Film finance in focus at two-city confab

November 10, 2008 Betting on entertainment as a good investment during a recession, Hollywood producers, British bankers and Southeast Asian film financiers will gather here Tuesday to debate the best way to make movies for Asia's growth markets. Expounding on how to maximize film investment returns and associated risks in the Singapore sessions are producer Michael Shane ("I, Robot") of U.S. indie financier Hand Picked Films; Peter Anshin, president of Asian Entertainment Finance Associates, a Japan-based arm of U.S. finance giant Comerica Entertainment Group; and Seto Lok Yin of Singapore's Media Development Authority. Joining Shane at the Hong Kong portion of the event are, among others, Lee Beasley, director of the media and entertainment practice in the wholesale banking division of Standard Chartered Bank; Salon Films Group chairman Fred Wang; and Simon Fawcett, CEO of Aramid Capital Partners.

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