Keeping Up With Client Demands: Innovation, Efficiency And Risk Mngmt

Objectives:
As clearing and settlement continues to evolve, so too its impact on the operations function through both new practices but also, increasingly, in terms of regulation, risk and reputation.

This workshop will review the roles of clearing houses, central counterparties, central securities depositories and custodians, as well as the impact on the workflow and procedures in the operations function at banks, brokers and institutions. Examples include Hong Kong, Singapore, India, Philippines and Malaysia. The changes that are taking place in the industry are explored and the impact for operations managers and supervisors assessed.

Agenda:

Global Developments in Clearing and Settlement: How Asia can play a pivotal role
How the industry is evolving and what are the key challenges i.e. innovation
Capital market developments in Asia and around the world following the global financial crisis
Market re-classification in the region: What will it bring?
The current state of and developments in the regional custody, clearing and settlement industry: Opportunities and challenge
Assessing the regulatory landscape in the APAC region: Reviews, reforms and resolutions
What do investors want? Analysing changing client requirements in the region
Market infrastructure in the spotlight: Reviewing automation and standardization efforts and initiatives
Discussing developments in OTC derivatives, counterparty clearing and alternative investment instruments
Best practices for improving operational efficiency, cost optimization, risk and collateral management

About Your Workshop Leader:

Sean Ring, Trainer, 7City
After graduating from Villanova University and a brief stint at Paine Webber, Inc., Sean joined Lehman Brothers as a financial analyst for corporate equity derivatives, responsible for hedge, swap and cash reconciliations of all equity swap books.

In 1999, he joined Credit Suisse Financial Products as a trader operations specialist. Working with OTC traders, Sean 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. As a futures broker, he covered hedge funds and midsize European financial institutions and his last position at Credit Suisse was Vice President, Listed Derivatives.

Sean now passes on his expertise in training courses towards the CFA qualification, designing and delivering a range of technical finance training courses and graduate programmes for central banks, regulators, investments banks, commercial banks, and asset managers globally.

**This workshop is included in the 7th Clearing, Settlement & Custody Asia. Click here for more details.