WMBAA Announces Final Agenda for Its Second Annual Swap Execution Facility Conference in New York October 3

"SEFCON II" highlights CFTC Chairman Gensler as keynote speaker

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Sep 30, 2011, 03:07 ET

NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Wholesale Markets Brokers' Association, Americas (WMBAA), today announced its final Agenda for its Second Annual Swap Execution Facility Conference, referred to as "SEFCON II":

2011 SEFCON II – Final Agenda


Time

Session


8:30 – 8:45 am

Welcoming Remarks,


Chris Giancarlo, Conference Chair




8:45 – 9:40 am

Panel Discussion:


What is a "SEF" and What is it Good for?



Moderated by: Michael Mackenzie – US Markets Editor, Financial Times

Panel:

Emil Assentato - Chairman & CEO, Tradition (North America)


Chris Ferreri - Managing Director, ICAP

Michael Gooch - Chairman & CEO, GFI Group


George Harrington - Global Head, Fixed Income Trading, Bloomberg


Shawn Bernardo - Senior Managing Director, Tullett Prebon

Richard M. McVey - Chairman & CEO, MarketAxess Holdings


Stephen Merkel - Executive Vice President, BGC Partners


Lee Olesky - CEO and Co-founder, Tradeweb




9:40 – 10:00 am

Refreshment Break




10:00 – 10:40 am

Keynote Address:

Hon. Gary Gensler - Chairman, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Introduced by
Shawn Bernardo - WMBAA Chairman and Senior Managing Director, Tullett Prebon




10:40 – 11:20 am

Presentation:

Clarifying Dodd-Frank: An Interview of Congressman Scott Garrett (R-NJ5)
and Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY14) on HR 2586, the SEF Clarification Act.

Interviewer: Pimm Fox - Bloomberg Radio and TV host of "Taking Stock with Pimm Fox."






Time

Session


11:20 – 12:10 pm

Panel Discussion:

Regulatory Harmonization



Moderated by: Walter Lukken - CEO, New York Portfolio Clearing and former CFTC Chairman.

Panel:

Jeremy Barnum - Head of NA Credit Trading, JP Morgan

Jeff Hogan - Managing Director, BGC Partners


Daniel Marcus - Strategy Director, Tradition

Duncan Wales - Group General Counsel, ICAP




12:10 – 1:00 pm

Panel Discussion:


Maintaining Swaps Liquidity



Moderated by: Kevin McPartland - Tabb Group

Panel:

Grant Biggar - President, Creditex / Intercontinental Exchange

Julian Harding - Executive Director, Tradition

James Hill – Managing Director, Morgan Stanley


Jess Sharp – Executive Director, US Chamber of Commerce


William Thum – Principal, The Vanguard Group

Mark Vonderheide – Managing Partner, Geneva Energy Markets




1:00 – 2:00 pm

Lunch

Hon. K. Michael Conaway (R-Tex 11) - Chairman, House Subcommittee on General Farm
Commodities and Risk Management, introduced by Leonard Nuara, President of TeraDirect/TeraExchange.




2:00 – 2:50 pm

Panel Discussion:


SEF Technology: Swaps Trading & Reporting



Moderated by:  Hon. Scott O'Malia – Commissioner, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Panel:

Ron Levi – Chief Operating Officer, GFI Group

Dr. John Bates – Senior Vice President, Progress Software

Jeff Gooch – Chief Executive Officer, MarkitSERV

Gil Mandelzis – Chief Executive Officer, Traiana


Sonali Das Theisen – Director, Barclays Capital 

Tomas Zikas - Managing Director, New Business Development, Currenex



Time

Session


2:50 – 3:40 pm

Panel Discussion:


SEF Nuts and Bolts: Registration, Ownership, Governance and Operations



Moderated by: Alex McDonald - Chief Executive, WMBA Europe

Panel:

Jamie Cawley – Chief Executive Officer, Javelin Capital Markets

Athanassios Diplas - Managing Director, Deutsche Bank

Chris Iacovella – Counsel to the House Financial Services Committee and Subcommittee on Capital Markets and GSEs

William McCoy - Managing Director and Counsel, Morgan Stanley

Ross Pazzol - Partner, KattenMuchinRosenman

Bob Pickel – Executive Director and CEO, International Swaps and Derivatives Association




3:40 – 4:00 pm

Refreshment Break


Please Note: Panel Discussion "The View from Capitol Hill: How we got here and where we're going" is Off-the-Record



4:00 – 4:30 pm

Panel Discussion: "The View from Capitol Hill: How we got here and where we're going."

Moderated by: Micah Green - Partner, Patton Boggs

Panel:

Jeff Siegel - Senior Counsel, Senate Banking Committee

Scott Eckel - Financial Services Policy Advisor, Chairman Scott Garrett, Subcommittee on
Capital Markets and GSEs.



4:30 – 5:00 pm

Presentation:

The Brave New World of SEFs: A View from the Whiteboard

Featuring: Paddy Hirsch - Senior Editor, Marketplace and Chris Ferreri, ICAP,
Vice Chairman WMBAA


5:00 – 5:15 pm

Concluding Remarks

Shawn Bernardo - WMBAA Chairman and Senior Managing Director, Tullett Prebon




5:30 – 7:00 pm

Closing Reception

About SEFCON II

SEFCON II will focus on the role and operation of Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs) under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.  The conference will provide global financial institutions with a comprehensive overview of this new regulatory category for U.S. swap market intermediaries.  As with SEFCON I, this year's conference is designed to bring together swaps professionals from leading brokers and other intermediaries, institutional dealers, buy-side traders and corporate end-users along with regulators, legislators, lawyers, accountants and economists to discuss and consider the role and operation of SEFs in the new US regulatory landscape.  

SEFCON II will be held in New York City on October 3, 2011 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, 42nd Street, New York, NY, and will build on the work of SEFCON I held in Washington, D.C. in October 2010.  The full conference program includes general sessions from 8:30 am-5:00 pm, an industry luncheon at 1:00 pm, the exhibits throughout, and the closing reception at 5:00 pm.  

SEFCON remains the only conference series singularly focused on the regulatory classification of SEFs under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Additional information is available online at: www.flaggmgmt.com/SEFCON

Wholesale Markets Brokers' Association, Americas

The Wholesale Markets Brokers' Association, Americas (WMBAA) is an independent industry body representing the largest inter-dealer brokers (IDBs) operating in the North American wholesale markets across a broad range of financial products.  The five founding members of the group are: BGC Partners; GFI Group; ICAP; Tradition; and Tullett Prebon.  The association seeks to promote the quality and standards of the industry and the critical role played by wholesale brokers in the efficient functioning of financial markets, working with key public policymakers on regulation and oversight of over-the-counter (OTC) markets and their participants.  For more information, please go to www.wmbaa.org.

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