Bangkok--12 Feb--Fitch Ratings Fitch Ratings will host a teleconference on Thursday, 14 February 2008 at 3PM HK/SG to discuss its outlook for the non-Japan Asian Structured Finance market in 2008. The teleconference will be hosted by Stan Ho, Head of non-Japan Asia Structured Finance, Helen Wong, Associate Director and Albert Hofman, Managing Director Business Development, Structured Finance Asia Pacific. The team says to expect a stable outlook for 2008 for the regional securitisation market, which is currently recovering from the ripples caused by the US subprime fallout. The call coincides with the release of "Non Japan Asia Structured Finance - 2007 Review and 2008 Outlook", which was published earlier this month and is available on www.fitchratings.com. Opening remarks will last approximately 20 minutes, after which there will be an opportunity for Q&A from interested participants. To register for this event, please contact Zuraidah Ramli at +65 6796 7229/ [email protected]. Instructions: Participants should dial the listed toll free telephone access number at least 5 minutes before start time. When prompted by the Operator, the pass code is 'Fitch Ratings'. Participants will be placed in listen-only mode with music until the moderator or speaker starts the conference. Participants are advised to dial the toll free lines from an IDD-enabled fixed landline. Following are the details of the teleconference: -- Date: Thursday, 14 February 2008 -- Time: 3PM HK/SG -- Call Leader: Albert Hofman -- Australian Toll Free: 1800 097 137 -- New Zealand Toll Free: 0800 603 458 -- Japan Toll Free: 0044 2206 2130 -- Korea Toll Free: 00798 612 1030 -- China Toll Free: 10800 6110 114 (CNC)/ 10800 3610 134 (CT) -- Taiwan Toll Free: 00801 232 383 -- Hong Kong Toll Free: 800 962 681 -- Singapore Toll Free: 800 6162 212 -- Malaysia Toll Free: 1800 181 225 -- Indonesia Toll Free: 00180 3061 2084 -- Thailand Toll Free: 001800 612 1073 -- Philippines Toll Free: 1800 1612 0024 -- India Toll Free: 000 800 100 6486 Replay: An archived replay of the teleconference will be available from the 'Events Calendar' on the Fitch Ratings Asia website, www.fitchratingsasia.com, from 18 February 2008. Contacts: Stan Ho, Hong Kong, +852 2263 9668/ [email protected]; Albert Hofman, Singapore, +65 6796 7227/ [email protected]. Media Relations: Shivani Sundralingam, Singapore, Tel: + 65 6796 7215. Fitch's rating definitions and the terms of use of such ratings are available on the agency's public site, 'www.fitchratings.com'. Published ratings, criteria and methodologies are available from this site, at all times. Fitch's code of conduct, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, affiliate firewall, compliance and other relevant policies and procedures are also available from the 'Code of Conduct' section of this site. 101 Finsbury Pavement, London, EC2A 1RS