Financial Markets Outlook Asia Tour LET'S GET TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT WINE Asia Americ The Annual Financial Markets Outlook Asia tour kicked off in Hong Kong on 8 September 2008. It moved onto Shanghai on 9 September, Taiwan on 12 September and ended in Singapore on 17 September. Jan Lambregts, Head of Global Financial Markets Research, Asia, gave a lunch seminar on the outlook of Financial Markets in 2009. The event is an annual key cliënt event in Asia and provides an opportunity to share Rabobank's views on the financial markets, while also providing an opportunity to catch up with clients. Jan Lambregts commented on the housing market, inflation, bond and equity markets, central banksfcommodities and currencies. "Asia overall has an imperfect shelter. It is increasingly integrated in the global trade system and thus more dependent on trade than ever," according to Jan Lambregts. "Asia is resilientfrom increased intraregional dynamics, but the underlying final demand is still mostly US/Euro-zone centralised," he said. Lambregts believes the economie slowdown will hit Hong Kong, with GDP forecast at 4.5% in 2008 and 4.3% in 2009. The event also received attention from the media in Singapore and Hong Kong. Last August, Rabobank Chile partnered with Wines of Chile, a Chilean wine industry organisation, to invite over 30 of the most important Chilean wineries to a social evening that showcased Rabobank's unique expertise in the wine industry and its position as a leading lenderto Food and Agribusiness.The keynote speaker at the event, held at La Sala Art Gallery in Santiago, was Arend Heijbroek, an associate director The World Wine Map, 2008. and wine and spirits expert with Rabobank's Food and Agribusiness Research group. Heijbroek delivered a presentation on the market position of the Chilean wine industry in relation to the rest of the world. Heijbroek's presentation covered topics such as the current supply and demand for wine, and emphasised the importance of trade in an industry that has significant global exposure. He also reviewed the competitiveness and structure of the Chilean market, and provided an accurate SWOT analysis for the Chilean wine industry, which took into account Chile's geographic location, state resources, industry knowledge, and competition domestically and internationally. The event gave wine company owners and presidents the opportunity to share valuable insights and discuss how best to position their businesses - and the Chilean wine industry as a whole - in the global wine sector. It also gave Rabobank Chile the chance to showcase the bank as an expert in F&A and wine. More than simply a social event, the evening was an excellent opportunity to position Rabobank as a partner to our clients and highlight ourcontinued commitment to the Chilean wine industry. ISSUE 18 THE WORD World Wine Map

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