Speakers

Joe Wong has been with Moody’s January 2005. He is currently a vice president and senior credit officer with the structured finance group. Joe is a rating analyst for Asian structured finance transactions, with a focus on covered bonds. He has been rating transactions in a wide range of other asset classes, including structured credit, asset backed securities and mortgage backed securities. He has also published regular research on the credit trend of Asian transactions and comparisons with the global transactions to enhance market understanding of Asian transactions. Joe is the lead rating analyst for a number of landmark transactions, including: the first covered bond programs established under the Singaporean and Korean covered bond laws; the first cross-border Korean commercial auto loan ABS; the first secured notes issued by major Chinese bank Joe received his Bachelor of Engineering degree and Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Hong Kong. He is a CFA charterholder and a graduate statistician (HKSS).