On the bank - New York

Masahiro Kawai (second from left), former dean and CEO of the Asian Development Bank Institute, speaks about the global impact of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank during an event on Tuesday at the Japan Society in New York. Joining Kawai for the panel were (from left): Merit E Janow, a professor at Columbia University's School of International and Public Aff airs; Jeff rey Shafer, founder and principal of JRShafer Insight; Eisuke Sakakibara, former Japanese vice-minister of fi nance; and He Fan, a senior research fellow at the China Finance 40 Forum. Jack Freifelder / China Daily