Fitch Australia Conference: Global, Regional and Local Risks

(The following statement was released by the rating agency)

SYDNEY, March 19 (Fitch) Fitch Australia will host its annual credit insights 
conference on Thursday 3 April 2014 at the Sheraton on the Park Hotel in Sydney. 


Topics to be addressed by visiting guest speakers at the conference include:

-- Global and Asia Pacific Risk Radars - including issues such as a fragile 
global recovery and emerging market capital flows - presented by Trevor Pitman, 
Managing Director and Regional Credit Officer for Europe Middle East and Asia 
Pacific, and David Wong, Senior Director, Credit Policy Group; 

-- Challenges faced by Asia Pacific Banks - including China's rising 
Indebtedness, defaults & financial Liberalisation - presented by Mark Young, 
Managing Director, Head of Asia Pacific Financial Institutions Group; and

-- Australia - An Economy in Transition: Fitch's local analytical team will 
cover the key themes expected to influence credit profiles across the Australian 
corporate and infrastructure sectors. In particular how transitioning from 
mining investment to mining production has impacted Fitch's outlook for sectors 
including mining and mining services, general industrials, oil and gas and large 
scale infrastructure projects.

For the full agenda and to register, please visit www.fitchratings.com/events or 
contact Iselle Gonzalez on +61 2 8256 0326 / iselle.gonzalez@fitchratings.com.

Admission is complimentary on pre-registration. The venue details are as 
follows:

Thursday 3 April 2014

08:30am Registration

09:00am Conference start

Sheraton on The Park

161 Elizabeth Street

Sydney NSW 2000

Australia

Media Relations: Iselle Gonzalez, Sydney, Tel: +61 2 8256 0326, Email: 
iselle.gonzalez@fitchratings.com.

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