Day 1

Tuesday, 21 February, 2012

 

08:30
Registration & Morning Coffee / Tea

 

09:00
Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

Rob Scott, Director, Head of Asset Management Operations, Asia Pacific Ex-Japan, Deutsche Asset Management (Asia) Limited

 

09:10
The Asian Market Outlook Amid Global Volatility

• A macro-economic overview of the global markets, a review of the past 12 months and current key issues affecting market movements
• Moving on from the 2008, 2011 financial crisis, foreseeable trends and challenges over the next 2 years
• Assessing Asia’s banks and financial firms role in facilitating the stability of the global economy

Joydeep Sengupta, Managing Partner, Financial Institutions Practice, Asia-Pacific, McKinsey & Company

 

09:45
Clearing Settlement Updates and New Competitive Landscape

• Significant strategic changes in the market for 2010/2011
• Change in demands that Intermediaries clients are asking from their custodian provider
• Redefinition of core post trade activities for intermediaries (global custodian and broker dealer)

Jeffrey Williams, Managing Director, Head of Direct Custody and Clearing, Citi Asia Pacific GTS

 

10:20  
Morning Refreshments

KEEPING UP WITH THE GLOBAL MARKETS, ASIAN REGULATORY UPDATES & HARMONIZATION EFFORTS

10:50 Feeling the Ripple Effect from EU and US New Regulatory Guidelines in Asia

• Highlighting the major compliance requirements changes
• What are the long & short term effects?
• Identifying the implications and challenges of Dodd Frank and the EU financial regulations on global regulatory directions

Lena Ng, Counsel, Clifford Chance Pte Ltd

 

11:25
Panel Discussion : Asian Funds Passport – Pipe Dream or Realistic Goal?

• Is it even a realistic possibility?
• Where are we at now and where are we headed?
• Taking a step towards harmonization efforts in Asia and what it means to the Clearing, Settlement & Custody procedures – benefits and challenges

Moderator:

Rob Scott, Director, Head of Asset Management Operations, Asia Pacific Ex-Japan, Deutsche Asset Management (Asia) Limited

Panelists:

John Mason, Vice President, Business Development, State Street

Representative from BNP Paribas

 

12:10
Tapping into the World’s Largest Growth Market - China

• China’s market outlook
• Review of China’s post-trading infrastructure and processes
• Attaining clarification of clearing and settlement regulations

Bin Weng, Senior Manager, Information Statistics , China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited

 

12:45
Networking Lunch

 

14:00
RMB Cross-Border Settlements and the Offshore RMB Markets: The Mechanics, Challenges & Opportunities

• Developing Hong Kong as the key offshore RMB financial center
• Reviewing available RMB investment products in Hong Kong’s market
• How can foreign firms seek returns on their RMB receipts in Hong Kong’s offshore RMB market?
• The scope of the Pilot Programme and channels of RMB settlement
• Addressing the operational challenges in settlement with no official currency

Yunping Winston Ye, Senior Strategic Planner, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Ltd

 

14:35
Encouraging a Pan-Asian CSD Alliance for a More Vibrant and Efficient Asian Bond Market

• In depth review of the mechanics behind such an alliance
• Updates on ABMF & ABMI
• Where will we head to in the future?

Shinji Kawai, Senior Financial Sector Specialist (Banking), Office of Regional Economic Integration, Asian Development Bank

 

15:10
Afternoon Refreshments

 

15:40
India’s Regulatory Updates

PK Nagpal, Executive Director, Securities & Exchange Board of India

 

15:55
Indonesia’s Regulatory Updates

Indriani Darmawati, General Manager , PT Kliring Penjaminan Efek Indonesia (KPEI)

 

16:10
Philippines Regulatory Updates

Vicente Castillo, President & Chief Executive Officer , Philippine Dealing System Holdings Corp (PDS Group)

16:25
Regulators Panel Discussion : Asia’s Regulatory Developments and its Implications to the Industry

• Addressing concerns about the stability and scalability of regulations in response to market movements
• What is the best way for foreign institutional investors get clearer, more detailed clarification on regulations?
• Do Asia’s emerging markets have adequate risk management and infrastructure in place to deal with liquidity, credit and operational risks in these volatile times?

Moderator:

PK Nagpal, Executive Director, Securities & Exchange Board of India

Panelists:

Indriani Darmawati, General Manager , PT Kliring Penjaminan Efek Indonesia (KPEI)

Vicente Castillo, President & Chief Executive Officer , Philippine Dealing System Holdings Corp (PDS Group)

 

17:10
Chairperson’s Remarks and End of Conference Day One

 

Day 2

Wednesday, 22 February, 2012

09:00 Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

Olivier Grimonpont, General Manager & Regional Head of Asia-Pacific, Euroclear

ASIA’S OTC DERIVATIVES & SECURITIES LANDSCAPE

09:10
The OTC Derivatives Market Outlook

• The OTC derivatives market in Asia
• Trade repository reporting
• Preparing for a centralized derivative clearing system
• Utilizing CCPs to reduce counterparty and systemic risks

Tim Hamer, Director,Securities Markets, Asia Pacific,SWIFT

 

09:45
Advocating the Need for Change in Asia’s Clearing Environment

• Need for change: The global demand for Asian Securities  
• Industrialization and the need for generic technology solutions
• Elimination of non core clearing and settlement process

Mohamed Dadabhoy, Director, APAC Cross-Product Settlement, Credit Suisse

 

10:20
Morning Refreshments

REDUCING RISKS THROUGH BETTER MANAGEMENT

10:50
Mitigating Risk through Greater Emphasis on Risk Management in Post-Trade Environment

• Best practices in navigating through multiple markets
• How to manage counterparty and other risks
• How has the current regulatory environment encourage risk management?

Olivier Grimonpont, General Manager & Regional Head of Asia-Pacific, Euroclear

 

11:25
Panel Discussion: Best practices in Optimizing Efficiency in Clearing & Settlement

• What is the best way to service clients?
• Which systems used can effectively interconnect with other countries?
• What needs to be changed to deal with the increases in volume flow into Asia’s markets?
• Implementing an efficient SDP and how to integrate with regulatory changes

Moderator:

Barnaby Nelson, Head, Clients Development, Asia, Banks, Broker Dealers and Corporate Issuers,BNP Paribas

Panelists:

Chang Chee Siong, Senior Vice President, Global Transaction Services, Securities and Fiduciaries Services, DBS Bank

Mohamed Dadabhoy, Director, APAC Cross-Product Settlement, Credit Suisse

Taketoshi Mori, Head of Securities Market Infrastructure – Global Network Management, Transaction Services Division, The Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ

Margeret Tang, Director, Central Depository, Indonesian Central Securities Depository (KSEI)

Nellie Dagdag, Executive Director, Sales and Solution Delivery, Asia Pacific, Omgeo

[ formerly Managing Director, Philippine Dealing System Holdings Corp. & Subsidiaries (PDS Group)]

 

12:10
Panel Discussion : Asia’s Cross Border Settlement Infrastructure

• Review of Asia’s current settlement infrastructure
• Is there a better way to settle? Learning from the markets that have developed the easiest post-trading processing environment to attract cross-border investment
• Determining the mechanics behind an efficient cross border settlement

Moderator:

Paul Hedges, Head of Asia Pacific Network Management, Network Management & Market Intelligence, HSBC

Panelists:

Rudy Ingkiriwang, Director, Regional Network Mgmt Head, Securities and Funds Services, Citi Asia Pacific

Olivier Grimonpont, General Manager & Regional Head of Asia-Pacific, Euroclear

Adam Wilson, Director,Securities Markets, Asia Pacific,SWIFT

 

12:55
Chairperson’s Closing Remarks, End of Conference followed by Networking Lunch & Half-day Workshops (optional)

 

14:30 – 17.30
Half-day Workshops 

• Risk Management by Helen Baker, Collateral Management Product Specialist, Euroclear Bank
• Operations Management by Sean Ring, Trainer, 7City

 

 

 

Half-day Workshops

Wednesday, 22 February, 2012, 14.30 – 17.30

Workshop A: Collateralized Transactions – Protection against Unforeseen Casualties

Workshop Agenda:

• How to use collateral to reduce counterparty risk and other exposures
• Overcoming the challenges of managing securities collateral efficiently
• When to consider outsourcing the management of collateral
• The role of triparty collateral management agent
• Making the most of your collateral portfolio and maximizing your liquidity options in today’s changing environment

About Your Workshop Leader:
Helen Baker, Collateral Management Product Specialist, Euroclear Bank

Helen is regionally responsible for the roll out and support of Euroclear Bank’s Collateral Management services. Based in Singapore, Helen and her team promote and support Euroclear’s services to existing and prospective clients. In Asia for nearly 4 years, previously she headed up the South Asian relationship management team.

When based in Brussels, Helen was responsible for managing relationships with international investment banking customers. She managed other client relationships and held customer service positions earlier in her Euroclear career.

 

Workshop B: The Absolute Necessity of Operations, IT, and Settlements Training

Workshop Objectives:
To convey the critical point that back office support staff must be given the tools to provide competent service and to be confident in the face of front office confrontations.

Workshop Agenda:

• Operational risk: we still havenít got it yet, have we?
• Risk awareness – is it teachable?
• IT Staff: their computer code and our financial jargon
• Spotting a fraud – is it even possible?
• Ethics – we learned them at home, but we need to re-instil them now
• 7 things back office staff absolutely must know about to perform well

About Your Workshop Leader:
Sean Ring, Trainer, 7City

After graduating from Villanova University, Sean briefly worked at Paine Webber, Inc. before moving into a role as a financial analyst for corporate equity derivatives at Lehman Brothers, where he was responsible for hedge, swap and cash reconciliations of all equity swap books. Sean holds a Master’s Degree in Finance from London Business School and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment.

In 1999, Sean joined Credit Suisse Financial Products as a trader operations specialist, where he worked with the OTC traders and acquired vast product knowledge of fixed income and equity OTC derivatives, and risk awareness of the operations process. His other roles at Credit Suisse included front office business support dealing with fixed income and equity futures, FX, Eurobonds, US corporate bonds etc and as a futures broker for Credit Suisse, covering hedge funds and midsize European financial institutions. Sean’s last position at Credit Suisse was Vice President, Listed Derivatives.

At 7city Learning Centre, Sean examines, designs and delivers a range of technical finance training courses and graduate programmes for clients globally.