured, and project finance transactions for the oil and gas, power, renewable energy, infrastructure, mining, and commodities sectors across the Americas. Prior to joining Mizuho, Sara was a Director at WestLB, where she spent more than ten years, and was involved in many high-profile transactions in the United States, Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Previous to WestLB, Sara spent several years at JP Morgan in the investment banking division focusing on the oil and gas sector in the Americas. Sara holds an MBA and BSc. in Finance and International Business from New York University’s Stern School of Business.
SMBC
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Speakers
José Antonio Gonzalez Ramsey
Head of Corporate & Investment Bank at Interbank
Interbank
Michael Jakob
Managing Director, Global Emerging Markets Loan Syndication at Credit Suisse
Michael (“Michi”) Jakob is Head of Emerging Markets (ex Asia) Loan Syndicate at Credit Suisse, based in New York. He has over 25 years of experience in various loan syndication and lending functions globally.
Michael graduated with an MPhil from the University of Cambridge, UK and holds a BA (Hons) from Trent University, Canada.
Credit Suisse
Alejandro Solarte
Managing Director, Structured Finance at Bancolombia
Bancolombia
