Advantus Capital Management

AllianceBernstein

Allstate Investment

Arrow Hedge

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

BlackRock

BNP Paribas

BNY Mellon

Calamos Investments

CME Group

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Fifth Third Bank

Garrett Asset Management

Goldman Sachs

Harvard Management Company

Jackson National Asset Management

Kinkopf Capital Management

MF Global Inc.

Neuberger Berman

Northern Trust Company

Northwestern Mutual Life

Nuveen Global Operations

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

RBC Capital Markets

Russell Investments

Standard Life Investments

Stark Investments

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey

Twelve Capital LLC

UBS Global Asset Management

8:15 am

Registration & Breakfast with the Exhibitors

9:00 am

Welcome & Opening Remarks

9:15 am

Keynote: The New SEC and CFTC Final Rules
Who is a "Swap Dealer" and who is a "Major Swap Participant" ?

Andrea Kramer, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery LLP
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Dodd Frank Obligations

9:45 am

Out with the Old, In with the New: A New Way to Trade & Clear OTC Derivatives

• What new rules are now in effect?
• What is the timeline for clearing?   
• Who will be mandated to clear?   
• What types of swaps will be mandated to clear? 
• What middleware systems do you need to utilize to facilitate clearing? 
• How will you manage your firm’s clearing obligations? Will you use an intermediary that’s connected to the required clearinghouses or by direct connectivity with one or multiple CCPs? 
• How many clearing brokers should you choose and what should you consider when choosing a clearing broker?  How do you go about engaging clearing brokers? 
• Will margin requirements change for trades remaining in the OTC environment? 

10:45 am

Morning Networking Break with Exhibitors

11:00 am

Formalizing Margin & Collateral Requirements

• How can the buy-side prepare for greater margin requirements from CCPs?
• Will a variation margin be demanded by CCPs on a daily or intraday basis?  While this would reduce risk, what would it mean in terms of operations?
• Will these margin calls by CCPs have a strong influence on financial markets?

Presented By:
Ted Leveroni, Executive Director of Derivatives Strategy, Omgeo

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Formalizing Margin & Collateral Requirements

11:30 am

A New Look at Counterparty Exposure Risk Mitigation 

• Achieving efficiently across the process
• Optimizing the margin process
• Managing disputes effectively
• Effectively managing billateral and cleared trade populations
• Recordkeeping and reporting
• What will regulators know about my organization
  

Presented By:
Mary Harris, Business Manager, triResolve

12:00 pm

Lunch Break with the Exhibitors

1:00 pm

Change is Here - Can Your Firm's IT Infrastructure Handle It?

• Deadlines are tight for implementing technology to comply with new regulations, but uncertainty around reform is delaying IT spending decisions.  How can firms overcome this vicious circle?
• Dodd-Frank will push 60% of current U.S. OTC derivatives market by volume into clearinghouses.  How will this mandate change investment managers' relationships with their counterparties?  Are investment managers prepared for centralized clearing, technology changes and operational challenges that come with this migration?
• Much of the costs to update technology will fall to the sell-side, but changes needed in the buy-side cannot be overlooked.  How can the buy-side automate their systems to provide a clear view of where they stand at all points in the clearing cycle? 

Moderator:
John Needham, President, Needham Consulting, Ltd.

Panelists:
John McPartland, Senior Policy Advisor, Financial Markets Group, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Diane Saucier, Vice President, Global Market Development, Trading Technologies
John Omahen, Vice President, Post Trade Derivative Solutions, SunGard Capital Markets

1:50 pm

Meeting the New Demand for Collateral Transformation Services

• What technology investments will firms need in order to easily swap one form of collateral for another?
• What is considered acceptable collateral?
• How do you transform municipal bonds into eligible collateral without creating tax implications (i.e. without entering into a repo arrangement?)

Presented by:
Medy Agami, Analyst, Securities & Investments Group, Celent

For further information on this presentation please reach out to Medy Agami at: magami@celent.com

2:20 pm

Afternoon Networking Break with Exhibitors

2:35 pm

Data Overload!

• OTC derivatives market reform will increase data significantly.  How will the swaps market deal with never before seen data generated from electronic trading, clearing, reporting, risk management and further reform-mandated processes?
• Privacy of data is a major concern. Will swap data repositories (SDRs) provide the privacy and security that participant’s desire?

Presented By:
Kevin Walker, AVP, Derivatives Administration Manager, Nuveen Investments

3:05 pm

The Road Ahead for OTC & Exchange Traded Derivatives

• A panel of industry experts will discuss their thoughts on the changes and obstacles in the upcoming year for OTC and exchange traded derivatives.

Panel:
Mark Baumgardner, Vice President, BusinessDev elopment, OCC
John Guthrie, Vice President, Credit Suisse
John McPartland, Senior Policy Advisor, Financial Markets Group, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Ted Leveroni, Executive Director of Derivatives Strategy, Omgeo

3:40 pm

Conference Adjourns