(LONDON, UK) Xtrakter, the market utility, is pleased to announce the official launch of its 2009 annual user conference and forum. The event titled STP: Vital new paradigms for managing operational, counterparty and settlement risk conference will take place on May 19, 2009 at the Guoman Hotel, The Tower, London (UK).
Kevin Milne, CEO, Xtrakter commented: “This is the first time we will gather representatives from our global user community together under one roof at the same time. For us the event is not a commercial platform, attending user delegates are being offered an opportunity to address the critical challenges facing the market, share experiences and influence us as a market utility. We hope that this event proves to be very worthwhile for our community members and guests.”
Over 300 senior representatives from Xtrakter’s global user community are expected to attend, covering all three business lines: Trade Matching, Regulatory Reporting and Information Services. The conference caters to the following client roles: CEO, CIO, COO, Heads of Fixed Income, Trading, Equities, Risk, Performance, Data, Operations, Compliance & IT.
The programme includes a main conference and two afternoon streams providing attending delegates with a wide range of workshop topics for discussion:
- Trade matching – how to mitigate against risk
- Risk reduction - what strategies you can use in non-steady state markets
- Transaction reporting - changes to ETD reporting
- Market /Pricing Data and the need for aggregation
- Counterparty risk strategies
- Market practice – New rules and new thinking / who is the regulator?
- Operational Costs – lowering costs and managing operational risk
- Operational efficiency in a post-credit crunch world
The following speakers are participating in the event:
- Angela Knight, Chief Executive, BBA
- Simon Bennett, COO, UBA Capital
- John Emerson, Head of Cash Equities Operations, EMEA, UBS
- Ian Chicken, COO, ICAP
- Ian Holden, European Credit Management
- Nicholas Hamilton, Vice President, European Credit & Rates Trade Support, JP Morgan Securities Ltd
- Ross Barrett, Director, Wholesale, BBA
- Didier Bensaid, AFTI (tbc)
- Anthony Kirby, Director, Ernst & Young (tbc)
The event is free of charge to all Xtrakter users and approved guests.
Guests from active financial institutions may register their interest in attending the conference by visiting: http://www.xtrakter.com/conferenceguestregister.aspx
For more information on sponsoring/attending contact: Paul Markevicius, Conference Director, Xtrakter Ltd: DDI +44(0) 207 510 2660 email: paul.markevicius@xtrakter.com