Where the capital will come from, and which projects and technologies will generate returns
Across Asia-Pacific, businesses and investors face important decisions about how to finance growth, assess risk and generate returns. As investment in AI, energy and infrastructure accelerates, access to capital and the ability to identify bankable projects are becoming increasingly important.
This track explores where capital is being deployed, how businesses can fund expansion and how investors, lenders and financial institutions are assessing opportunities across the region.
Discussion topics
Market-making investors, global asset managers, and capital allocators will examine four big questions to frame the next phase of sustainable investing.
1. Where will the next phase of sustainable capital come from?
The capital providers that will lead the way on funding and financing sustainable technologies, initiatives, and businesses.
2. Who will finance the AI and digital infrastructure boom? How should AI be deployed to ensure safe, secure, and sustainable operations?
The role of lenders, investors, and self-funding in enabling AI buildout, and understanding bankability in a complex and ever-changing ecosystem.
3. Which financing tools and structures will de-risk capital deployment and enable cross-border growth?
The latest advances in blended finance, fund structures, private credit, and other financial tools to enable sustainable returns.
4. How are capital allocators and global investors balancing sustainability, risk, and returns?
Navigating competing priorities in cash flow, returns profiles, risk mitigation, and portfolio diversification in uncertain and complex market conditions.
Who you will meet
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