Finadium Repo Panel and Networking Reception
NYC, June 11 2013

The Finadium Conference

Open to the public

March 5, 2013
Bayard's
One Hanover Square
New York, NY 10004

Online registration for the conference has closed.
To register, please contact us at info@finadium.com or 1-978-318-0920.

The Finadium 2012 Conference, postponed due to Hurricane Sandy, has been rescheduled for March 5, 2013. Please join us for an informative and idea-filled day.

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Why attend the Finadium Conference?
Now in its seventh year, the Finadium conference is about leading ideas in securities finance, collateral management and custody. Hear from asset managers, prime brokers, securities lending and collateral management professionals on best practices and emerging trends in the securities finance and asset servicing markets.

The event also features highlights of topics and data from Finadium's independent research reports.

Lunch will be provided and networking is encouraged.

Agenda
7:45am - 8:30am

Registration and Breakfast

8:30am - 9:15am A New Kind of Unpredictability in Securities Lending, Collateral Management and Repo

  • Collateral transformations, CCPs and securities lending
  • Updates and reactions by market actors to regulatory change
  • Sizing the markets and what happens next
Josh Galper, Conference Chair
Managing Principal
Finadium

9:15am - 10:15am

Securities Lending: Opportunities and Challenges for the Next Two Years

  • Although major parts of Basel III have been delayed, has the securities lending industry already adjusted for change?
  • What are the prospects for beneficial owners, hedge fund borrowers and intermediaries?
  • Will changes to indemnification make, break or have no impact on the securities lending business?
  • Should securities lending have a Trade Repository, a CCP, nothing or something else?
Moderator
Josh Galper, Managing Principal
Finadium

Panelists
Patrick Morrissey, Global Head Trader - Securities Lending
The Vanguard Group

Thomas Wissbach, Senior Vice President
Eurex Clearing

Bill Kelly, Managing Director, Securities Lending
BNY Mellon

10:15am - 10:30am

Break

10:30am - 11:00am

Prime Custody: A Structural Change in the Market

Thomas Levings, Director, Prime Custody, North America
BNY Mellon

11:00am - 11:30am

ActiveRegulator: A New Way to Manage Regulatory Information in Operations, Investments, Legal and Compliance

Albert Kurland, CEO
Active Investment Technology

11:30am - 12:30pm

The Brave New World of Repo

  • What are the prospects for the repo market?
  • Will less liquid repo survive following Basel III and the Liquidity Coverage Ratio?
  • Should there be an exchange or CCP for repo?
  • How can money market funds continue to actively support the repo markets, and what could be a substitute?
Moderator
Jonathan Cooper, Senior Consultant
Finadium

Panelists
Sean Dillon, Senior Portfolio Manager and Head of Repo Trading
State Street Global Advisors

Oscar Heuttner, Global Product Manager
BondLend

Andrew Amstutz, Former Global Head of Liquidity Management
Citi Prime Finance

Jason Van Praagh, Partner, Investment Management
Northcross Capital

12:30pm - 1:30pm

Lunch and Networking

1:30pm - 2:30pm

The Growth of a US Collateral Management Culture

  • Who wins and who loses in the current collateral management environment?
  • Technology vendors vs. outsourcing vs. insourcing
  • Tri-party repo and the infrastructure of collateral management
  • The race to build out collateral services and networks
  • Is collateral optimization the next big market opportunity?
Moderator
Josh Galper, Managing Principal
Finadium

Panelists
David Little, Director
Calypso Technology

Jason Manske, Senior Managing Director
and Head of Rates, Currency and Equity Unit
MetLife

Jason Orben, Managing Director
J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services

Dan McNavich, Principal Consultant, Collateral Management Services
SunGard

*CFA Institute has approved this program, offered by Finadium, for 5 CE credit hours. If you are a CFA Institute member, CE credit for your participation in this program will be automatically recorded in your CE tracking tool.