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That Japan is not oblivious to the needs of its Asian neighbors following the crisis was made clear by the Special Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister of Japan. Mr. Toyoo Gyohten cited the critical role his country should assume in the recovery process of Asia. His lecture was one of several in a series launched in 1998 by the Jose B. Fernandez, Jr. Center for Banking and Finance. Who’s Afraid of Financing: How to Overcome Fear of Financial Risks is a compilation of the lectures delivered in the said series. The lectures covered such diverse topics as international and Philippine models of alternative credit delivery systems to the poor, corporate risk management, the Philippine experience in LGU financing and banking with the poor, among others.

It also features the 2nd Annual Memorial Lecture delivered by Mr. Toyoo Gyohten, Chairman of the Board, Bank of Tokyo entitled: "The Role of Japan in the Recovery of Asian Economies." 


The book covers such diverse topics:
• International Models of Alternative Financial Delivery Systems for the Poor
• Philippine Models of Delivering Credit to the Poor
• The Community Bank of the Poor
• Banking with the Poor in the Philippines: Prospects for Viability
• The Philippine Experience in LGU Financing
• Corporate and Risk Management: A Strategic and Operational Approach
• Corporate Risk Management
• The Role of Japan in the Recovery of Asian Economies
 

Economic achievements have a far greater impact on our lives today. Drastic changes result in drastic consequences. The higher we rise, the harder we fall. This makes governance an important mitigate the adverse consequences of decision-making gone wrong. 

This a compilation of papers at the JBF Public Lecture Series Year II by Finance and Economics faculty of the Asian Institute of Management. It also features the keynote lecture delivered by Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Rafael B. Buenventura. 
On October 29, 1998, the Gov. Jose B. Fernandez Center for Banking and Finance launched its public lecture series to address issues and concerns facing the financial sector in the wake of the Asian economic crisis. Its success and continuing relevance to the banking and finance community has prompted the JBF Center to hold follow-through discussions on the theme Building the Infrastructure for Effective Financial Governance. 

The seven lectures contained in Yearbook II, which make up the second JBF series, tackles various aspects and the essential elements of good governance needed to ensure a sound financial system from the governance of banks and corporates, the securities industry, to the establishment of a derivatives exchange. As in the previous series, Yearbook II features lectures by acknowledged authorities in their respected fields, including Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Rafael Buenaventura and Finance and Economics faculty of the Asian Institute of Management.

The book covers:

• Building the Infrastructure for Effective Financial Governance in the Banking Industry
• Leading Indicators of the Asian Financial Crisis (Empirical Findings)
  
• Compensation and Corporate Valuation: Managing Value
  
• The Board of Directors of Government Corporations
  
• Securitization for the Housing Industry
  
• Compliance in the Securities Industry
  
• The Structure of Derivatives Exchange: Searching for a Model for ASEAN–4 Countries
  

In 1997, the financial crisis that struck Asia spawned considerable anxiety, financial upheavals and extreme economic uncertainties. But even as economics reeled in the wake of the crisis, opportunities presented themselves to both individuals and institutions in the financial services sector, for them to undertake a restructuring and a reshaping of the region’s financial architecture.

Four years hence, these very opportunities remain available along with the chance to increase transparency, rebuild integrity, and create a fair and effective governance system. It is around this premise that the third JBF Lecture Series entitled “Responding to Uncertainty” revolved. This volume is a compilation of lectures delivered during the series that came at the heels of two others before it, namely; Who’s Afraid of Financing? How to Overcome Fear and Financial Risks and Building the Infrastructure of Effective Governance.

Responding to Uncertainty presents a motley of ideas on how various entities cope in these unsettling times. Mechanisms presented range from the seemingly more erudite or sophisticated ones(e.g. the setting up of asset management companies) to those seemingly less so, but creative, nonetheless (e.g. the Indian and Pinoy 5-6).

The volume also contains prescriptions on how best to cushion the impact of various local, regional and global uncertainties, even as it states how the domestic banking system and small depositors could be shielded from the impact of threats to the financial environment.