| WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2008 |
| 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm |
Hospitality Suite Hosted by JPMorgan |
| THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2008 |
| 7:45 am |
Registration |
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Breakfast Hosted by G.X. Clarke & Co.
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| 8:30 am - 8:45 am |
Welcome & Introduction: John Panchery Managing Director Operations, Technology, Business Continuity Management Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
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| 8:45 am - 9:45 am |
A Buyside Discussion on Derivatives Operations |
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Come hear senior buyside operations professionals together with industry service providers discuss recent issues in the derivatives markets. Hear how derivative operations has been impacted by recent market events and how the buyside has dealt with these issues. Also, hear how SIFMA's Asset Managers Forum has worked with industry groups to respond to regulator concerns with regards to these markets. |
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Moderator: George Reis Consultant, Asset Managers Forum Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association |
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Panelists: Claire Lobo Director Rates Product Management Markit
Edith Morrill Manager Derivatives Operations GM Asset Management
Darren Measures Vice President, Collateral Management JPMorgan Chase Jack Dixon Director Omgeo
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| 9:45 am - 10:45 am |
A Buyside Discussion on Corporate Actions |
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Listen to the buyside discuss the current state of corporate actions. Hear their reactions to the industry's efforts to bring standardization to the corporate actions process. Hear of current challenges and obstacles with regards to receiving accurate and timely corporate actions information and what the industry's goals are to enhance the information flow from the issuers and downstream to all the parties in the complex chain of any given action type. |
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Moderator: George Reis Consultant, Asset Managers Forum Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association |
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Panelists: Mary Shine Project Leader Coroporate Actions Group T. Rowe Price Associates Steven Gale Vice President ASP - Capital Structures Business Process Northern Trust Chris Breen Relationship Manager DTCC
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| 10:45 am - 11:15 am |
Refreshment Break |
| 11:15 am - 12:15 pm |
The U.S. Department of the Treasury on its Auction System and BCP and an Update from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Resiliency |
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Listen to representatives from the U.S. Department of the Treasury discuss recent regulatory and technology developments affecting Treasury security auction participants. Panelists plan to discuss Treasury's latest developments in business continuity practices for Treasury auctions and auction system technology issues, and Treasury's recently implemented new auction system, New TAAPS®. Also, a representative from the Federal Reserve will give an update on Fedwire® Services resiliency and business continuity practices. |
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Moderator: Michael W. Sunner Director Compliance and Risk Management Office of Financing U.S. Department of the Treasury |
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Panelists: Skip Draber Director of Special Projects Office of Financing U.S. Department of the Treasury Paul Agueci Wholesale Project Director Wholesale Product Office Federal Reserve Bank of New York Linda Kelly Vice President Global Liquid Products Bank of America
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| 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm |
Buffet Lunch Hosted by The Bank of New York Mellon |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm |
An Operations and Compliance Update for the Municipal and Credit Markets |
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Hear a panel of dealers together with regulators give an update on the latest operations and compliance issues for the municipal and credit markets. Listen to how dealers are complying to new rules and standards set by regulators and how operations is affected by these changes. |
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Moderator: Leslie Norwood Managing Director Associate General Counsel Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association |
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Panelists: Harold L. Johnson Deputy General Counsel MSRB Steven Joachim Executive Vice President Transparency Services and International Affairs and Services FINRA Glynn Braithwaite Director Chair - SIFMA Municipal Operations Committe Citigroup
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| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm |
An Update from Euroclear: John Nordstrom Director Head of New York Office Euroclear
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| 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm |
Refreshment Break Hosted by Market Resolve |
| 3:30 pm - 4:15 pm |
A Roundtable Discussion on Liquidity in the Fixed Income Markets |
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Hear market participants together with a representative from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Open Market Account (SOMA) discuss how the market has dealt with liquidity issues in the fixed-income markets. Hear how the Fed has dealt with challenging market conditions and how it has worked with the industry through various lending programs including its Term Securities Lending Facility (TSLF) and Primary Dealer Credit Facility (PDCF) to promote liquidity in Treasury and other collateral markets and thus foster the functioning of financial markets more generally. |
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Panelists: Deborah A. Perelmuter Senior Vice President Head of Domestic Reserve Management Federal Reserve Bank of New York Art Certosimo Executive Vice President Bank of New York Mellon Thomas Kinnally Executive Director Morgan Stanley |
| 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Reception |
| 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Dinner Hosted by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
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| 10:00 pm - 12:00 am |
Hospitality Suite |
| FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2008 |
| 8:00 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast Hosted by DTCC |
| 8:30 am - 8:45 am |
Welcome/Introduction Brian MacWilliams Director Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
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| 8:45 am - 9:15 am |
An Update on SIFMA's Credit Rating Agency Task Force |
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Moderator: Jack Wiener Managing Director and Associate General Counsel Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association |
| 9:15 am - 10:15 am |
An Update on Fails Management: Industry Solutions for Systemic Concerns |
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Listen to panel of experts discuss how the industry has responded to regulator concerns regarding the potential for systemic fails in U.S. Government Securities. Hear how SIFMA has responded to these concerns with the publication of its Negative Rates Repo Practice and a draft of fails "Best Practices". |
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Moderator: Robert Toomey Managing Director and Associate General Counsel Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
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Panelists: Joe Hoermann Senior Vice President Tullett Prebon |
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| 10:15 am - 10:45 am |
Refreshment Break |
| 10:45 am - 11:45 am |
Technology Adapting to the Changing Market |
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- How is technology being used to deal with the current dislocation
- What type of technology solution will help mitigate risk
- Transparency and valuation issues - how will this evolve
- "What will the future look like" in response to a rapidly changing landscape
- How will technology be used to help unfreeze the credit markets
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Panelists: Kevin Arthur Director, Fixed Income Markets Omgeo Michael Shapiro Vice President, Credit Derivative Product Manager Tradeweb
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| 11:45 am |
Conference Adjourn |
| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
Optional Golf Tournament Box Lunch Provided |
| 10:00 pm - 12:00 am |
Hospitality Suite |