Program

Time

Session

 

 

7:45–8:45 AM

Registration and Breakfast


       Morning General Session
     Hosted by DataVerify

8:45–9:00 AM

Chairman’s Remarks

 

Speaker:

Joe Swartz
Director
Chairman, SIFMA MBS Due Diligence Managers Committee 

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

 

9:00-10:15AM

How High Will Investors Set the Bar?
(CLE Credit Available)

 

Higher investor expectations for due diligence, underwriting standards and accompanying disclosure will set the stage as securitization gets back on its feet.

 

Moderator:

Sharon Fox
Principal
Banc of America Securities LLC

Panelists:

Manny Malbari
Senior Vice President
ZS Structured Credit Capital Management

Katie Reeves
Director, Global Securitization ResearchDeutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Paul Norris
Director of Mortgage Portfolio Investments
Fannie Mae

Ronald Feigles
Director, Conduit Risk Assessment
Freddie Mac

   

10:15–10:30 AM

Coffee Break / View Exhibits

   

10:30-11:45AM

The New World of Mortgage Securitization

 

Will the RMBS market recover? What will it look like when it does? Specifically, how will the ratings process change? Who will still be in the game, and what kinds of deals will get done?

   
 

Moderator:

Scott Samlin
Executive Director
Morgan Stanley

Panelists:

Diane Pendley
Managing DirectorFitch Ratings

Warren Kornfeld
Managing Director

Moody's Investors Service

Susan Barnes
Managing Director
Standard and Poor's

Rick Sorkin

Vice President, Structured Transactions
Fannie Mae

Bruce Miller
Structured Finance Consultancy Practice
Digital Risk

 

 

12:00–1:30 PM

Lunch with Featured Speaker

Hosted by First American CoreLogic, Inc.     

   

 Kapito

Featured Speaker:

Robert S. Kapito

President
BlackRock, Inc.

 

 

1:30–2:45 PM

Servicers on Fire!
(CLE Credit Available)

 

This panel will explore the salient regulatory and business issues that servicers are grappling with in this extraordinary period and in particular, the panelists will address:

- r
elevant contractual provisions in pooling and servicing agreements;
- loss mitigation/workout strategies;
- dealing with investors;
- refinancing borrowers into new products;
- foreclosure/bankruptcy issues;
- disposing of REO

   

 

Moderator:

Darryl Shapiro
Vice PresidentBanc of America Securities LLC  

Panelists:

John Anderson
Senior Vice President - Special ServicingClayton Holdings


Rick Smith
President and CEOMarix Servicing

Michael McKeever

Partner
Goldbeck McCafferty and McKeever 

 

 

2:45-4:00 PM

Rome is Burning…But You Can Find Hidden Gold in the Ashes 

 

Identifying values in today's market.

   

 

Moderator:

Stephen Ornstein
Partner
Thacher , Proffitt and Wood 


Panelists:

Tony Peterson
Vice PresidentMorgan Stanley

Jay Gracin
Managing Director
Silar Capital 

Sadie Gurley
Managing Director
Senior Portfolio Manager
Marathon Asset Management

James Heslin
Director of Acquisitions and Due Diligence
NPA Associates, LLC

 

 

4:00–4:15 PM

Coffee Break / View Exhibits

 

 

4:15-5:30PM

What is that House Really Worth?

 

Valuation is front-and-center – how are methodologies changing, and what is to come?

   
 

Moderator:

Joe Swartz
Director
Chairman, SIFMA MBS Due Diligence Managers Committee

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Panelists:

Mark Fleming

Chief Economist

First American CoreLogic



Douglas Gordon

Director of Collateral Risk Management

Freddie Mac



Ted Anglyn
MAI, CCIM

The Appraisal Institute

   

5:30-7:00 PM 

Cocktail Reception 

   
 

SIFMA thanks the following sponsors for supporting the 2008 Mortgage-Backed Securities Due Diligence Conference:

 

Sponsorship: Luncheon

Hosted by First American CoreLogic, Inc.

Sponsorship: Cocktail Reception
Hosted by Clayton Holdings, Inc. 

Sponsorship: Morning General Session
Hosted by DataVerify

Sponsorship: Tabletop Display
Sponsored by Interthinx

Sponsorship: Mugs

Compliments of Opus Capital Markets Consultants, LLC

Sposnorship: Conference Contributor
Sponsored by Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

Sponsorship: Attendee Notebooks
Compliments of Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP

Sponsorship: Tote Bags

Compliments of Amherst Securities Group LLP

Sponsorship: Conference Contributor
Sponsored by MDMC

Sponsorship: Conference Contributor
Sponsored by Lucre International Corporation

Sponsorship: Lanyard
Compliments of Clear Capital

Sponsorship: Wall Street Journal
Compliments of Dow Jones