Fitch Ratings to Host Panel Discussion on China on Jan. 23, 2014

Fitch Ratings will host an hour-long panel discussion in New York City on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, assessing the prospects and challenges facing China from the banking, corporate finance and sovereign perspectives.

Participating will be: Andrew Colquhoun, Head of Asia Pacific Sovereigns, Fitch Hong Kong, Jonathan Cornish, Managing Director, Financial Institutions, Fitch Hong Kong and Andrew Steel, Managing Director of Asia Corporates, Fitch Singapore. Peter Shaw, Managing Director and Chief Regional Credit Officer, Fitch New York, will moderate the discussion. There will be a Q&A session for attendees.

Topics include:

--Decoding the Third Plenum

--'If it ain't broke...:' Why does rebalancing matter?

--Financial system: showing the strain.

--Will the RMB challenge the U.S. dollar as a global reserve currency?

--Chinese real estate: separating myth from reality.

--State-owned Enterprises: vulnerability to reform.

The event will be held at the W New York, located at 541 Lexington Avenue. Registration will start at 3:30 p.m. ET followed by the panel discussion at 4pm ET.

Persons interested in attending can register at 'www.fitchratings.com' by clicking on the 'Events' tab located in the top-right of the site, and then by clicking on the 'Fitch on China' tab or by contacting Events Manager Katie Donnelly

Additional information is available at 'www.fitchratings.com'.

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