IFR ASIA: Good morning ladies and gentlemen. The Belt & Road Initiative has been a big talking point for the last five years, but most of the financing so far has come from the Chinese policy banks. Mukhtar, what other financing options are available? MUKHTAR HUSSAIN, HSBC: The Belt & Road Initiative has been running since 2013, so we’ve seen five years’ worth of implementation, and the data suggests something like US$60bn worth of actual equity investments have been put in p

Ken Hu Ken Hu Invesco Ken Hu is chief investment officer, Asia Pacific fixed income, at Invesco, where he is responsible for a variety of strategies including the recently launched Belt and Road Bond Fund. He joined lnvesco in April 2014 from Bank of China Hong Kong (BOCHK) Asset Management, where he was CIO for fixed income, and earlier worked as CIO for Bank of China Group Life Assurance. His 21 years of experience include stints at HSBC Private Bank, First State Investments and Income Partner